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ALT Four small line charts on identical scales show average TVs tuned in (HH Live AA) by hours after first pitch. Home games rose from their first to their last complete quarter-hour: Game 1 (Sat., Oct. 3) from 111,565 to 118,082, up 5.8%; Game 2 (Sun., Oct. 4) from 109,476 to 133,936, up 22.3%. Road games fell: Game 3 (Tue., Oct. 6) from 126,609 to 101,378, down 19.9%; Game 4 (Wed., Oct. 7) from 126,541 to 103,873, down 17.9%.
ALT Four game timelines, each as long as its game, with the first and final hour shaded and the highest complete 15-minute audience marked. Home games peaked in the final hour: Game 1 at 10:15–10:30 p.m. (122,798 average TVs tuned in) and Game 2 at 6:00–6:15 p.m. (133,936). Road games peaked in the first hour: Game 3 at 9:00–9:15 p.m. (138,915) and Game 4 at 9:45–10:00 p.m. (128,701). Times Central.
ALT Line chart of average TVs tuned in by Central clock time, 7:30 p.m. to midnight, for the three evening games; afternoon Game 2 is excluded. In the 10:45–11 p.m. quarter-hour the audiences were similar: Game 1, 118,082, 3 hours 7 minutes after first pitch and near its end; Game 3, 118,725, 2 hours 6 minutes in; Game 4, 123,119, 1 hour 37 minutes in. After 11 p.m. both road games kept falling, to 101,378 and 103,873 by the 11:45 p.m. quarter-hour. Game 1 ended about 11:06 p.m.
ALT Timeline of the four games on a Central clock from 3 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Game 1, Saturday, Oct. 3, at home: first pitch 7:38 p.m., 3 hours 28 minutes, series opener, Brewers won 3–2. Game 2, Sunday, Oct. 4, at home: 3:08 p.m., 3 hours 14 minutes, Brewers led the series 1–0, won 4–3 on a walk-off. Game 3, Tuesday, Oct. 6, on the road: 8:39 p.m., 3 hours 22 minutes, Brewers led 2–0, San Diego won 4–3. Game 4, Wednesday, Oct. 7, on the road: 9:08 p.m., 3 hours, Brewers led 2–1, won 3–1 and clinched. A panel explains that four games can't say whether later starts lowered viewing, because the day of the week, start time, game length and stakes changed at the same time.
