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 Superseded marks a figure that a later revision replaced; both stay listed.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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| French Open men's singles final | average audience | full telecast | 2,000,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 2,789,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| French Open women's singles final | average audience | full telecast | 1,500,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 19,200,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 2,507,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 4,081,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Western Conference Finals Game 7 | average audience | full telecast | 15,996,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Coca-Cola 600 | average audience | full telecast | 5,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Indianapolis 500 | average audience | full telecast | 6,000,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 10,811,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 5,711,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 9,998,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Final Game 7 | average audience | full telecast | 2,500,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 5,462,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 8,633,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 6,142,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 8,018,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Final Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 1,900,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 5,393,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Preakness Stakes | average audience | match only | 9,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Final Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 2,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Final Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 1,600,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 5,492,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Final Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 1,200,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 7,573,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Final Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 1,800,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 5,405,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Final Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 1,100,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 8,706,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Final Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 1,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Final Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 1,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Kentucky Derby | average audience | match only | 15,500,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Masters Tournament Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 12,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Villanova Wildcats at North Carolina Tar Heels | average audience | full telecast | 17,752,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Syracuse Orange at North Carolina Tar Heels | average audience | full telecast | 12,939,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Villanova Wildcats at Oklahoma Sooners | average audience | full telecast | 10,451,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish at North Carolina Tar Heels | average audience | full telecast | 10,100,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Syracuse Orange at Virginia Cavaliers | average audience | full telecast | 7,600,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Villanova Wildcats at Kansas Jayhawks | average audience | full telecast | 11,600,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Oklahoma Sooners at Oregon Ducks | average audience | full telecast | 7,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Maryland Terrapins at Kansas Jayhawks | average audience | full telecast | 6,800,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Miami Hurricanes at Villanova Wildcats | average audience | full telecast | 5,600,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Texas A&M Aggies at Oklahoma Sooners | average audience | full telecast | 2,800,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| VCU Rams at Oklahoma Sooners | average audience | full telecast | 8,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Wisconsin Badgers at Xavier Musketeers | average audience | full telecast | 3,100,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Indiana Hoosiers at Kentucky Wildcats | average audience | full telecast | 10,500,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Chattanooga Mocs at Indiana Hoosiers | average audience | full telecast | 4,000,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stony Brook Seawolves at Kentucky Wildcats | average audience | full telecast | 3,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Daytona 500 | average audience | full telecast | 11,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| NBA All-Star Game | average audience | full telecast | 7,610,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Super Bowl 50 | average audience | full telecast | 112,336,000 | final | confirmed | Nielsen |
| Super Bowl 50 | household rating | full telecast | 46.6 HH | final | confirmed | Nielsen |
| AFC Championship Game | average audience | full telecast | 53,299,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NFC Championship Game | average audience | full telecast | 45,739,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| CFP National Championship | average audience | full telecast | 26,180,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| CFP National Championship | average audience | full telecast | 26,182,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers | average audience | full telecast | 24,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals | average audience | full telecast split window (“(51%)”) | 20,900,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Oregon Ducks at TCU Horned Frogs | average audience | full telecast | 7,414,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Kansas State Wildcats at Arkansas Razorbacks | average audience | full telecast | 7,049,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Penn State Nittany Lions at Georgia Bulldogs | average audience | full telecast | 5,872,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| West Virginia Mountaineers at Arizona State Sun Devils | average audience | full telecast | 3,699,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanford Cardinal at Iowa Hawkeyes | average audience | full telecast | 13,552,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Ohio State Buckeyes | average audience | full telecast | 9,759,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Oklahoma State Cowboys at Ole Miss Rebels | average audience | full telecast | 8,940,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Michigan Wolverines at Florida Gators | average audience | full telecast | 8,761,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NHL Winter Classic | average audience | full telecast | 2,780,000 | 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 |