Nov. 03--The Kansas City Royal's World Series win over the New York Mets gave the fall classic a 6% ratings boost over last year.
Fox averaged 14.7 million viewers over the five games, compared with 13.8 million for last season's seven-game contest in which the San Francisco Giants topped the Royals.
The five-game average was the best since 2009, when the other team in the country's No. 1 market -- the New York Yankees -- won the series against the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Fox was also gratified that Nielsen reported more younger viewers were watching compared with the first five games of the 2014 series. Viewing among male teens was up 19%. Among men in the 18-to-34 age group, the increase was 12%.
The overall average was helped by strong ratings for Game 5 on Sunday night, which had an audience of 17.2 million. The game was the most-watched Game 5 since the Yankees-Marlins series in 2003.
In the Royals home market of Kansas City, which has not seen its team win a title since 1985, 60% of all TV homes were tuned into the game.
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