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Sunday Night Baseball draws season-high viewership for Giants-Cubs matchup

Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Jun 11, 2026, 6:30 PM

Last updated Jun 11, 2026

Sunday Night Baseball draws season-high viewership for Giants-Cubs matchup

Summary

NBC’s Sunday Night Baseball achieved its highest viewership of the season with 2.34 million viewers for the San Francisco Giants versus Chicago Cubs game on June 7. Including streaming from Adobe Analytics, the audience increased to 2.6 million. Across six broadcasts, NBC averages 2.20 million viewers this season, compared to ESPN's 1.8 million viewers last season for a full schedule. Fox reported 1.65 million viewers for the Cleveland Guardians-Texas Rangers game on June 6. MLB is experiencing strong viewership trends early this season.

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By the Numbers

•Giants-Cubs game aired on June 7
•NBC averages 2.20 million viewers across Sunday Night Baseball
•Fox's broadcast on June 6 attracted 1.65 million viewers
•ESPN's average for its MLB schedule is 1.25 million viewers this season
•Major League Baseball has seen strong early-season ratings

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6:30 PMYahoo Sports — MLB’s strong early ratings continue with ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ season-high audience

What they're saying

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NBC’s Sunday Night Baseball drew its largest audience of the season last week, as Major League Baseball continues to post strong early-season viewership numbers. The extra-innings San Francisco Giants-Chicago Cubs game averaged 2.34 million viewers on Sunday, June 7 (2.6 million when including Adobe Analytics), the largest Sunday Night Baseball audience of the season for NBC.…
— Yahoo Sports

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