The 2021 World Series will go down in the books as the second least-watched MLB title tilt in the modern Nielsen era, trailing only last season’s asterisk-freighted event.
The six-game set between the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros averaged 11.74 viewers on Fox, and while that marked a 21% improvement compared to last year’s Rays-Dodgers series, it’s the lowest turnout for a Fall Classic convened after a complete regular-season campaign.
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The previous low-water mark for a pre-pandemic series was 12.