Ratings for Major League Baseball on ABC telecasts

1970s All-Star Game Ratings

Year

Rating

Share

Households

1976

27.1

53

18,680,000

1978

26.1

47

19,030,000

1970s World Series Ratings

Year

Rating

Share

1977

29.9

52

1979

28.0

51

1980s

1980s All-Star Game Ratings

Year

Rating

Share

Households

1980

26.8

46

20,450,000

1982

25.0

44

20,380,000

1984

20.1

35

16,840,000

1986

20.3

35

17,440,000

1988

20.4

33

18,070,000

1980s World Series Ratings

Year

Rating

Share

1981

30.0

49

1983

23.3

41

1985

25.3

39

1987

24.0

41

1989

16.4

30

1995

1995 All-Star Game Ratings

Rating

Share

Households

13.9

25

13,260,000

1995 World Series Ratings

Rating

Share

19.5

33

Note: ABC only televised Games 1, 4, and 5. The other games from the 1995 World Series were televised by NBC.