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2025 @MLB #WorldSeries (@Dodgers #LetsGoDodgers 4️⃣, @BlueJays #WantItAll  3️⃣) averaged 16.1M viewers in the U.S. 🇺🇸 (Fox + Univision)

Based on who came closest:

🥇 @SportsOnTV_Hub (16.1M)
🥈 @stevekaplowitz (15.3M)
🥉 @AmbroseHank & @JasonYellin (15.0M)

Thanks to all!

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⚾️📺 #MLB #WorldSeries 2025 Ratings Preview: Are the Los Angeles Dodgers Enough to Hold American Interest as They Face the Toronto Blue Jays? https://t.co/MlJZUd0TCj via @PIUpdate

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📺 July 18, 1987: “Karen’s Song” starring Patty Duke and Lainie Kazan debuted on Fox. The sitcom featured Teri Hatcher in her first regularly scheduled role.

Only nine episodes aired in its run. https://t.co/zEtN8vA8bD

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📺 July 18, 2004: “Entourage”, the comedy loosely based on the life of Mark Wahlberg (who served as an executive producer on the series), debuted on HBO. It starred Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrara.

Jeremy Piven won three E… https://t.co/ENlWOu4aGi

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📺 🍺 July 17, 2011: “Bar Rescue,” the docuseries starring long-time food and beverage industry consultant Jon Taffer, debuted on Spike (predecessor to Paramount Network). To date, ten seasons have been produced. https://t.co/tHsYfo18hW

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🦈 📺 July 17, 1988: Discovery Channel’s first “Shark Week” premiered. The weeklong lineup dedicated to informational specials about sharks, it was originally conceived to showcase conservation efforts and correcting misconceptions about sharks. https://t.co/IzN16jfxTF

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📺 July 17, 1999: “SpongeBob SquarePants” debuted on Nickelodeon. The animated series that chronicles the adventures of the title character and his aquatic friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom remains as one of the network’s all-time signature… https://t.co/CRiGInKnqd

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📺 July 17, 2007: “The Bill Engvall Show” debuted on TBS. The sitcom that starred Bill Engvall, Nancy Travis and Jennifer Lawrence aired for 30 episodes across three seasons. https://t.co/9ejKuLJoiG

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📺 July 17, 2019: “Pearson,” the “Suits” spinoff starring Gina Torres and set in Chicago, debuted on USA Network. It only lasted a 10-episode single season. https://t.co/k0uwCjspla

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📺 July 16, 2013: The revival of the U.S. version of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” premiered on The CW. The half-hour improvisational comedy mock game show “where everything’s made up and the points don’t matter” was hosted by Aisha Tyler and featured the r… https://t.co/FmjMVgPf7B

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🛜 🖥️ July 15, 2020: Peacock, the streaming service from NBCUniversal and Comcast, launched. The platform that showcases content from NBC, Bravo and other networks as well as notable original series like “Poker Face”, “Ted”, “The Traitors” and “Love Isl… https://t.co/8DhEqRxnIP

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📺 July 15, 2016: “Stranger Things,” the 80’s-set horror drama created by The Duffer Brothers, debuted on Netflix.

One of the all-time most popular titles in streaming history, the series’ ensemble cast includes Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhar… https://t.co/DpjbjJAqn0

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📺 July 15, 2018: “Who Is America?,” the political satire docuseries from Sacha Baron Cohen, debuted on Showtime.

Throughout its seven-episode run, Baron Cohen — disguised as different personas — interacted with those from the infamous to the unknown ac… https://t.co/LmdItItDkd

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📺 July 14, 1990: Shock-jock (and former “America’s Got Talent” judge) Howard Stern debuted in the New York market on WWOR as host of his eponymous late-night talk show that featured outrageous segments.

The program entered national syndication in Janua… https://t.co/h5zIdKM9s1

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Stephen J. Cannell's car adventure drama "Stingray," starring Nick Mancuso, debuted on NBC in 1985 as a two-hour TV movie. It aired for two short seasons. https://t.co/mmUszGLoNN

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📺 July 13, 1984: “Brothers” debuted on Showtime. Pay cable’s first original sitcom starred Paul Regina as a man who walks away from his bride at the alter on their wedding day, only to reveal to his two older brothers (Robert Walden and Brandon Maggart)… https://t.co/aU4YAT5qvs

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📺 July 13, 2008: The 10th season of reality competition “Big Brother” premiered on CBS. Highly regarded by fans as one of the series’ best seasons, it first featured notable houseguests Dan Gheesling, Jessie Godderz, Robert “Memphis” Garrett, Renny Mart… https://t.co/3kFY2rcRTT

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📺 July 13, 2010: “Covert Affairs” starring Piper Perabo debuted on USA Network. The espionage drama ran for 75 episodes across five seasons, and was part of the cable network’s successful “Blue Sky Era” that also included “Suits”, “White Collar”, “In Pl… https://t.co/w2k1Znxz6j

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Sitcom “Cybill,” created by Chuck Lorre and headlined by Cybill Shepherd and Christine Baranski, concluded on CBS in 1998. It aired for four seasons. https://t.co/GxwuIoN1qq

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The Hollywood sign was officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles in 1923. It originally read "Hollywoodland," but the last four letters were dropped after its renovation in 1949. https://t.co/P5ue7ZHWKb

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📺 July 12, 2010: “Rizzoli & Isles” premiered on TNT. The buddy cop-medical examiner comedy-drama that starred Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander and Lorraine Bracco was one of cable’s biggest hits of the 2010’s. It ran for seven seasons. https://t.co/sBi1dbOuvM