Last night’s relatively one-sided Game 6, in which the Cubs dominated for most of the telecast, was watched by 23.4 million people, making it the highest rated Game 6 since the 1997 match-up between the Indians and the Florida Marlins, which had a 23.7 million-strong audience.
The MLB may not bring in the kind of consistently killer ratings that the NFL does with its weekly contests, this World Series has made Fox pretty happy in the viewership department.
And given tonight’s game is estimated to bring in around 30-35 million people, according to TVLine, it is not surprising at all that other major networks are balking at airing new episodes.