The following is a list of MLB television ratings for national broadcasts on MLB Network Showcase, MLB on TBS, MLB on ESPN, MLB on Fox and MLB on FS1. The list is current for the 2023 Major League Baseball season and for 10 November 2024 [refresh].
Regular season
editFox
edit| Date | Matchup(s) | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, April 1 | Giants-Yankees Phillies-Rangers |
2.210M |
| Saturday, April 22 | Mets-Giants White Sox-Rays |
1.270M |
| Saturday, April 29 | Cubs-Marlins | .986K |
| Saturday, May 6 | Red Sox-Phillies Orioles-Braves |
2.080M |
| Saturday, May 13 | Astros-White Sox Padres-Dodgers |
1.820M |
| Saturday, May 20 | Mariners-Braves Dodgers-Cardinals |
2.050M |
| Saturday, May 27 | Red Sox-Diamondbacks Reds-Cubs Cardinals-Guardians |
1.800M |
| Saturday, June 3 | Yankees-Dodgers Guardians-Twins |
2.250M (2.170 Fox + .084K Fox Deportes) |
| Saturday, June 10 | Red Sox-Yankees Cubs-Giants |
2.560M |
| Saturday, June 17 | Rays-Padres | 1.080M |
| Saturday, June 24 | Cubs-Cardinals | 1.800M |
| Astros-Dodgers Twins-Tigers |
1.930M | |
| Saturday, July 1 | Guardians-Cubs Dodgers-Royals Rays-Mariners |
1.760M |
| Saturday, July 8 | Braves-Rays Mariners-Astros |
2.200M |
| Tuesday, July 11 | All-Star Game | 7.09M (7.01M Fox + 80K Fox Deportes) |
| Saturday, July 15 | White Sox-Braves Dodgers-Mets |
2.080M |
| Saturday, July 22 | Braves-Brewers White Sox-Twins |
1.934M |
| Saturday, July 29 | Yankees-Orioles Rays-Astros Red Sox-Giants |
2.649M |
| Thursday, August 3 | Pirates-Brewers Astros-Yankees |
2.024M |
| Saturday, August 12 | Brewers-White Sox Angels-Astros Braves-Mets |
2.305M |
| Thursday, August 17 | Mets-Cardinals | 1.360M |
| Saturday, August 26 | Rangers-Twins Cardinals-Phillies Cubs-Pirates |
2.033M |
| Saturday, September 2 | Phillies-Brewers Twins-Rangers |
1.925M |
| Thursday, September 14 | Yankees-Red Sox Rays-Orioles |
1.680M |
| Thursday, September 21 | Orioles-Guardians Mets-Phillies |
1.585M |
| Saturday, September 30 | Red Sox-Orioles Rangers-Mariners |
1.680M |
Average: 1.882M, does not include All-Star game
ESPN
edit| Date | Matchup | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, March 30 | White Sox-Astros | 1.640M |
| Sunday, April 2 | Phillies-Rangers | 1.560M (1.31 ESPN + 245K ESPN2) |
| Sunday, April 9 | Padres-Braves | 1.490M |
| Sunday, April 16 | Rangers-Astros | 1.150M (994K ESPN + 92K ESPN2, + 63K ESPN Deportes) |
| Sunday, April 23 | Mets-Giants | 1.310M |
| Sunday, April 30 | Phillies-Astros | 1.520M (1.42 ESPN + 99K ESPN2) |
| Sunday, May 7 | Dodgers-Padres | 1.620M |
| Sunday, May 14 | Cardinals-Red Sox | 1.770M |
| Sunday, May 21 | Guardians-Mets | 1.160M |
| Sunday, May 28 | Phillies-Braves | 1.470M |
| Sunday, June 4 | Yankees-Dodgers | 1.610M |
| Sunday, June 11 | Red Sox-Yankees | 2.010M (1.942M ESPN + 64K ESPN Deportes) |
| Wednesday, June 14 | Yankees-Mets | 1.900M |
| White Sox-Dodgers | .780K | |
| Sunday, June 18 | Yankees-Red Sox | 1.433M |
| Sunday, June 25 | Cubs-Cardinals | 1.168M |
| Astros-Dodgers | 1.744M | |
| Sunday, July 2 | Giants-Mets | 1.313M |
| Monday, July 10 | Home Run Derby | 6.110M (5.52M ESPN + 596K ESPN2) |
| Sunday, July 16 | Astros-Angels | 1.298M |
| Sunday, July 23 | Mets-Red Sox | 1.459M (1.304M ESPN + 154K ESPN2) |
| Wednesday, July 26 | Braves-Red Sox | 1.209M |
| Sunday, July 30 | Yankees-Orioles | 1.632M |
| Sunday, August 6 | Dodgers-Padres | 1.522M (1.386M ESPN + 136K ESPN2) |
| Sunday, August 13 | Braves-Mets | 1.653M (1.541M ESPN + 112K ESPN2) |
| Sunday, August 20 | Phillies-Nationals | 1.599M (1.361M ESPN + 195K ESPN2 + 43K ESPN Deportes) |
| Sunday, August 27 | Braves-Giants | 1.760M (1.590M ESPN + 126K ESPN2 + 44K ESPN Deportes) |
| Sunday, September 3 | Yankees-Astros | 1.288M |
| Sunday, September 10 | Rockies-Giants | .640K |
| Sunday, September 17 | Cubs-DBacks | .742K |
| Sunday, September 24 | Giants-Dodgers | .773K |
Average: 1.407M (does not include Home-Run Derby)
FS1
edit| Date | Matchup | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, April 1 | Guardians-Mariners | 198K |
| Saturday, April 8 | Rangers-Cubs | 493K |
| Saturday, April 15 | Brewers-Padres | 285K |
| Saturday, April 22 | Tigers-Orioles | 272K |
| Monday, April 24 | Athletics-Angels | 126K |
| Saturday, April 29 | Cardinals-Dodgers | 336K |
| Monday, May 1 | Giants-Astros | 264K |
| Saturday, May 13 | Rangers-A's | 252K |
| Saturday, May 20 | Brewers-Rays | 145K |
| Saturday, May 22 | Giants-Twins | 158K |
| Saturday, May 27 | Phillies-Braves | 508K |
| Monday, May 29 | Angels-White Sox | 168K |
| Thursday, June 1 | Angels-Astros | 312K |
| Saturday, June 3 | Cubs-Padres | 226K |
| Monday, June 5 | Royals-Marlins | 122K |
| Thursday, June 15 | Angels-Astros | 390K |
| Saturday, June 17 | Angels-Royals | 200K |
| Guardians-Diamondbacks | 208K | |
| Saturday, June 24 | Mets-Phillies | 311K |
| Saturday, July 1 | Yankees-Cardinals | 371K |
| Monday, July 3 | Angels-Padres | 268K |
| Thursday, July 6 | Cardinals-Marlins | 256K |
| Saturday, July 8 | Reds-Brewers | 349K |
| Monday, July 17 | Twins-Mariners | 188K |
| Saturday, July 29 | Tigers-Marlins | 301K |
| Saturday, August 5 | Blue Jays-Red Sox | 283K |
| Dodgers-Padres | 653K | |
| Saturday, August 12 | Orioles-Mariners | 273K |
| Monday, August 14 | Diamondbacks-Rockies | 151K |
| Saturday, August 19 | Red Sox-Yankees | 312K |
| Brewers-Rangers | 329K | |
| Monday, August 21 | Mariners-White Sox | 151K |
| Thursday, August 24 | Reds-Diamondbacks | 186K |
| Saturday, August 26 | Braves-Giants | 414K |
| Monday, September 4 | Orioles-Angels | 178K |
| Saturday, September 9 | Mariners-Rays | 172K |
| Monday, September 18 | Twins-Reds | 125K |
| Wednesday, September 20 | Mets-Marlins | 289K |
| Monday, September 25 | Padres-Giants | 124K |
Average: 265K
TBS (Tuesday)
edit| Date | Matchup | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|
| April 4 | Phillies-Yankees | 401K |
| April 11 | Padres-Mets | 278K |
| April 18 | Mets-Dodgers | 228K |
| May 2 | Blue Jays-Red Sox | 234K |
| May 9 | Red Sox-Braves | 260K |
| May 16 | Cubs-Astros | 231K |
| May 23 | Dodgers-Braves | 300K |
| May 30 | Phillies-Mets | 337K |
| June 6 | Mets-Braves | 275K |
| June 13 | Yankees-Mets | 558K |
| June 20 | Braves-Phillies | 359K |
| Dodgers-Angels | 415K | |
| June 27 | Twins-Braves | 351K |
| July 4 | Angels-Padres | 448K |
| July 18 | Dodgers-Orioles | 416K |
| July 25 | Mets-Yankees | 546K |
| August 2 | Rays-Yankees | 319K |
| August 8 | Astros-Orioles | 340K |
| August 15 | Yankees-Braves | 579K |
| August 22 | Red Sox-Astros | 260K |
| August 29 | Brewers-Cubs | 334K |
| September 5 | Giants-Cubs | 377K |
| September 12 | Yankees-Red Sox | 430K |
| September 19 | Phillies-Braves | 363K |
| September 26 | Cubs-Braves | 345K |
| Astros-Mariners | 234K |
Average: 355K
NBC
edit| Date | Matchup | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|
| May 7 | Orioles-Braves | 1.30 |
10 most watched
edit| Rank | Date | Day | Time | Network(s) | Matchup(s) | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 29 | Saturday | 7PM ET | Fox | Yankees-Orioles Rays-Astros Red Sox-Giants |
2.649M |
| 2 | June 10 | 7:30PM ET | Red Sox-Yankees (84%) Cubs-Giants (16%) |
2.56M | ||
| 3 | August 12 | 7PM ET | Brewers-White Sox (12%) Angels-Astros (44%) Braves-Mets (44%) |
2.305M | ||
| 4 | June 3 | Fox Fox Deportes (Spanish) |
Yankees-Dodgers (93%) Guardians-Twins (7%) |
2.25M (2.170 Fox + .084K Fox Deportes) | ||
| 5 | April 1 | 4PM ET | Fox | Giants-Yankees (86%) Phillies-Rangers (14%) |
2.21 | |
| 6 | July 8 | 7PM ET | Braves-Rays (85%) Mariners-Astros (15%) |
2.20M | ||
| 7 | May 6 | Red Sox-Phillies (76%) Orioles-Braves (24%) |
2.08 | |||
| 8 | July 15 | White Sox-Braves Dodgers-Mets |
2.080M | |||
| 9 | May 20 | Mariners-Braves (61%) Dodgers-Cardinals (39%) |
2.05 | |||
| 10 | August 26 | Rangers-Twins (20%) Cardinals-Phillies (59%) Cubs-Pirates (21%) |
2.033M |
Playoffs
editWild Card Series
edit| Date | Time | Game # | Network(s) | Matchup | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, October 3 | 3PM ET | 1 | ABC | Rangers-Rays | 2.213M |
| 4:30PM ET | ESPN | Blue Jays-Twins | 1.681M | ||
| 7PM ET | ESPN2 | DBacks-Brewers | 1.864M | ||
| 8PM ET | ESPN ESPN Deportes |
Marlins-Phillies | 3.048M (2.986M ESPN + 62K ESPN Deportes) | ||
| Wednesday, October 5 | 3PM ET | 2 | ABC | Rangers-Rays | 2.220M |
| 4:30PM ET | ESPN | Blue Jays-Twins | 2.029M | ||
| 7PM ET | ESPN2 | DBacks-Brewers | 1.952M | ||
| 8PM ET | ESPN ESPN Deportes |
Marlins-Phillies | 3.299M (3.238M ESPN + 61K ESPN Deportes) |
Division Series
edit| Date | Time | Game # | Network(s) | Matchup | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, October 7 | 1PM ET | 1 | FS1 | Rangers-Orioles | 1.941M |
| 4:45PM ET | FS1 Fox Deportes |
Twins-Astros | 2.609M (2.485M + 124K) | ||
| 6PM | TBS TruTV |
Phillies-Braves | 3.836M (3.313M + 523K) | ||
| 9PM | DBacks-Dodgers | 2.073M (1.679M + 394K) | |||
| Sunday, October 8 | 4PM | 2 | FS1 | Rangers-Orioles | 1.601M |
| 8PM | FS1 Fox Deportes |
Twins-Astros | 2.377M (2.284M + 93K) | ||
| Monday, October 9 | 6PM | TBS TruTV MLBN |
Phillies-Braves | 4.327M (3.546M + 722K + 59K) | |
| 9PM | Diamondbacks-Dodgers | 2.833M (2.217M + 524K + 92K | |||
| Tuesday, October 10 | 4PM | 3 | Fox Fox Deportes |
Astros-Twins | 2.807M (2.723M + 84K) |
| 8PM | Orioles-Rangers | 4.233M (4.139M + 94K) | |||
| Wednesday, October 11 | 5PM | TBS TruTV MLB Network |
Braves-Phillies | 4.084M (3.632M + 384K + 68K | |
| 7PM | 4 | FS1 Fox Deportes |
Astros-Twins | 2.826M (2.701M + 125K) | |
| 9PM | 3 | TBS TruTV |
Dodgers-DBacks | 3.259M (2.698M + 561K) | |
| Thursday, October 12 | 8PM | 4 | TBS TruTV MLB Network |
Braves-Phillies | 5.882M (5.341M + 454K + 87K |
Championship Series
edit| Date | Time | Game # | Network(s) | Matchup | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, October 15th | 8PM | 1 | Fox Fox Deportes |
Rangers-Astros | 7.266M (7.024M + 242K) |
| Monday, October 16 | 4:30PM | 2 | Fox FS1 Fox Deportes |
4.459M (3.583M + 785K + 91K) | |
| 8PM | 1 | TBS TruTV MLB Network |
DBacks-Phillies | 3.831M (3.722M + 52K + 57K) | |
| Tuesday, October 17 | 2 | 5.256M (5.129M + 68K + 59K) | |||
| Wednesday, October 18 | 3 | FS1 Fox Deportes |
Astros-Rangers | 4.820M (4.640M + 180K) | |
| Thursday, October 19 | 5PM | TBS TruTV MLB Network |
Phillies-DBacks | 4.136M (4.003M + 69K + 64K) | |
| 8PM | 4 | FS1 Fox Deportes |
Astros-Rangers | 3.857M (3.664M + 193K) | |
| Friday, October 20 | 5PM | 5 | 4.431M (4.222M + 209K) | ||
| 8PM | 4 | TBS TruTV MLB Network |
Phillies-Dbacks | 5.541M (5.393M + 52K + 96K | |
| Saturday, October 21 | 5 | TBS TruTV |
4.698M (4.616M + 82K) | ||
| Sunday, October 22 | 6 | FS1 Fox Deportes |
Rangers-Astros | 5.049M (4.769M + 280K) | |
| Monday, October 23 | 5PM | TBS TruTV |
DBacks-Phillies | 4.672M (4.596M + 76K) | |
| 8PM | 7 | Fox FS1 Fox Deportes |
Rangers-Astros | 6.920M (4.015M + 2.756M + 149K) | |
| Tuesday, October 24 | TBS TruTV MLB Network |
DBacks-Phillies | 9.090M (8.889M + 103K + 98K) |
World Series
edit| Date | Time | Game # | Network(s) | Matchup | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, October 27th | 8PM | 1 | Fox Fox Deportes |
DBacks-Rangers | 9.354M (9.172M + 182K) |
| Saturday, October 28th | 2 | 8.375M (8.153M + 222K) | |||
| Monday, October 30th | 3 | Rangers-DBacks | 8.293M (8.126M + 167K) | ||
| Tuesday, October 31st | 4 | 8.647M (8.480M + 167K) | |||
| Wednesday, November 1st | 5 | 11.644M (11.481M + 163K) |