Fox pulled in 26 million viewers for Saturday night’s Game 7 of the World Series , the best audience for a Major League Baseball game since 2017.

The Los Angeles Dodgers won an extra-inning thriller, beating the Toronto Blue Jays to capture their second consecutive championship. The game’s viewership was the best for an MLB telecast since Game 7 of the 2017 World Series.

The viewership numbers are a combination of Nielsen Panel Only Fast Nationals and Adobe Analytics, with final ratings expected Tuesday.

MLB has made a set of significant rule changes designed to help make its games move more quickly. It also added an extra playoff round, keeping more fan bases engaged as the regular season gives way to the postseason.

While the narrative for the 2025 season was predominately po

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