NY Times · Oct 29, 2015
Long-Lost Audiences Seen in Game 1 Drama
Photo All four games of Boston’s 2004 World Series sweep drew a TV audience of at least 20 million people. Credit Stephen Dunn/Getty Images The Mets and Royals opened the World Series on Tuesday night the way Fox would like to script every Game 1: a 14-inning epic that should build the audience for subsequent games. As with any serial, whether Gene Autry’s westerns or the podcast “Serial,” people look forward to the next chapter if the first one engages them. Game 1 gave baseball a good name and raised hopes for the quality of the following ones.