Earlier in the week, the New York Mets swept the first half of the Subway Series from the New York Yankees in two games at Citi Field. The Mets outscored the Yankees 21-9 in the games and attained a .500 record in the regular season for the first time since early May of this year. SportsNet New York (SNY), the television home of the Mets, averaged 411,000 viewers for the series, including its two most-watched games of the season. The two games averaged 247,000 households reached as well, a strong performance for the local television outlet. Additionally, the Subway Series resulted in an average of 3.1 million live minutes streamed, making the Tuesday and Wednesday contests the two most-streamed games of the season for SNY.
The first game of the series on Tuesday night garnered 243,575 households, the largest household audience for a Mets game on SNY since the 2023 season opener last March. Six out of every 10 viewers locally tuned into SNY to watch the Subway Series matchup on Tuesday as well. The network surpassed coverage on YES Network by 40% in total viewers, 47% in the age 18-49 demographic and 58% in the age 25-54 demographic.
Wednesday night’s game included an 87-minute rain delay in the fifth inning; however, it still posted strong numbers that eclipsed the previous game. The Subway Series broadcast attained 16,000 more viewers and 7,500 additional households compared to Tuesday. The Yankees game broadcast aired on Amazon’s Prime Video on Wednesday instead of YES Network, part of a media rights deal in which 21 Yankees games air exclusively on the platform this season.
Play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen, analysts Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling and field reporter Steve Gelbs called the action on SNY. For Cohen, Hernandez and Darling, the 2024 MLB season marks their 19th year working together, the most among any broadcast team in Mets history. Mets baseball on SNY will return to the air on Monday, July 1 for the first of a four-game series on the road against the Washington Nationals.
