WBC viewership in U.S. doubles from 2023

LAS VEGAS , NV - NOVEMBER 13: Cal Raleigh, Mike Hill, Mark DeRosa and Roy Wood Jr. announce Corbin Carroll and Pete Crow-Armstrong as additions to the Team USA World Baseball Classic 2026 roster during the MLB Awards presented by MGM Rewards at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Thursday, November 13, 2025 in Las Vegas , Nevada.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Venezuela’s 3-2 win over the United States in the World Baseball Classic championship game was seen by 10,784,000 viewers on Fox and Fox Deportes, nearly double the 5.4 million who watched Japan defeat the Americans in the 2023 final on FS1, Fox Deportes and the network’s streaming service.

Tuesday night’s game drew an average of 10,228,000 viewers on Fox, the network said Thursday. That was more than double the 4.48 million on FS1 for Japan’s 3-2 victory in 2023 and higher than each of the first four games of the 2023 World Series between Texas and Arizona.

The WBC averaged 1,294,000 for its games on Fox, FS1 and FS2, double the 506,000 for the 2023 tournament.

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