The MLB Field of Dreams game returned after a four-year hiatus with a steep decline in viewership in its Netflix debut.<\/p>\n
Last Thursday\u2019s Phillies-Twins Major League Baseball \u201cField of Dreams\u201d game from Dyersville, Iowa, averaged just 1.66 million viewers on Netflix, per the Associated Press<\/a> \u2014 down by about half from the last time the event was held in 2022, when Cubs-Reds averaged 3.10 million on FOX.<\/p>\n Viewership was even lower compared to the original Field of Dreams game in 2021, a Yankees-White Sox matchup that averaged nearly six million viewers on FOX. That 2021 game still ranks as the most-watched MLB regular season window since 2005.<\/p>\n The Phillies\u2019 win averaged slightly more viewers than last year\u2019s MLB \u2018special event\u2019 game, the Braves-Reds MLB \u201cSpeedway Classic\u201d from Bristol Motor Speedway on FOX. But that game took place over two days due to rain delays that washed out the original Saturday night window.<\/p>\n It was easily the least-watched of the three Netflix-exclusive Major League Baseball events this year, behind the Yankees-Giants Opening Night game in March (2.97M) and the Home Run Derby in July (5.3M). To put the numbers in perspective, NBC had one of its least-watched \u201cSunday Night Baseball\u201d games all season five days earlier and still averaged a larger audience of 2.1 million<\/a> (2.01M per Nielsen, plus Adobe Analytics).<\/p>\n