Yes, we all know by now that the Giants are your 2012 World Series champs – Miguel Cabrera struck out looking on the final pitch, Pablo Sandoval won the World Series MVP award, and it’s the Giants’ second World Series title in three years. However, the television ratings for this year’s World Series were, well, not very good.
The average overnight ratings of all four games was an 8.9, which is the second-lowest average of all-time (the 2008 World Series between the Phillies and the Rays, as well as the 2010 World Series between the Giants and the Rangers, generated an average of 8.4, the worst of all-time).
What saved the series from the worst all-time World Series ratings was a 10.6 rating last night, the clinching game.
[h/t The Big Lead]
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