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 Superseded marks a figure that a later revision replaced; both stay listed.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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| Stanley Cup Final Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 2,378,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 4,920,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 1,649,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Western Conference Finals Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 5,932,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning | average audience | full telecast | 1,650,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 4,702,000 | superseded | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 4,630,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 1,569,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Western Conference Finals Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 5,809,000 | superseded | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 5,740,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning | average audience | full telecast | 1,570,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 5,698,000 | superseded | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| UEFA Euro 2020 Belgium–Portugal | average audience | full telecast | 2,650,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2021 Styrian Grand Prix | average audience | full telecast | 914,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Explore the Pocono Mountains 350 | average audience | full telecast | 2,450,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 5,600,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 5,687,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| UEFA Euro 2020 Italy–Austria | average audience | full telecast | 2,080,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 3,799,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New York Islanders at Tampa Bay Lightning | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,920,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 5,416,000 | superseded | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 5,330,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Semifinal Game 6 | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,260,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 5,382,000 | superseded | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 5,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 5,324,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Semifinal Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 963,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Semifinal Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 1,270,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 4,723,000 | superseded | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| U.S. Open Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 5,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2021 French Grand Prix | average audience | full telecast | 1,060,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Ally 400 | average audience | full telecast | 2,590,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 4,520,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves | average audience | full telecast TV only | 931,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Atlanta Hawks at Philadelphia 76ers | average audience | full telecast | 6,160,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Milwaukee Bucks at Brooklyn Nets | average audience | full telecast | 6,910,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Connecticut Sun at Chicago Sky | average audience | full telecast | 427,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels | average audience | full telecast | 261,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Utah Jazz at LA Clippers | average audience | full telecast | 4,660,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Philadelphia 76ers at Atlanta Hawks | average audience | full telecast | 4,340,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Semifinal Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 1,240,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| U.S. Open Round 1 | average audience | full telecast | 1,520,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Semifinal Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 1,030,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Atlanta Hawks at Philadelphia 76ers | average audience | full telecast | 3,880,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Semifinal Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 1,320,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| UEFA Euro 2020 France–Germany | average audience | full telecast | 1,500,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Milwaukee Bucks at Brooklyn Nets | average audience | full telecast | 4,580,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Brooklyn Nets at Milwaukee Bucks | average audience | full telecast | 4,030,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets | average audience | full telecast | 4,220,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,560,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2021 French Open Tennis, Men's Singles Final - Novak Djokovic vs Stefanos Tsitsipas | average audience | match only | 1,900,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| UEFA Euro 2020 Belgium–Russia | average audience | full telecast | 1,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Utah Jazz at LA Clippers | average audience | full telecast | 4,110,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs | average audience | full telecast split window (“featuring Cardinals-Cubs”) | 2,380,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2021 French Open Tennis, Women's Singles Final - Barbora Krejcikova vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | average audience | match only | 954,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets | average audience | full telecast | 3,960,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Second Round Game 6 | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,270,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Denver Nuggets at Phoenix Suns | average audience | full telecast | 3,530,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Boston Bruins at New York Islanders | average audience | full telecast | 1,820,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Boston Bruins at New York Islanders | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,480,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Denver Nuggets at Phoenix Suns | average audience | full telecast | 3,690,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix | average audience | full telecast | 956,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| the Memorial Tournament Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 2,820,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Toyota/Save Mart 350 | average audience | full telecast | 2,490,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,790,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| U.S. Women's Open Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 1,170,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Atlanta Hawks at Philadelphia 76ers | average audience | full telecast | 3,390,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Belmont Stakes | average audience | match only | 4,500,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Belmont Stakes | average audience | match only | 4,500,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Milwaukee Bucks at Brooklyn Nets | average audience | full telecast | 3,500,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| LA Clippers at Dallas Mavericks | average audience | full telecast | 3,610,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers | average audience | full telecast | 4,530,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Denver Nuggets at Portland Trail Blazers | average audience | full telecast | 3,290,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Dallas Mavericks at LA Clippers | average audience | full telecast | 3,360,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Atlanta Hawks at New York Knicks | average audience | full telecast | 2,860,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Coca-Cola 600 | average audience | full telecast | 4,060,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Indianapolis 500 | average audience | full telecast TV only | 5,550,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Brooklyn Nets at Boston Celtics | average audience | full telecast | 3,470,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche | average audience | full telecast | 1,600,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers | average audience | full telecast | 5,380,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche | average audience | full telecast | 1,600,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Utah Jazz at Memphis Grizzlies | average audience | full telecast | 2,890,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New York Islanders at Boston Bruins | average audience | full telecast | 2,080,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New York Knicks at Atlanta Hawks | average audience | full telecast | 2,240,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers | average audience | full telecast | 3,720,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Atlanta Hawks at New York Knicks | average audience | full telecast | 2,580,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Portland Trail Blazers at Denver Nuggets | average audience | full telecast | 2,550,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| PGA Championship Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 6,580,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2021 Monaco Grand Prix | average audience | full telecast | 934,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| EchoPark Texas Grand Prix | average audience | full telecast | 2,360,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals | average audience | full telecast | 1,530,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference First Round Game 4 | average audience | full telecast TV only | 1,140,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies | average audience | full telecast split window (“Red Sox-Phillies in a plurality of markets”) | 2,590,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds | average audience | full telecast | 372,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference First Round Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 751,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| San Antonio Spurs at Memphis Grizzlies | average audience | full telecast | 2,293,000 | final | press-attributed | Awful Announcing |
| Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers | average audience | full telecast | 5,620,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers | peak audience | full telecast | 6,150,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Charlotte Hornets at Indiana Pacers | average audience | full telecast | 1,390,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New York Yankees at Texas Rangers | average audience | full telecast | 462,000 | 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 |