That final game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers had it all — bunts, a near brawl and a broken bat. Everything but a win for Toronto — althought it was a huge win for Rogers Sports and Media. The overnight estimate of the combined Sportsnet and Citytv audience who watched
“And it was a child who led them tonight…” Wednesday, October 29: Sportsnet National+ drove in an estimated, overnight 4,970,000 Jays fans across Canada. What they witnessed was a record-breaking, 12-strikeout performance by 22-year-old rookie pitcher Trey Yesavage. Of the audience total, 1,713,000 viewers were in the 18-49-year-old demo. Add what Rogers also collected over
All those extra innings Monday night has some critics trying to calculate if Game 3 lasted longer than Ken Burns documentary series Baseball. It did not but close. Here are the box scores from Games 3 and 4 Monday and Tuesday: Monday October 27: this was the 18-inning, six-and-a-half hour marathon won by the Dodgers.
Having a Canadian team in an important championship final does make a huge difference, audience-wise. The first two games of the 2025 World Series show the Toronto Blue Jays/Los Angeles Dodgers final round averaging over six million viewers in Canada after a two game home split in Toronto. Imagine, Rogers Sports and Media execs must
The victory that put the Toronto Blue Jays into their first World Series in 32 years was also a big win for Sportnet. The Rogers’ specialty channel issued a release Tuesday claiming that the Game 7 victory over the Seattle Mariners was the most-watched Blue Jays game ever. The American League Championship clincher was watched
An overnight, estimated 4,385,000 Sportsnet National specialty viewers watched Sunday night’s game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners. The Jays’ 6-2 victory staved off elimination and forced tonight’s seventh and deciding game, which will also be played at the Rogers Cenre in Toronto. Sportsnet’s half-hour pre-game show drew an average minute audience
Win or lose on the field, the Toronto Blue Jays remain the only game in town in terms of live broadcast and specialty viewership across Canada. With numbers for Friday night’s Fifth Game of the series in Seatle still to come in, here is how the first four nights rated (all data measured in average
So…how are the Toronto Blue Jays doing in the ratings this post season? They are killing it. Not just smoking the Yankees in four; they are by far, not even close, the hottest show on Canadian television. UPDATE: With overnight numbers for Wednesday’s ALDS series winning victory still to come, here is how the Jays