Joe Buck is set to call seven games in seven days
Buck's schedule will see him call (at least) four World Series games, three NFL contests in four cities.
Buck's schedule will see him call (at least) four World Series games, three NFL contests in four cities.
Game 7 drew 23.013 million viewers, the lowest for a World Series Game 7, but still more than enough to make this not the least-watched World Series ever.
"SWING AND A MISS! SWING AND A MISS! SWING AND A MISS! AND A WORLD SERIES GAME 7 WINNING CURLY W IS IN THE BOOKS! THE CELEBRATION IS ON! THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS! REMEMBER WHERE YOU ARE!"
If Game 6 ends the World Series, it may well be the least-watched World Series ever unless the average viewership goes up by over six million from Game 5.
The first game of the World Series was the second-lowest Game 1 on record with 12.194 million average viewers, only slightly ahead of 2014's 12.191 million.
Fox's current World Series deal is up after 2021.
NBC was quick to point out the difference in World Series games in its ratings
That is definitely Sandy Koufax and definitely not Bill Nye.
In 2016, Buck said " I’ve been doing it for a long time and I feel like somebody else should do it." Well, it's not going to be someone else calling the World Series until at least 2022, and maybe beyond that.
Fox could be rooting for rain this fall.
Viewers accused Hernandez of homophobia following a pregame joke.
Baseball delivered a ratings victory against the NFL on Sunday.
Fox is using the 6-second ads extensively during the World Series