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 Superseded marks a figure that a later revision replaced; both stay listed.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 7 | average audience | full telecast | 25,403,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 21,065,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 14,324,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 15,156,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 11,247,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 14,280,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| World Series Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 14,174,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| NLCS Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 5,940,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| ALCS Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 7,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NLCS Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 5,460,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| ALCS Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 5,680,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NLCS Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 5,650,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| ALCS Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 8,370,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NLCS Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 4,280,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| ALCS Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 8,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| ALCS Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 6,570,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NLCS Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 3,020,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NLCS Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 3,350,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| ALCS Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 5,770,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| WNBA Finals Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 600,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| WNBA Finals Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 447,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| WNBA Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 491,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| PGA Championship Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 6,100,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| WNBA All-Star Game | average audience | full telecast | 756,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| The Open Championship Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 3,200,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Japan–United States | average audience | full telecast | 13,458,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup France–United States | average audience | full telecast | 3,354,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Japan–Sweden | average audience | full telecast | 1,946,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Wimbledon men's singles final | average audience | full telecast | 2,652,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Wimbledon women's singles final | average audience | full telecast | 2,249,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| U.S. Open Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 7,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 7 | average audience | full telecast | 8,540,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 5,484,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| NBA Finals Game 6 | average audience | full telecast | 23,880,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Belmont Stakes | average audience | match only | 6,800,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 4,319,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| NBA Finals Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 18,320,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 2,714,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| NBA Finals Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 16,130,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 2,757,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| NBA Finals Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 15,340,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 3,569,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| NBA Finals Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 15,520,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Stanley Cup Final Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 4,562,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| NBA Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 15,170,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Indianapolis 500 | average audience | full telecast | 6,711,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 10,407,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 5 | average audience | full telecast | 7,012,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 9,770,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 4 | average audience | full telecast | 7,410,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 10,889,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 3 | average audience | full telecast | 6,175,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Preakness Stakes | average audience | match only | 8,800,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 7,041,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 2 | average audience | full telecast | 10,036,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Conference Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 6,982,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 | average audience | full telecast | 11,109,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Kentucky Derby | average audience | match only | 14,540,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| The Masters Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 15,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Butler Bulldogs at UConn Huskies | average audience | full telecast | 20,055,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Kentucky Wildcats at UConn Huskies | average audience | full telecast | 16,715,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| VCU Rams at Butler Bulldogs | average audience | full telecast | 14,189,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Daytona 500 | average audience | full telecast | 15,600,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| NBA All-Star Game | average audience | full telecast | 9,090,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
| Super Bowl XLV | average audience | full telecast | 111,041,000 | final | confirmed | Nielsen |
| Super Bowl XLV | household rating | full telecast | 46.0 HH | final | confirmed | Nielsen |
| AFC Championship Game | average audience | full telecast | 54,850,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NFC Championship Game | average audience | full telecast | 51,884,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NHL Winter Classic | average audience | full telecast | 4,500,000 | 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 |