TORONTO – Wednesday night’s Game 7 of the 2016 World Series between Chicago and Cleveland delivered Sportsnet its largest World Series audience in network history.
The broadcaster said that an average audience of 2.66 million viewers tuned into the broadcast. Overall, 7.89 million Canadians watched some part of Game 7 on Sportsnet, as Chicago ended a 108-year championship drought and defeated Cleveland, 8-7, in extra innings. Audience levels peaked at 3.9 million viewers at 11:50 PM ET in the bottom of the 9th inning, as Aroldis Chapman retired three Cleveland batters in a row to send the game into extra innings.
The 2016 World Series also set a record for Sportsnet as the most-watched World Series in network history, with an average audience of 1.26 million viewers (2+). This marks an increase of 44% over the 2015 World Series average audience (879,000), the previous most-watched World Series on record.
