Indians-Cubs most-watched World Series Game 3 since 2004

By The Associated Press
October 29 2016 11:59 AM

CP961900188 — Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor, right, and center fielder Rajai Davis celebrate after their win in Game 3 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Chicago Cubs Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, in Chicago. The Indians won 1-0 to take a 2-1 lead in the series. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

CHICAGO – Cleveland’s 1-0 World Series win over the Chicago Cubs was the most-watched Game 3 in 12 years.

Friday night’s game drew an 11.0 rating, 20 share and 19.4 million viewers on Fox, the network said Saturday. That was up 39 per cent over the 7.9/15 and 13.2 million viewers for the New York Mets’ 9-3 blowout of Kansas City in the third game last year and the most for a Game 3 since Boston’s 4-1 victory over St. Louis in 2004, which drew a 15.7/24 and 24.4 million viewers on a Friday.

The rating is the percentage of television homes tuned to a telecast and the share is the percentage viewing among those households with televisions on at the time.

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