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 Superseded marks a figure that a later revision replaced; both stay listed.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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| World Series Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 23,240,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 19,919,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 20,885,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 18,889,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 20,552,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 17,687,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| ALCS Game 7 | average audience | full telecast | 27,490,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| ALCS Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 13,930,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NLCS Game 7 | average audience | full telecast | 26,510,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| ALCS Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 10,110,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NLCS Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 19,360,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| ALCS Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 17,500,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NLCS Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 12,640,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| ALCS Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 11,900,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NLCS Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 11,340,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NLCS Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 14,290,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| ALCS Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 13,150,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| ALCS Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 18,430,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NLCS Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 18,430,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NLCS Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 15,570,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| PGA Championship Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 6,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| British Open Championship Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 5,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Finals Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 11,570,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| U.S. Open Championship Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 6,800,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Finals Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 9,310,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| NBA Finals Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 9,660,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 7 | average audience | full telecast | 7,169,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Finals Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 10,760,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 3,768,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Finals Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 8,060,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 3,947,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NBA Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 9,600,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 4,037,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 3,101,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 5,798,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 1,307,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 5,255,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 1,647,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 6,082,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 2,721,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 4,854,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 5,811,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 4,285,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 3,981,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 5,685,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 4,938,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Masters Tournament Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 11,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2003 NCAA championship game | average audience | full telecast | 18,573,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2003 NCAA national semifinal | average audience | full telecast | 12,571,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2003 NCAA national semifinal | average audience | full telecast | 9,897,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Daytona 500 | average audience | full telecast | 16,800,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| NBA All-Star Game | average audience | full telecast | 10,830,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Super Bowl XXXVII | average audience | full telecast | 88,637,000 | final | confirmed | Nielsen |
| Super Bowl XXXVII | household rating | full telecast | 40.7 HH | final | confirmed | Nielsen |
| AFC Championship Game | average audience | full telecast | 41,456,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NFC Championship Game | average audience | full telecast | 38,741,000 | 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 |