MLB All-Star Game viewers increased 6% to 7.44 million after falling to a record level last year

NEW YORK – Paul Skenes, Shohei Ohtani, Jarren Duran and the rest of this year’s All-Stars drew 7,443,000 viewers on Fox, a 6% increase over the 2023 game but the second-lowest for the event.

The 5-3 American League victory in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday night saw an increase from the 7,006,000 spectators for last year’s 3-2 National League victory in Seattle. The 2022 game in Los Angeles was watched by 7.51 million.

This year’s game had a 3.8 rating and 12 share, down from last year’s 3.9/12. The rating is the percentage of households with a television tuned to a program and the percentage is the percentage tuned to a program among households with a television currently on.

Another 116,000 viewers watched Spanish-language coverage on Fox Deportes, a 36% increase from 85,000 last year.

Monday night’s Home Run Derby, won by Teoscar Hernández of the Los Angeles Dodgers, drew 5.45 million viewers on ESPN, down 11% from last year’s 6.11 million and 6. 88 million in 2022. This year’s derby was opposite the first night of the Republican National Convention.