Fox officially confirms Joe Davis as lead MLB announcer
Fox has now officially named both successors to Joe Buck.
Fox has now officially named both successors to Joe Buck.
The 34-year-old Davis has been working with Fox since 2014.
"Atlanta vs. Cheaters" was a surprising entry on Nielsen's list.
"Is this happening? It is! The Atlanta Braves are world champions! The Atlanta Braves have won the 2021 World Series in six games over the Houston Astros!"
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.