Sportsnet breaks record for World Series audiences

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...