FOX scored one of its better Major League Baseball audiences of late for a high-profile matchup of the Yankees and Dodgers.
Regional Major League Baseball action on FOX featuring Dodgers-Yankees in most markets averaged a 1.6 rating and 2.91 million viewers on FOX Saturday night, the most-watched regular season MLB telecast since a Red Sox-Yankees game on FOX in September 2022 at the height of the Aaron Judge home run chase (3.23M).
Ratings increased 8% and viewership 14% from the same window last year, which featured Red Sox-Yankees (1.45, 2.56M). The increase in viewership came despite a decline for the preceding Belmont Stakes, which at a 1.8 and 3.30 million provided less of a lead-in than a year ago (1.9, 3.52M).
The same Dodgers-Yankees matchup drew a 1.2 and 2.30 million on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, up 6% and 18% respectively from Red Sox-Yankees a year ago (1.1, 1.94M) and the network’s most-watched regular season game since Red Sox-Yankees on the opening Sunday of the 2022 season (2.40M).
Friday’s matchup of the teams aired nationally on Apple TV+, which is not Nielsen rated. In New York, coverage on YES Network drew 406,000 viewers to rank as the second-most watched game of the season.
In other MLB action, the Phillies-Mets London Series averaged a 0.8 and 1.48 million across FOX and ESPN. The Saturday game drew a 0.9 and 1.62 million on FOX, down from Cubs-Cardinals from London last year (1.0, 1.80M). The Sunday game had a 0.7 and 1.36 million on ESPN, flat in ratings and up 17% in viewership compared to last year (0.7, 1.17M).
