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Game 7 of the instant classic that was the Twins-Braves series on CBS averaged 50.3 million viewers, topping the sixth frame's deliveries by a margin of 9.51 million. Stat-obsessed baseball fans would have to go back all the way to fall of 1991 to dig up a World Series broadcast that put up bigger numbers than last night's wild and woolly ballgame. By comparison, only four NFL playoff games and Super Bowl 50 delivered a higher rating than Game 7 of the Cubs-Indians showcase. The heart-pounding finish to the 2016 MLB campaign also averaged a staggering 21.8 household rating, making it the highest-rated World Series broadcast since the aforementioned Arizona-New York game drew a 23.5 rating. The clincher, which unfolded in a city still reeling from the terror attacks of Sept. The Cubs ultimately needed 10 innings and a 17-minute rain delay to finally defeat the scrappy Indians by 8-7.In what may very well go down in the books as the single greatest Game 7 in World Series history, the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night exorcised a 108-year-old demon in front of the largest national TV audience to tune in to a baseball game in 25 years.Īccording to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, the Cubs' 8-7 extra-inning victory over the Cleveland Indians averaged 40.045 million viewers, eclipsing Fox's previous record, which was set by the seventh game of the indelible Diamondbacks-Yankees Fall Classic in 2001. ET, which earned a 27.1/48 household rating. The game actually peaked between 11:30 p.m.-11:45 p.m. Wednesday’s instant classic contest ran way past prime’s 11 p.m.

The dramatic series saw the Cubs coming back from being 3-1 games down before they pulled off a Game 5 win in Chicago Sunday night and followed it up taking Game 6 in Cleveland. The win over the Cleveland Indians gave the Chicago squad its first Major League Baseball championship in 108 years. The ring-clinching Chicago Cubs victory crushed ABC’s 50th annual CMA Awards, sending the country music celebration crashing to all-time lows. Read all about broadcast primetime’s fast national TV ratings here, and Game 7’s overnight numbers here. Also Read: 'Parks and Recreation' Predicted the Cubs' World Series Win