The World Series touches the bottom by TV rating
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The TV interest in the World Series in MLB in 2018 marked a drastic decline over the previous years. The five matches between Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers from the final in the US and Canada Premier League Baseball this season were viewed by an average of 14, 125, 000 viewers at Fox Sports. This is 25% less than in 2017 and is the fourth-lowest figure in history. Although two of the biggest market players were involved in the title dispute, Autumn Classics gathered only 8, 3%, and 17%, according to Nilsen. The TV rating of a cast is the percentage of viewers among all households with televisions, and the share -;percent of included TVs.
For comparison, the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers fights in 2017 reached 10, 7% and 20% respectively, with an average number of spectators of 18, 909, 000 per match. In 2016, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians provided the Fox sports channel with 12. 9% national rating and 22% market share with an average audience of 22, 847, 000 per match. The only World Series with lower viewing are San Francisco Cants - Detroit Tigers in 2012 (an average of 12, 636 million viewers), Philadelphia Phyllis - Tampa Bay Reis in 2008 (13, 062 million)and San Francisco Cants - Kansas City Royals in 2014 (13, 825 million). The rating of this year`s final is the third lowest after 7, 6% in 2012 and 8, 2% in 2014.
The most viewed match of the series between `red socks` and `crooks` in 2018 is Match 5, which has collected 17, 634, 000 spectators. The data show that interest in the first three meetings has declined progressively;13, 800, 000 in front of Match Screens 1, 13, 507, 000 for Match No. 2 and 13, 250, 000 for Match No. 3 before rising to 13, 563, 000 for Match 4. The absolute record for the finals in the MLB is held by the World Series in 1986 when New York Mets defeats Boston Red Sox with 4-3. Seven matches from asian handicap tips were viewed by an average of 36, 370, 000 viewers and NBC achieved a rating of 28. 6% and a market share of 46%.
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