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Giants-Cubs Draws NBC’s Biggest MLB Audience Since Opening Week

6/12/2026

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NBC's Sunday Night Baseball game between San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs drew 2.57 million viewers, the largest MLB audience on any network since Opening Week.
The extra-inning Giants win was the season’s fourth-largest audience, behind three Opening-Week broadcasts that drew 3.2 million, 2.97 million and 2.59 million viewers.
NBC’s broadcast was the most-watched on any network in four of the five weeks it aired this season.

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NBC's Sunday Night Baseball game between San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs drew 2.57 million viewers, the largest MLB audience on any network since Opening Week.
The extra-inning Giants win was the season’s fourth-largest audience, behind three Opening-Week broadcasts that drew 3.2 million, 2.97 million and 2.59 million viewers.
NBC’s broadcast was the most-watched on any network in four of the five weeks it aired this season.