The 2025 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays reportedly drew 25.9 million viewers on FOX, eclipsing June’s NBA Finals Game 7 showdown between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers, which drew just 16.4 million on ABC. This 58 percent gap has begun a widespread dialogue among sports fans and analysts, with people asking different questions.

Is this an indication of the growing popularity of MLB, the diminishing product of NBA basketball, or both?

Scheduling fortune may have played a factor in the Dodgers-Blue Jays Game 7 viewership spike, as it was the first World Series Game 7 on a Saturday since 1931.

But there are other, more relevant variables to consider, such as the intriguing narrative of the Dodgers chasing a repeat title, a feat not ac

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