SKEDBALL: World Series Ratings through Game 6 (Updated with Official Nationals)

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Game 6 of the World Series Tuesday night averaged a 3.0 adult 18-49 fast national rating, which we are estimating will go up to around a 3.5 adult 18-49 rating in the official nationals (after time zone adjustment for this live telecast).  Previous record low for Game 6 (a 5.7 in 2013 for Boston-St. Louis, a deciding game).

With the broad measure of persons 2+, Game 6 averaged a preliminary 11.3 million persons 2+ in the fast nationals, which we are estimating will rise to 13.4 million people in the official nationals later today (actually 13,372,000 is the official number).  Previous low for Game 6: 19,178,000 in 2013 for Boston-St. Louis, which was nearly identical to 19,221,000 in 2002 when the San Francisco Giants failed to close out that series and opened the door to a Game 7, where the Anaheim Angels (long a doormat) won it all at home.  History repeating itself on the field with a Royals win tonight?  Possibly.  One thing we do know is that tonight’s Game 7 will not amass a 50 million person audience that was possible around 1990 or even the 40 million audience around 2000.  The last Game 7 (in 2011) hit 25 million.  This year 20 million would be a stretch: 18 million is probably more likely.

The tables below tracking the recent six years have also been updated with estimated Game 6 ratings for 2014 (adjusted fast nationals). Official ratings for Game 6 will be posted later today.  Game 7 (Wednesday night) will be posted early Thursday afternoon.