Rays-Brewers World Series opener draws a preliminary 12.2 million viewers

A preliminary 12.2 million viewers watched Friday's Rays-Brewers World Series opener across Fox and Univision, Sports Business Journal reports, citing sources. That topped the 2023 opener's 9.4 million viewers and the 2021 and 2022 Game 1 totals, though those two totals included Fox Deportes rather than Univision. The 2024 and 2025 Dodgers openers drew more; updated figures incorporating Big Data measurements were still pending.