Brewers-Rays Game 5 clincher ends World Series on viewership high note

The Milwaukee Brewers’ World Series clincher on Wednesday made this year’s Fall Classic relatively on par with other World Series this decade in viewership, with the usual boost from Nielsen’s recent methodology updates. The Brewers’ title-clinching Game 5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays averaged 14.22 million viewers across Fox and Fox Deportes, according to preliminary figures the network released. If the figure holds, Game 5 would be functionally even with last year’s Dodgers-Blue Jays Game 5, which averaged 14.30 million viewers, and would surpass all Game 5 audiences between 2019 and 2023. “Unshakeable! Unstoppable!