Yankees/Phillies numbers game (Part 2)

Ratings and viewership for every World Series to involve the Yankees and Phillies since ’68. Also includes what the equivalent rating would be in today’s Nielsen universe of 114.9 million households.

Asterisk (*) indicates the game was played during the day.

Philadelphia Phillies
1980

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Today	Viewers
Tue., 10/14/80	Royals/Phillies G1	NBC	33.5/52	22.7	42.0 mil
Wed., 10/15/80	Royals/Phillies G2	NBC	34.4/53	23.3	43.0 mil
Fri., 10/17/80	Phillies/Royals G3	NBC	32.0/53	21.7	39.2 mil
Sat., 10/18/80*	Phillies/Royals G4	NBC	23.9/60	16.2	29.3 mil
Sun., 10/19/80*	Phillies/Royals G5	NBC	32.0/60	21.7	45.5 mil
Tue., 10/21/80	Royals/Phillies G6	NBC	40.0/60	27.1	54.9 mil
Average			32.8/56	22.1	42.3 mil

1983

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Today	Viewers
Tue., 10/11/83	Phillies/Orioles G1	ABC	27.7/41	20.2	36.2 mil
Wed., 10/12/83	Phillies/Orioles G2	ABC	26.8/40	19.6	34.6 mil
Fri., 10/14/83	Orioles/Phillies G3	ABC	23.9/40	17.4	30.1 mil
Sat., 10/15/83*	Orioles/Phillies G4	ABC	17.6/47	12.8	20.3 mil
Sun., 10/16/83*	Orioles/Phillies G5	ABC	21.0/39	15.3	27.0 mil
Average			23.3/41	17.0	29.5 mil

1993

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Today	Viewers
Sat., 10/16/93	Phillies/Blue Jays G1	CBS	15.5/29	12.7	23.1 mil
Sun., 10/17/93	Phillies/Blue Jays G2	CBS	17.9/29	14.7	25.2 mil
Tue., 10/19/93	Blue Jays/Phillies G3	CBS	15.2/28	12.5	20.6 mil
Wed., 10/20/93	Blue Jays/Phillies G4	CBS	18.0/31	14.8	24.6 mil
Thu., 10/21/93	Blue Jays/Phillies G5	CBS	18.4/30	15.1	26.1 mil
Sat., 10/23/93	Phillies/Blue Jays G6	CBS	19.1/35	15.7	29.1 mil
Average			17.3/30	14.2	24.7 mil

2008

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Viewers
Wed., 10/22/08	Phillies/Rays G1	FOX	9.2/15	14.6 mil
Thu., 10/23/08	Phillies/Rays G2	FOX	8.1/13	12.8 mil
Sat., 10/24/08	Rays/Phillies G3	FOX	6.1/13	9.8 mil
Sun., 10/25/08	Rays/Phillies G4	FOX	9.3/15	15.5 mil
Mon., 10/26/08^	Rays/Phillies G5	FOX	9.6/15	15.8 mil
Average			8.4/14	13.6 mil

^ Game 5 of the 2008 World Series began on Monday, October 26. Due to rain, the game was completed on Wednesday, October 28.

New York Yankees
1976

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Today	Viewers
Sat., 10/16/76*	Yankees/Reds G1	NBC	20.3/58	12.6	23.7 mil
Sun., 10/17/76	Yankees/Reds G2	NBC	29.4/43	18.2	n/a
Tue., 10/19/76	Reds/Yankees G3	NBC	29.8/44	18.5	36.3 mil
Thu., 10/21/76	Reds/Yankees G4	NBC	30.5/48	18.9	38.8 mil
Average			27.5/48	17.0	34.7 mil

1977

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Today	Viewers
Tue., 10/11/77	Dodgers/Yankees G1	ABC	30.3/50	19.2	37.0 mil
Wed., 10/12/77	Dodgers/Yankees G2	ABC	30.5/49	19.4	35.9 mil
Fri., 10/14/77	Yankees/Dodgers G3	ABC	30.2/51	19.2	37.4 mil
Sat., 10/15/77	Yankees/Dodgers G4	ABC	27.2/64	17.3	31.5 mil
Sun., 10/16/77	Yankees/Dodgers G5	ABC	26.6/52	16.9	37.0 mil
Tue., 10/18/77	Dodgers/Yankees G6	ABC	33.9/50	21.5	44.2 mil
Average			29.8/53	18.9	37.2 mil

1978

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Today	Viewers
Tue., 10/10/78	Yankees/Dodgers G1	NBC	33.1/51	21.5	43.5 mil
Wed., 10/11/78	Yankees/Dodgers G2	NBC	32.2/50	20.9	42.7 mil
Fri., 10/13/78	Dodgers/Yankees G3	NBC	33.0/54	21.4	43.8 mil
Sat., 10/14/78*	Dodgers/Yankees G4	NBC	30.1/65	19.5	39.2 mil
Sun., 10/15/78*	Dodgers/Yankees G5	NBC	32.6/60	21.1	45.9 mil
Tue., 10/17/78	Yankees/Dodgers G6	NBC	35.9/54	23.3	50.6 mil
Average			32.8/56	21.3	44.3 mil

1981

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Today	Viewers
Tue., 10/20/81	Dodgers/Yankees G1	ABC	29.9/46	21.2	39.7 mil
Wed., 10/21/81	Dodgers/Yankees G2	ABC	28.8/44	20.4	39.1 mil
Fri., 10/22/81	Yankees/Dodgers G3	ABC	29.0/47	20.6	40.1 mil
Sat., 10/24/81*	Yankees/Dodgers G4	ABC	28.4/57	20.2	38.0 mil
Sun., 10/25/81*	Yankees/Dodgers G5	ABC	26.4/45	18.7	39.1 mil
Wed., 10/28/81	Dodgers/Yankees G6	ABC	37.2/54	26.4	n/a
Average			30.0/49	21.3	41.4 mil

1996

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Today	Viewers
Sun., 10/20/96	Braves/Yankees G1	FOX	15.7/25	13.3	23.7 mil
Mon., 10/21/96	Braves/Yankees G2	FOX	14.0/23	11.8	19.4 mil
Tue., 10/22/96	Yankees/Braves G3	FOX	17.5/28	14.7	24.0 mil
Wed., 10/23/96	Yankees/Braves G4	FOX	17.9/32	15.1	25.2 mil
Thu., 10/24/96	Yankees/Braves G5	FOX	20.0/32	16.9	28.5 mil
Sat., 10/25/96	Braves/Yankees G6	FOX	19.1/34	16.1	30.4 mil
Average			17.4/29	14.7	25.2 mil

1998

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Today	Viewers
Sat., 10/17/98	Padres/Yankees G1	FOX	12.4/23	10.7	18.7 mil
Sun., 10/18/98	Padres/Yankees G2	FOX	12.6/20	10.9	17.9 mil
Tue., 10/20/98	Yankees/Padres G3	FOX	15.4/25	13.3	22.0 mil
Wed., 10/21/98	Yankees/Padres G4	FOX	16.6/27	14.3	23.4 mil
Average			14.1/24	12.2	20.3 mil

1999

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Today	Viewers
Sat., 10/23/99	Yankees/Braves G1	NBC	14.2/26	12.5	22.0 mil
Sun., 10/24/99	Yankees/Braves G2	NBC	15.0/23	13.1	22.8 mil
Tue., 10/26/99	Braves/Yankees G3	NBC	16.8/27	14.7	24.1 mil
Wed., 10/27/99	Braves/Yankees G4	NBC	17.8/29	15.7	25.8 mil
Average			16.0/26	14.0	23.7 mil

2000

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Today	Viewers
Sat., 10/21/00	Mets/Yankees G1	FOX	11.5/22	10.3	17.6 mil
Sun., 10/22/00	Mets/Yankees G2	FOX	12.6/20	11.2	19.0 mil
Tue., 10/24/00	Yankees/Mets G3	FOX	12.4/21	11.0	17.5 mil
Wed., 10/25/00	Yankees/Mets G4	FOX	12.5/21	11.1	17.6 mil
Thu., 10/26/00	Yankees/Mets G5	FOX	13.1/21	11.6	18.9 mil
Average			12.4/21	11.0	18.1 mil

2001

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Today	Viewers
Sat., 10/27/01	Yankees/D’Backs G1	FOX	10.4/19	9.6	16.5 mil
Sun., 10/28/01	Yankees/D’Backs G2	FOX	15.0/23	13.8	23.6 mil
Tue., 10/30/01	D’Backs/Yankees G3	FOX	15.4/24	14.2	23.4 mil
Wed., 10/31/01	D’Backs/Yankees G4	FOX	15.8/27	14.6	23.7 mil
Thu., 11/1/01	D’Backs/Yankees G5	FOX	14.4/24	13.2	21.3 mil
Sat., 11/3/01	Yankees/D’Backs G6	FOX	13.8/24	12.6	22.7 mil
Sun., 11/4/01	Yankees/D’Backs G7	FOX	23.5/34	21.6	39.1 mil
Average			15.7/26	14.4	24.5 mil

2003

Date	Game	Net	Rating	Today	Viewers
Sat., 10/18/03	Marlins/Yankees G1	FOX	10.9/20	10.3	17.7 mil
Sun., 10/19/03	Marlins/Yankees G2	FOX	12.6/20	11.9	20.6 mil
Tue., 10/21/03	Yankees/Marlins G3	FOX	12.5/21	11.8	18.9 mil
Wed., 10/22/03	Yankees/Marilns G4	FOX	13.6/23	12.8	20.9 mil
Thu., 10/23/03	Yankees/Marlins G5	FOX	13.2/21	12.5	19.9 mil
Sat., 10/25/03	Marlins/Yankees G6	FOX	13.9/25	13.1	23.2 mil
Average			12.8/22	12.0	20.1 mil

Source: Nielsen Wire

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