Series averaging 14.55M viewers, best since '17

LOS ANGELES -- The World Series is averaging 14.55 million viewers through two games, the best start for the Fall Classic since 2017. Saturday's 4-2 victory by the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Yankees averaged 13.

44 million on Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming. That is a 65% increase over last year's Game 2, which at 8.15 million was the second least-viewed World Series game on record.



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35 million during the ninth inning. The game had a 17.3 rating and 55 share in Los Angeles and 10.

3 rating and 32 share in New York. The rating is the percentage of television households tuned in. The share refers to a percentage of the audience viewing it at the time.

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