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The deciding Game 6 of the World Series that saw the New York Yankees claim their 27th title against the Philadelphia Phillies garnered a 15.5 overnight rating figure, up 39.6 percent from the deciding game of last year’s World Series that was spread out over two days (Monday through 6 innings, and the last 3 innings played on a Weds) against the Phillies and Rays. According to Mediaweek, the game averaged a World Series high 21.15 million viewers and a 6.9 rating/18 share among adults 18-49 in primetime.
Here is the overnight numbers for the key demo, by hour:
2009 World Series, Game 6 (FOX) 8:00 p.m. – Viewers: 20.91 million, A18-49: 6.4/18 8:30 p.m. – Viewers: 23.63 million, A18-49: 7.4/19 9:00 p.m. – Viewers: 22.63 million, A18-49: 7.3/18 9:30 p.m. – Viewers: 20.91 million, A18-49: 6.9/18 10:00 p.m. – Viewers: 19.71 million, A18-49: 6.8/18 10:30 p.m. – Viewers: 19.09 million, A18-49: 6.8/19
Final numbers are not yet available but will be published as soon as they are.
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The game also was the highest attended game at new Yankee Stadium , pulling in 50,315, a high-water mark for the stadium that opened this year. The numbers were high due to increased standing-room only tickets, that off-set additional press and VIP seating that is allocated for the postseason.
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