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World Series Goes Head-To-Head With Football On Broadcast TV

Lorenzo Chiodo

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World Series Goes Head-To-Head With Football On Broadcast TV
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While football owns the fall, this year’s World Series still managed to compete for eyeballs across broadcast networks. Data from VIZIO’s Inscape shows that from Oct. 28-Nov. 5 the World Series accounted for 10.78% of minutes watched across ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. That barely trailed the NFL (11.1%) and college football (10.94%) despite more games for those sports in the timeframe.

  • The World Series was a big hit for Fox, in particular, with 31.48% of all minutes watched on the network from Oct. 28-Nov. 5 (more than double what the NFL accounted for).
  • Fox’s World Series Pre-Game show also made up 3.28% of minutes watched on the network during that stretch — No. 4 among all programs.