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 Superseded marks a figure that a later revision replaced; both stay listed.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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| CFP National Championship | average audience | full telecast | 18,710,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| CFP National Championship | average audience | full telecast | 18,650,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Chicago Bears at New Orleans Saints | average audience | full telecast | 30,650,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers | average audience | full telecast | 26,000,000 | superseded | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Baltimore Ravens at Tennessee Titans | average audience | full telecast | 24,820,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers | average audience | full telecast | 24,780,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Heat–Celtics | average audience | full telecast | 952,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks | average audience | full telecast | 24,620,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Washington | average audience | full telecast | 21,370,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo Bills | average audience | full telecast | 20,080,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| LA Clippers at Golden State Warriors | average audience | full telecast | 1,590,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Hornets–Pelicans | average audience | full telecast | 1,170,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA 76ers–Nets | average audience | full telecast | 1,140,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Mavericks–Nuggets | average audience | full telecast TV only | 993,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears | average audience | full telecast split window (“(76%)”) | 23,010,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Washington at Philadelphia Eagles | average audience | full telecast | 16,550,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants | average audience | full telecast split window (“(85%)”) | 13,920,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams | average audience | full telecast split window (“(73%)”) | 13,510,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns | average audience | full telecast split window (“(71%)”) | 13,140,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Texas A&M Aggies at North Carolina Tar Heels | average audience | full telecast | 7,580,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Oregon Ducks at Iowa State Cyclones | average audience | full telecast | 6,680,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Ole Miss Rebels at Indiana Hoosiers | average audience | full telecast | 4,110,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NC State Wolfpack at Kentucky Wildcats | average audience | full telecast | 2,710,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Ohio State Buckeyes at Clemson Tigers | average audience | full telecast | 19,150,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Alabama Crimson Tide | average audience | full telecast | 18,890,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Georgia Bulldogs at Cincinnati Bearcats | average audience | full telecast | 8,730,000 | superseded | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Auburn Tigers at Northwestern Wildcats | average audience | full telecast | 4,780,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Georgia Bulldogs at Cincinnati Bearcats | average audience | full telecast | 8,720,000 | 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 |