Red Sox-Yankees Attracts Largest Game 1 Wild Card or Division Series TV Audience in 20 Years

NBC scores strong ratings during wild-card round

Red Sox-Yankees attracts largest Game 1 Wild Card or Division Series TV audience in 20 years

NBC’s first crack at the MLB Wild Card round is turning out to be a viewership success. Tuesday’s Game 1 between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees averaged 7.3 million viewers across NBC and Peacock, marking this most-watched Game 1 of any MLB playoff series in the Wild Card or Division round since…

Yankees-Red Sox had MLB’s best first-round Game 1 viewership in 20 years

Tuesday's Yankees-Red Sox Wild Card game averaged 7.3 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, the most-watched MLB first-round game in 20 years.

After topping regular season, Red Sox-Yankees dominates first day of playoffs

The following article "After topping regular season, Red Sox-Yankees dominates first day of playoffs" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. After all these years, Red Sox-Yankees is still the biggest television draw in baseball. Tuesday’s Red Sox-Yankees MLB American League Wild Card Series Game 1 averaged 7.3 million viewers across NBC platforms, per a Nielsen-measured audience that includes NBC’s first-party streaming data — marking the s…