On a rare Thursday night when a World Series game and an NFL game went head-to-head, it was baseball that drew more viewers.
over the Houston Texans averaged 7,860,000 on Amazon Prime Video. Both figures were compiled by Nielsen.
NFL games traditionally outdraw the World Series, but this is the first year the NFL has sold a package of games to a streaming service. Nielsen and Prime Video have entered into an agreement for ratings, but measuring audience numbers with a streaming package remains a work in progress. Including Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms, World Series Game 5 was viewed by 13,014,000 people. The audience peaked at 14,613,000 during the ninth inning.
Through eight broadcasts, Thursday night games on Prime Video are averaging 10.01 million according to Nielsen and 11.8 million according to Amazon.
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