The Dodgers’ average of 18 inning wins is down by 11.31 viewers in the US.

Amidst Monday night’s 18-inning marathon los angeles dodgers And toronto blue jays In game World Series 3 averaged 11.31 million viewers in the US according to Nielsen, Fox and mlbViewership for last year’s third game between the Dodgers and new york The Yankees, and it was not the most watched program of the night.

The “Monday Night Football” game between the Washington Commanders and Kansas City Chiefs averaged 17.6 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and NFL+ streaming, making it the highest MNF Week 8 viewership since Washington at Dallas in 2014.

It was the 10th time since 1986 that a World Series game was played on a Monday night, but only the fifth time that it went head-to-head against “Monday Night Football” on network television.

This is the second time in three years the NFL held the Fall Classic on Monday Night.

Even though the extra innings were in prime time on the West Coast, the length of the game likely had an impact on viewership averages because it ended around 3 p.m. in the Eastern time zone.

However, viewership numbers aren’t at all bad for MLB. The combined 17.62 million average in the US and Canada for the Dodgers’ 6–5 victory over the Blue Jays on Freddie Freeman’s 18th-inning home run off Brandon Little was a 27% increase from last year.

Through three games, the World Series averaged 18.73 million viewers in the US and Canada combined, up 25%.

Blue Jays games in Canada are being broadcast on Sportsnet. The network is owned by Rogers Communications Inc., the Blue Jays’ parent company.

According to Fox, as the game went into extra innings (11:30–11:45 p.m. EDT), viewers in the US reached 13.17 million.

The Dodgers’ 3–2 18-inning victory over the Red Sox in 2018 averaged 13.3 million.

Ratings for Game 3 for Japan were not available as of Wednesday evening. The Japanese averaged 10.7 million for the first two games.

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