TV viewership MLB opening night on ESPN 2024

Published by
Christina Gough,
Jul 24, 2025

The opening night of the 2024 MLB season, which saw the World Series champion Texas Rangers face the Chicago Cubs, drew a TV audience of **** million viewers. This marked the second-highest opening day audience since 2020.

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Major League Baseball opening night TV viewership on ESPN from 2010 to 2024 (in millions)

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Release date

April 2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

2010 to 2024

Supplementary notes

* COVID-affected season

** ESPN's featured Opening Day game, Mets-Nationals, was postponed in 2021.

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