A primetime slate of high-profile interleague matchups gave FOX its highest Major League Baseball rating in nearly three years. Regional MLB action featuring Mets-Yankees earned a 2.8 final rating and 4.551 million viewers on FOX May 21, up 65% in ratings and 82% in viewership from afternoon coverage last year (STL/CHC: 1.7, 2.504M). The 2.8 rating is tied as the highest for regular season baseball on FOX since July 2008 (BOS/NYY: 3.0). In addition, the 4.551 million viewers is the most for regular season coverage since August 2009 (BOS/NYY: 4.579M). So far this season, four MLB telecasts on FOX have had increases in ratings, and five have had increases in viewership, according to SMW.
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