WORLD SERIES NOTES
Major markets and dramatic games helped NBC and Fox post the highest combined baseball league championship series ratings in six years.
The networks had a 10.3 rating and a 19 share, up 21% from last year’s 8.5-17. In 1993, the championship series drew an 11.8-23.
NBC’s six-game average for Atlanta’s victory over the New York Mets was an 11.3-21, an increase of 20% from the network’s American League championship series last season. It was also up 49% from Fox’s NLCS in 1998.
The five-game series between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox averaged a 9.2 rating and 16 share, up 21% from Fox’s NLCS between the San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves last season.
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