MLB's Sunday Night Baseball draws season-high 2.34 million viewers as early-season ratings surge continues
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Manny Soloway
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Summary
Major League Baseball's early 2026 season viewership continues to be strong across networks. NBC's Sunday Night Baseball drew its largest audience of the season with the extra-innings Giants-Cubs game averaging 2.34 million viewers (2.6 million including Adobe Analytics). This was only the fourth Sunday Night Baseball game on NBC this season due to NBA commitments. Overall, NBC is averaging strong numbers, and viewership on Fox and ESPN is also high, with potential for further improvement as the season continues.
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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.
Due to NBA commitments, Giants-Cubs was just the fourth Sunday Night Baseball game to air on NBC this season.
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