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The 2022 Little League Softball World Series was ESPN’s most-watched since it expanded coverage of the tournament in 2017, according to a release from ESPNPR.
The tournament averaged 294,000 viewers across ESPN and ESPN2, up 19 percent from 2021 and up 21 percent from 2019. The increases occurred despite a last-minute time change for Monday’s championship game that shifted the game out of an originally-scheduled primetime slot to a noon first pitch; the game would later re-air in primetime.
Texas’ championship win over Maryland drew 280,000 viewers in the 12 pm time slot, then brought in an additional 256,000 viewers in the re-air on Monday night on ESPN2 for a combined audience of 536,000 viewers.
TV Audience Numbers for previous Little League Softball championship games:
2021 – Championship Game on ESPN – 409,000 viewers
2019 – Championship Game on ESPN – 473,000 viewers
2018 – Championship Game on ESPN – 535,000 viewers
2017 – Championship Game on ESPN2 – 360,000 viewers
2016 – Championship Game on ESPN2 – 193,000 viewers
The Little League Softball World Series semifinal game on Sunday, August 14, between Hewitt, Texas and Chesterfield, Virginia, was the tournament’s most-watched telecast since the 2018 championship game. It averaged 537,000 viewers.