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11/01/2024

Historic Five-Game Fall Classic Delivers +67% Year-Over-Year Increase on FOX
World Series Pregame Coverage on FOX Shines with Best Showing Since 2021
Complete MLB Postseason on FOX and FS1 Soars with +42% Jump Over 2023 and FOX Sportsโ€™ Best Postseason Since 2017

NEW YORK โ€“ FOX Sports averaged 18.6 million viewers across FOX, FOX Deportes and FOX Sports streaming platforms for Game 5 of the World Series presented by Capital One, making it the most-watched Game 5 of the World Series since 2017.

On FOX, last nightโ€™s conclusion to the historic matchup delivered an average audience of 18,152,000 viewers and peaked at 21,268,000 from 11:15-11:30 PM ET, delivering the most-watched Game 5 of the World Series since 2017 (LAD-HOU: 18,959,000). The Dodgersโ€™ second World Series clinch in four years was up +58% over last yearโ€™s World Series Game 5 (TEX-AZ: 11,483,000).

Across all networks*, the 120th World Series dominated the television landscape with an average of 15,808,000 viewers, the best combined figure for the Fall Classic since 2017.

Through five games on FOX alone, the World Series averaged 15,204,000 viewers, up +67% over last yearโ€™s five-game average (TEX-AZ: 9,108,000), delivering the best five-game average of the World Series since 2017 (LAD-HOU: 16,416,000).

The complete 2024 MLB Postseason on FOX and FS1 averaged 7,485,000 viewers, up +42% over last yearโ€™s average (5,265,000) and FOX Sportsโ€™ best Postseason through Game 5 of the World Series since 2017.

Key highlights of the 2024 World Series on FOX included below:

WORLD SERIES ON FOX DEMO INCREASES
โ€ข P12-17: +67% vs. 2023
โ€ข A18-34: +101% vs. 2023
โ€ข A18-49: +92% vs. 2023

LOCAL MARKET DELIVERIES
On FOX, Game 5 drew a 21.1/55 rating in Los Angeles and a 14.8/39 in New York.

Top available markets for the entire World Series include:
โ€ข Los Angeles (18.9/53)
โ€ข San Diego (12.4/41)
โ€ข New York (12.2/33)
โ€ข Hartford (11.1/30)
โ€ข Las Vegas (9.3/28)
โ€ข Kansas City (8.7/25)
โ€ข Phoenix (8.2/25)
โ€ข St. Louis (8.2/24)
โ€ข West Palm (8.2/21)
โ€ข Portland (8.0/30)

FOX MLB STUDIO SHINES WITH LEGENDARY LINEUP
On FOX, the networkโ€™s pregame show averaged 3,358,000 viewers for five games of the World Series.
โ€ข Up +65% over last yearโ€™s average (2,034,000)
โ€ข The best showing for FOXโ€™s pregame coverage since 2021 (4,099,000)
โ€ข Demo Increases:
o A18-34: +88% vs. 2023
o A18-49: +65% vs. 2023

FOX DIGITAL
Game 5 was the most-streamed World Series game in FOX Sports history with a total average minute audience (AMA) of 487,386.

All-in, the five-game series was the most-streamed Fall Classic in network history with a total AMA of 368,808. That figure is up +123% over last year and +59% from the previous all-time high in 2022.

FOX DEPORTES
FOX Deportesโ€™ coverage of Game 5 averaged 447,000 viewers, making it the networkโ€™s most-watched MLB game this season as well as the most-watched World Series Game 5 since 2018 (BOS-LAD: 577,000). Game 5 was up +174% over last year (TEX-AZ: 166,000) and peaked at 540,000 from 11:45 PM-12:00 AM ET.

The 2024 World Series averaged 504,000 viewers on FOX Deportes*, doubling last yearโ€™s average (TEX-AZ: 181,000) and making it the most-watched in Spanish language television history.

The complete 2024 MLB Postseason on FOX Deportes* averaged 281,000 viewers, the highest performing Postseason ever for the network.

*(Includes Univisionโ€™s coverage of Game 1)

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