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The Little League Baseball World Series drew its highest tv rankings since 2015, ESPN introduced Tuesday.
An common of 1.1 million viewers tuned in over the course of the occasion on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2, in response to Nielsen Big Data + Panel.
Overall, LLBWS rankings had been up 7% from the earlier 12 months, which included a number of further excessive marks for particular person contests.
The championship recreation on Sunday, through which Curacao defeated Henderson, Nev., 11-2, netted 2.9 million viewers on ABC, a rise of 21% from 2025 with a peak of three.7 million tuning in.
The United States championship recreation that noticed Henderson beat Hamilton, Ohio, 12-2 pulled in a median of two.5 million, whereas the International championship recreation through which Curacao topped Tokyo 4-0 attracted 1.6 million. The latter recreation noticed its greatest rankings since 2023 with a rise of 27% over 2025.
Ratings for the comfort recreation through which Tokyo defeated Hamilton 3-2 had been up 39% with a median of 903,000 viewers, the best determine for that contest in 10 years.
The LLBWS additionally loved its most-watched non-championship recreation since 2021, as Hamilton vs. Phenix City, Ala., drew 2.1 million viewers. That determine was the best for a LLBWS contest on ESPN in 11 years.
–Field Level Media