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 Superseded marks a figure that a later revision replaced; both stay listed.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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| Utah State Aggies at UCLA Bruins | average audience | full telecast | 1,260,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Yale Bulldogs at Texas A&M Aggies | average audience | full telecast | 1,430,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Omaha Mavericks at St. John's Red Storm | average audience | full telecast | 3,770,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Wofford Terriers at Tennessee Volunteers | average audience | full telecast | 2,430,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Drake Bulldogs at Missouri Tigers | average audience | full telecast | 1,950,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Xavier Musketeers vs Texas Longhorns | average audience | full telecast | 2,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Detroit Pistons at Miami Heat | average audience | full telecast | 910,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Colorado Avalanche at Toronto Maple Leafs | average audience | full telecast | 320,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Xavier Musketeers vs Texas Longhorns | average audience | full telecast | 2,430,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers at American University Eagles | average audience | full telecast | 1,430,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| North Carolina Tar Heels at San Diego State Aztecs | average audience | full telecast | 2,200,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Brooklyn Nets at Boston Celtics | average audience | full telecast | 320,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| North Carolina Tar Heels at San Diego State Aztecs | average audience | full telecast | 2,200,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Miami Heat at New York Knicks | average audience | full telecast | 1,190,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NBA Thunder–Bucks | average audience | full telecast | 1,390,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Magic–Cavaliers | average audience | full telecast | 1,770,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| THE PLAYERS Championship Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 3,660,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Pennzoil 400 | average audience | full telecast | 3,010,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Patriots–Rams | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,440,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Blazers–Tigers | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Badgers–Wolverines | average audience | full telecast TV only | 4,530,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| THE PLAYERS Championship Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 3,660,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NBA Thunder–Bucks | average audience | full telecast | 1,390,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NBA Knicks–Warriors | average audience | full telecast | 2,730,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Crimson Tide–Gators | average audience | full telecast | 2,620,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Wildcats–Cougars | average audience | full telecast TV only | 2,240,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Volunteers–Tigers | average audience | full telecast | 2,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Bluejays–Red Storm | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,690,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Cardinals–Blue Devils | average audience | full telecast TV only | 3,070,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Wolverines–Terrapins | average audience | full telecast | 3,010,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Broncos–Rams | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,460,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Knicks–Warriors | average audience | full telecast | 2,730,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Los Angeles Lakers at Milwaukee Bucks | average audience | full telecast | 1,060,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NHL Sabres–Red Wings | average audience | full telecast | 218,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Oklahoma City Thunder at Boston Celtics | average audience | full telecast | 1,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets | average audience | full telecast | 1,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NHL Sabres–Red Wings | average audience | per network | 250,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Milwaukee Bucks at Indiana Pacers | average audience | per network | 850,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Denver Nuggets at Oklahoma City Thunder | average audience | full telecast | 370,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NBA Cavaliers–Bucks | average audience | full telecast | 1,890,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Suns–Mavericks | average audience | full telecast | 2,030,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Nuggets–Thunder | average audience | full telecast | 1,870,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Shriners Children's 500 | average audience | full telecast | 2,820,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Cavaliers–Bucks | average audience | full telecast | 1,890,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NHL Devils–Flyers | average audience | combined | 263,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Los Angeles Lakers at Boston Celtics | average audience | full telecast | 4,610,000 | final | press-attributed | Awful Announcing |
| Los Angeles Lakers at Boston Celtics | average audience | full telecast TV only | 4,600,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NHL Kraken–Flyers | average audience | full telecast | 580,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Trojans–Bruins | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,440,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Los Angeles Lakers at Boston Celtics | peak audience | full telecast | 5,342,000 | final | confirmed | ESPN |
| CBB Trojans–Bruins | average audience | full telecast | 480,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Memphis Grizzlies at Dallas Mavericks | average audience | full telecast | 930,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NHL Sabres–Lightning | average audience | full telecast | 390,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA 76ers–Celtics | average audience | full telecast | 1,090,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Knicks–Lakers | average audience | full telecast TV only | 2,000,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA 76ers–Celtics | average audience | full telecast | 950,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NHL Sabres–Lightning | average audience | full telecast | 390,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NHL Maple Leafs–Golden Knights | average audience | full telecast | 252,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Miami Heat at Cleveland Cavaliers | average audience | full telecast | 1,040,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Golden State Warriors at New York Knicks | average audience | full telecast | 1,200,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Clippers–Suns | average audience | full telecast | 793,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Golden State Warriors at New York Knicks | average audience | full telecast | 1,070,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Houston Rockets at Oklahoma City Thunder | average audience | full telecast | 290,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NBA Thunder–Spurs | average audience | full telecast | 1,190,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Timberwolves–Suns | average audience | full telecast | 1,090,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NHL Bruins–Wild | average audience | full telecast | 389,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NHL Maple Leafs–Penguins | average audience | full telecast | 383,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Fighting Illini–Wolverines | average audience | full telecast | 2,110,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Badgers–Spartans | average audience | full telecast | 2,030,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Timberwolves–Suns | average audience | full telecast | 1,090,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NBA Thunder–Spurs | average audience | full telecast | 1,190,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| IndyCar St. Petersburg | average audience | full telecast | 1,420,000 | final | press-attributed | Awful Announcing |
| NBA Warriors–76ers | average audience | full telecast | 2,460,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NHL Red Wings–Blue Jackets | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,590,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NHL Bruins–Penguins | average audience | full telecast | 1,100,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Tigers–Wildcats | average audience | full telecast | 1,560,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Bearcats–Cougars | average audience | full telecast | 1,010,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Huskies–Friars | average audience | full telecast | 717,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Pirates–Red Storm | average audience | full telecast | 925,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Warriors–76ers | average audience | full telecast | 2,460,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NBA Cavaliers–Celtics | average audience | full telecast | 1,810,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Clippers–Lakers | average audience | full telecast | 1,890,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Cavaliers–Celtics | average audience | full telecast | 1,810,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Denver Nuggets at Milwaukee Bucks | average audience | full telecast | 1,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Denver Nuggets at Milwaukee Bucks | average audience | per network | 1,280,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Philadelphia 76ers at New York Knicks | average audience | full telecast | 1,000,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Spurs–Rockets | average audience | full telecast | 880,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Philadelphia 76ers at New York Knicks | average audience | full telecast | 1,010,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NBA Mavericks–Lakers | average audience | full telecast TV only | 2,500,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Cleveland Cavaliers at Orlando Magic | average audience | per network | 930,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Minnesota Timberwolves at Oklahoma City Thunder | average audience | full telecast | 320,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Dallas Mavericks at Golden State Warriors | average audience | full telecast | 2,900,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Memphis Grizzlies at Cleveland Cavaliers | average audience | full telecast | 1,730,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Knicks–Celtics | average audience | full telecast | 2,240,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NHL Oilers–Capitals | average audience | full telecast | 318,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Ambetter Health 400 | average audience | full telecast | 4,590,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Boilermakers–Hoosiers | average audience | full telecast | 1,250,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CBB Buckeyes–Bruins | average audience | full telecast | 1,210,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Oklahoma City Thunder at Minnesota Timberwolves | average audience | full telecast | 1,480,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| NBA Lakers–Nuggets | average audience | full telecast | 2,870,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
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 |