Claims
| telecast telecast the telecast the figure is attached to, with its air date. A figure with no telecast row is listed without one. Methodology → | metric metric average audience, peak audience, or total reach, as defined under Metric definitions. Methodology → | cut | value value viewers, as published. Stored as a whole number; we do not round. Methodology → | status status final, preliminary, revised, or partial confidence, as defined under Statuses and revisions. Superseded marks a figure that a later revision replaced; both stay listed. Methodology → | attr attr provider attribution. Confirmed: reconciled to the provider's own release. Press-attributed: a reporting article names the provider, corroborated by a second source before publishing. Ambiguous attributions are never published. Methodology → | source source the page the figure was taken from. Every figure links to its source. A press-attributed figure carries that mark beside its source; an unmarked source is confirmed against the provider's own release (see Attr). Methodology → |
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| NBA Spurs–Bucks | average audience | full telecast | 1,380,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Thunder–Cavaliers | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,870,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Colorado Avalanche at Chicago Blackhawks | average audience | full telecast | 280,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Los Angeles Lakers at Dallas Mavericks | average audience | full telecast | 1,030,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Phoenix Suns at Philadelphia 76ers | average audience | full telecast | 370,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions | average audience | full telecast TV only | 25,770,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | average audience | full telecast split window (“featuring Saints-Buccaneers”) | 20,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Buffalo Bulls at Liberty Flames | average audience | full telecast | 1,140,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens | average audience | full telecast | 17,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers | average audience | per network | 13,810,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers | average audience | per network | 8,160,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| New York Knicks at Chicago Bulls | average audience | full telecast | 160,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Minnesota Golden Gophers at Virginia Tech Hokies | average audience | full telecast | 3,380,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| North Texas Mean Green at Texas State Bobcats | average audience | full telecast | 1,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Minnesota Golden Gophers at Virginia Tech Hokies | average audience | full telecast | 3,380,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| New York Knicks at Oklahoma City Thunder | average audience | full telecast | 310,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Georgia Bulldogs | average audience | full telecast | 15,800,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Duke Blue Devils at Ole Miss Rebels | average audience | full telecast | 5,030,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Duke Blue Devils at Ole Miss Rebels | average audience | full telecast | 5,030,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Boston Celtics at Minnesota Timberwolves | average audience | full telecast | 980,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Texas Longhorns at Arizona State Sun Devils | average audience | full telecast | 17,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Ohio State Buckeyes at Oregon Ducks | average audience | full telecast | 21,100,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
Eras
| era era a span during which one measurement methodology was in effect, as described under Measurement eras. Methodology → | from | to | notes | source source the page the figure was taken from. Every figure links to its source. A press-attributed figure carries that mark beside its source; an unmarked source is confirmed against the provider's own release (see Attr). Methodology → |
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| Panel-only | 2026-05-01 | current | NASCAR announced May 2026 it would stop reporting BD+P and return to panel-only for the rest of 2026 (phase0b-table.md). | source |
| Big Data + Panel | 2025-09-01 | current | Rolled out September 2025. Super Bowl LX (Feb. 8, 2026) was the first Super Bowl reported on this methodology; all prior Super Bowls used Panel-only measurement. | source |
| Panel + Out-of-Home | 2020-09-01 | 2025-09-01 | Nielsen began including Out-of-Home viewing in National TV measurement in September 2020. Super Bowl LV (Feb. 7, 2021) was the first Super Bowl to include OOH. | source |
| Before Out-of-Home | 1950-01-01 | 2020-09-01 | National TV measurement from Nielsen's panel alone. Out-of-Home viewing is not included; the last Super Bowl measured this way was LIV (Feb. 2, 2020). | source |