Series averaging 14.55M viewers, best since '17

LOS ANGELES -- The World Series is averaging 14.55 million viewers through two games, the best start for the Fall Classic since 2017.

Saturday's 4-2 victory by the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Yankees averaged 13.44 million on Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming.

That is a 65% increase over last year's Game 2, which at 8.15 million was the second least-viewed World Series game on record.

Editor's Picks Freeman's dominance, Judge's struggles and Ohtani's status: What we've learned about Dodgers, Yankees so far 4h ESPN Passan: Yankees need to wake up before this dream World Series ends as a New York nightmare 4h Jeff Passan 'Electric' Yamamoto delivers, puts Dodgers up 2-0 11h Jesse Rogers It was the most-viewed Game 2 since 2018, when the Dodgers- Red Sox matchup averaged 13.51 million.

According to Nielsen, Saturday's audience peaked at 16.35 million during the ninth inning.

The game had a 17.3 rating and 55 share in Los Angeles and 10.3 rating and 32 share in New York.

The rating is the percentage of television households tuned in.

The share refers to a percentage of the audience viewing it at the time..

This article has been shared from the original article on espn, here is the link to the original article.