The Week That Was In Worldwide Media - November 9, 2025


On this week's edition of "The Week That Was In Worldwide Media", we breakdown the big TV ratings for the 7th game of the World Series, Heather Hiscox's farewell from the CBC after 20 years of hosting the morning news, and a former Ottawa radio announcer comes back to Montreal!


Here's the breakdown of the top 3 stories of what happened this week in worldwide media:


Story #1: Game 7 of the 2025 World Series is the most-watched MLB game worldwide since 1991

Last weekend's Game 7 of the World Series was watched by 51 million viewers in the United States, Canada, and Japan, making it the most-watched MLB game worldwide in 34 years.

In the United States, over 27.3 million viewers watched the 7th and deciding game of the World Series on Fox, making it the most-watched World Series game in 8 years, while here in Canada, an average audience 10.9 million viewers saw the Toronto Blue Jays lose to Los Angeles Dodgers in a wild Game 7 on Sportsnet, Sportsnet+ and Citytv, making it the most-watched broadcast in the history of Rogers Communications.

Over in Japan, 21.9 million viewers watched Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers claim the championship for the 2nd year in a row on NHK, making it the 1st time since the New York Yankees won 3 straight between 1998 and 2000 that the World Series had a repeat champion.

Next year's MLB season won't get underway until March 25th, when the New York Yankees travel to the west coast to take on the San Francisco Giants.


Story #2: Heather Hiscox retires from CBC after 20 years of hosting the morning news

Exactly 20 years after hosting the morning news for the first time, Heather Hiscox has officially retired from the CBC last Thursday.

Her last broadcast was taped at the Barbara Frum Atrium in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in downtown Toronto, but her fellow colleagues and her family was in attendance.

Her last show at CBC marked the cross country road trip of her farewell tour, which spanned multiple communities across Canada.

David Common will replace Hiscox as of February 2026, 2 weeks after Common hosts Metro Morning for the last time on Friday, January 16th.

In the interim, Guest hosts will lead the show until Common takes over the show on February 2nd, 2026.


Story #3: Tony Stark returns to 95.9 Virgin Radio during Charli Page's mat leave

During her final show before maternity leave last Friday, Tony Stark will take over afternoons on 95.9 Virgin Radio (CJFM-FM/Montreal) on November 17th.

Stark is no stranger to Montreal radio, as he was the announcer for The Beat 92.5 (CKBE-FM), before leaving for Halifax and returning to Montreal for a year before moving to Ottawa.

Stark previously hosted afternoons on Jump! 106.9 (CKQB-FM/Ottawa) as well as voicetracking for several other Corus radio stations until the company's mass layoffs in early 2025.

His co-host, Dayna Breez was also laid off during another announcement of mass layoffs at Corus in June 2025, resulting in CKQB's elimination of live studio programming.

Guest hosts will lead the afternoon slot during the week of November 10th.


Canadian TV audience rankings for October 2025, from Numeris

1. CTV - 18.5% (down from 20.1% in September)

2. Global - 14.5% (up from 14.1% in September)

3. Citytv - 14% (up from 8.5% in September, thanks to the Toronto Blue Jays playing in the World Series after 32 years)

4. CBC - 8.5% (down from 9.5% in September)


My Observations for the week ahead

Remembrance Day coverage starts Tuesday at 10am local time, live on multiple networks, check local listings for the ceremony in your area

Grey Cup coverage happens next weekend with Grey Cup Saturday on TSN, with the actual game airing the following day on TSN and CTV.


And that concludes this edition of "The Week That Was In Worldwide Media", come back next week where we'll recap the top stories that happened in worldwide media!

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