The Royals suffered their worst season in the standings in over a decade, but it didn’t hurt local television ratings as much as it hurt the loss column. In figures produced annually by Maury Brown at Forbes Magazine, the Royals finished sixth in baseball in prime time ratings on their regional sports network, Fox Sports Kansas City (FSKC). According to Forbes, the Royals averaged a 4.89 rating, or 44,000 household viewers in prime time. You can see the full list of ratings for teams here.
Ratings represent a percentage of overall households in the metro, so with Kansas City having a smaller number of households that could boost their rating a bit as opposed to a city like New York, where the Yankees have a lower rating than the Royals, but still have over six times as many viewers.