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Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday marked a win for both the Atlanta Braves and Fox. The Braves clinched their first World Series championship since 1995, and third overall, with a 7-0 victory over the Houston Astros. The 2021 World Series ender not only placed Fox’s back at the top of primetime but also scored a…

The deciding game of the 2021 World Series ended with a convincing 7-0 win by the Atlanta Braves. It was the first World Series the franchise has clinched since the 1995 season and its third overall. With the Braves up 3-2 in the series, the floodgates opened in the third inning tonight when Atlanta’s Jorge Soler…

Sunday Night Football on NBC and Game 5 of the World Series on Fox went head-to-head on Halloween evening for the top primetime spots. However, the NFL showdown between the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings proved more attractive for viewers as the game took the evening’s highest ratings and viewership. The Cowboys…

The Houston Astros bounced back Wednesday night to even their score with one win a piece against the Atlanta Braves during Game 2 of the 2021 World Series.  Just as the scores evened out between the two vying teams, the Game 2 broadcast itself evened out with the corresponding game of the 2020 World Series (1.8, 7.22M)…

The nation’s largest Native American organization said today that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred’s claims of widespread support for the Atlanta Braves’ nickname and its tomahawk chop fan ritual are not accurate. Manfred sad Tuesday that Native Americans in the Atlanta region are “fully supportive of the Braves' program…

Updated with final numbers: The Atlanta Braves hit it out of the park, quite literally, on Tuesday as the 2021 World Series made its primetime-topping debut on Fox. The game, which saw the Braves beat the Houston Astros 6-2, drew the evening’s highest demo rating and most viewers, per Nielsen fast affiliates. Earning…

Major League Baseball has opted not to punish Los Angeles Dodgers star Justin Turner for joining his teammates in an on-field celebration of winning the World Series after he’d left the game because of a positive COVID-19 test. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said today that Turner apologized for the October 27 incident…

The Los Angeles Dodgers winning their first World Series title since the Reagan era Tuesday was tempered by news that the team’s star third baseman Justin Turner tested positive for COVID-19 and was informed late in the deciding Game 6. He left the field before the eighth inning and was put in isolation but returned…

After decades of drought, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally bathed in triumph in the World Series last night. In their first championship since 1988 and with baseman Justin Turner pulled from the game late after it was found he tested positive for COVID-19, the Dodgers took down the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6 on…

UPDATED with positive COVID-19 test news: The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night, clinching the franchise’s seventh world championship and first since 1988. The win secured a 4-2 series victory against the Rays in the playoff finale played in Arlington, TX…

UPDATED, 10:59 AM: The near final numbers are in and 60 Minutes‘ election edition looks to have taken down Sunday Night Football, the World Series and pretty much everything else on TV since the Oscars. With 17 million viewers, the sit-downs with Lesley Stahl and Norah O'Donnell (and one petulant POTUS walk-off) with D…

The World Series continues to struggle in the ratings demo wars, as Game 3 of the Los Angeles Dodgers-Tampa Bay Rays match trailed Friday’s standard programming fare, continuing its trend of record-lows. The early ratings saw the Series come in with a network average of 1.3 over its three-hour time slot. Benefiting…