Most-watched sports telecasts, August 2024
Nielsen average audience, one figure per telecast; a final or revised figure replaces a preliminary one. Composites, peaks, reach and self-reported figures do not chart.
33
eligible telecasts
updated 2026-09-15
Most-watched sports telecasts, August 2024
1
Paris 2024 Olympics — Prime time
20,000,000
2
Paris 2024 Olympics — Prime time
13,900,000
3
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Texas A&M Aggies
7,920,000
4
Clemson Tigers at Georgia Bulldogs
7,580,000
5
Miami Hurricanes at Florida Gators
6,350,000
6
Florida State Seminoles at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
4,990,000
7
North Dakota State Bison at Colorado Buffaloes
4,760,000
8
Coke Zero Sugar 400
3,500,000
9
Penn State Nittany Lions at West Virginia Mountaineers
2,990,000
10
Akron Zips at Ohio State Buckeyes
2,970,000
11
Seattle Storm at Indiana Fever
2,230,000
12
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Alabama Crimson Tide
1,850,000
13
Colorado State Rams at Texas Longhorns
1,840,000
14
North Carolina Tar Heels at Minnesota Golden Gophers
1,830,000
15
UTEP Miners at Nebraska Cornhuskers
1,670,000
16
Virginia Tech Hokies at Vanderbilt Commodores
1,450,000
17
Houston Astros at Baltimore Orioles
1,310,000
18
Phoenix Mercury at Indiana Fever
1,220,000
19
Las Vegas Aces at Chicago Sky
1,220,000
20
UCLA Bruins at Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors
1,130,000
21
New Mexico Lobos at Arizona Wildcats
953,000
22
New York Mets at Seattle Mariners
937,000
23
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
874,000
24
Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever
580,000
25
Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
569,000
26
Idaho Vandals at Oregon Ducks
425,000
27
North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Iowa State Cyclones
315,000
28
Weber State Wildcats at Washington Huskies
306,000
29
Howard Bison at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
269,000
30
Wyoming Cowboys at Arizona State Sun Devils
253,000
31
Portland State Vikings at Washington State Cougars
223,000
32
UNLV Rebels at Houston Cougars
172,000
33
UConn Huskies at Maryland Terrapins
133,000
33 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-09-15 10:59 UTC