LOS ANGELES (AP) — The World Series defeated “Monday Night Football” in the battle for television viewers.

The The Los Angeles Dodgers won 4-2 over the New York Yankees In Game 3 of the Fall Classic, the series averaged 13.64 million viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming, according to initial numbers from Nielsen. That surpassed the 13.4 million viewers The Pittsburgh Steelers won 26:18 about the New York Giants on ABC, ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN2 and streaming.

Yankees-Dodgers viewership peaked at 14.25 million between 9 and 9:15 p.m. EDT. It was the most-watched Game 3 since 2018, when the Dodgers' 18-inning win over the Red Sox averaged 13.3 million viewers.

It is Fox's most-watched primetime broadcast on a Monday since Game 5 of the 2013 series between Boston and St. Louis (14.45 million).

It was the ninth time since 1986 that a World Series game was played on a Monday night, but only the fourth time it faced “Monday Night Football” on network television.

Last year was the first time the NFL won the Fall Classic on Monday night. The Texas Rangers' 3-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 3 last year is the least-watched World Series game ever, averaging 8.13 million viewers. That same night, Detroit's 26-14 win over Las Vegas averaged 15.2 million on ESPN, ABC and ESPN Deportes.

Through three games, the World Series averages 14.42 million, its highest number in seven years.

The game had a 20.0 rating and a 52 share in Los Angeles and an 11.6 rating and a 29 share in New York.

The audience rating is the percentage of television households tuned in. The share refers to the percentage of viewers who are currently watching.

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