ESPN
2,614
telecasts on the record
updated 2026-09-14
Top events · ESPN
1
North Carolina Tar Heels at TCU Horned Frogs
4,900,000
2
SMU Mustangs at Florida State Seminoles
4,070,000
3
Colorado Buffaloes at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
3,734,000
4
Las Vegas Raiders at Houston Texans
3,400,000
5
NC State Wolfpack at Virginia Cavaliers
3,200,000
6
Texas State Bobcats at Texas Longhorns
2,309,000
7
2026 US Open tennis, day 12 of 15 (Thursday, September 10)
2,200,000
8
Atlanta Braves at Milwaukee Brewers
2,020,000
9
Miami Hurricanes at Stanford Cardinal
1,978,000
10
Indiana Fever at Toronto Tempo
1,850,000
1
Houston Texans at New England Patriots
38,000,000
2
Miami Hurricanes at Indiana Hoosiers
30,100,000
3
Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers
29,100,000
4
Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers
27,500,000
5
CFP Quarterfinal: Rose Bowl
23,900,000
6
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
21,000,000
7
CFP Quarterfinal: Sugar Bowl
18,700,000
8
Oregon Ducks at Indiana Hoosiers
18,000,000
9
Oregon Ducks at Texas Tech Red Raiders
15,900,000
10
Miami Hurricanes at Ole Miss Rebels
15,800,000
1
Houston Texans at New England Patriots
38,000,000
2
Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs
33,800,000
3
CFP National Championship
33,400,000
4
Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens
32,400,000
5
Miami Hurricanes at Indiana Hoosiers
30,100,000
6
Philadelphia Eagles at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
29,200,000
7
Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers
29,100,000
8
Philadelphia Eagles at Kansas City Chiefs
29,000,000
9
CFP National Championship
28,440,000
10
Alabama Crimson Tide at Ohio State Buckeyes
28,270,000
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by most-watched telecastTelecasts with figures
| date date the telecast's air date. On a series row, the year. Methodology → | telecast telecast the telecast the figure is attached to, with its air date. A figure with no telecast row is listed without one. Methodology → | figure figure the telecast's lead figure: Nielsen average audience, full telecast, as published. Blank when Nielsen has not published one. Methodology → |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-10-02 | WNBA Finals Game 1 | 491,000 |
| 2011-07-17 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Japan–United States | 13,458,000 |
| 2011-07-13 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup France–United States | 3,354,000 |
| 2011-07-13 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Japan–Sweden | 1,946,000 |
| 2011-05-25 | Western Conference Finals Game 5 | 7,012,000 |
| 2011-05-23 | Western Conference Finals Game 4 | 7,410,000 |
| 2011-05-21 | Western Conference Finals Game 3 | 6,175,000 |
| 2011-05-19 | Western Conference Finals Game 2 | 7,041,000 |
| 2011-05-17 | Western Conference Finals Game 1 | 6,982,000 |