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'''The World Series''' is the championship series of [[Major League Baseball]]. It is also known as the "Fall Classic." The playoffs follow the regular season, culminating in the World Series in late October each year.  The event is a series of seven games played between the champions of the [[American League]] and [[National League]].  

'''The World Series''' is the championship series of [[Major League Baseball]]. It is also known as the "Fall Classic." The playoffs follow the regular season, culminating in the World Series in late October each year.  The event is a series of seven games played between the champions of the [[American League]] and [[National League]].  

Television ratings for the World Series peaked in 1978 and has declined to only about a third of that level today.  The biggest drop in ratings—roughly a third of the audience—occurred in 2005, when the scandal of performance-enhancing drugs and a congressional hearing rocked the sport,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43422-2005Mar17.html</ref> and the World Series television audience has never recovered since.<ref>http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wstv.shtml</ref>

Television ratings for the World Series peaked in 1978 and has declined to only about a third of that level today.  The biggest drop in ratings—roughly a third of the audience—occurred in 2005, when the scandal of performance-enhancing drugs and a congressional hearing rocked the sport,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43422-2005Mar17.html</ref> and the World Series television audience has never recovered since.<ref>http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wstv.shtml</ref> Television ratings for the World Series have declined from 50.34 million viewers for Game 7 of the 1991 World Series to an average of only 12.02 million viewers on television and streaming for the 6-game Astros-Braves World Series in 2021.<ref>https://theathletic.com/3721204/2022/10/26/world-series-ratings-predictions/</ref>

 

== History ==

== History ==