Ratings for this year's World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers averaged 14,125,000 viewers on Fox, down 25 percent from last year and the fourth-lowest ever.

Last year's World Series between the Dodgers and Houston Astros averaged 18,909,000 viewers.

In 2016, a historic matchup between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians brought in 23,386,000 viewers.