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Sports Media Watch

11,092 telecasts with figures · 12,414 published claims
11,092
telecasts on the record
updated 2026-10-31

Top leagues

by most-watched telecast
1
NFL
Super Bowl LIX · 2025-02-09
127,700,000
1,264 telecasts
2
MLB
World Series Game 7 · 1986-10-27
52,100,000
807 telecasts
3
Olympics
London 2012 Olympics — Opening Ceremony · 2012-07-27
40,700,000
81 telecasts
4
College Basketball
1979 NCAA championship game · 1979-03-26
35,110,000
792 telecasts
5
FIFA
Belgium at United States · 2026-07-06
33,090,000
80 telecasts

How they report

Providers citedNielsen 11,335 · blend 388 · platform self-report 1
Figure typescurrency 11,698 · combined definition 25 · self-report 1
Provider attribution0% confirmed · 100% press-attributed

Confirmed means reconciled to the provider's own release; press-attributed figures cite the provider through the outlet.

Publishing2008-10-22 to 2026-10-31
Revisions42 revised figures · 105 supersede an earlier claim

Telecasts 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 →
2014-10-12NLCS Game 24,370,000
2014-10-12Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawkssplit window30,020,000
2014-10-12New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles18,090,000
2014-10-11Air Force Falcons at Utah State Aggies162,000
2014-10-11Alabama Crimson Tide at Arkansas Razorbacks3,650,000
2014-10-11USC Trojans at Arizona Wildcats1,790,000
2014-10-11Auburn Tigers at Mississippi State Bulldogs6,000,000
2014-10-11Louisville Cardinals at Clemson Tigers568,000
2014-10-11East Carolina Pirates at South Florida Bulls320,000
2014-10-11Florida State Seminoles at Syracuse Orange1,950,000
2014-10-11Georgia Bulldogs at Missouri Tigers2,990,000
2014-10-11Illinois Fighting Illini at Wisconsin Badgers1,050,000
2014-10-11Indiana Hoosiers at Iowa Hawkeyes375,000
2014-10-11Oklahoma State Cowboys at Kansas Jayhawks296,000
2014-10-11Penn State Nittany Lions at Michigan Wolverines2,360,000
2014-10-11North Carolina Tar Heels at Notre Dame Fighting Irish3,190,000
2014-10-11Texas Longhorns at Oklahoma Sooners4,240,000
2014-10-11Ole Miss Rebels at Texas A&M Aggies4,090,000
2014-10-11Oregon Ducks at UCLA Bruins1,750,000
2014-10-11West Virginia Mountaineers at Texas Tech Red Raiders518,000
2014-10-11NLCS Game 15,010,000
2014-10-11ALCS Game 24,250,000
2014-10-10San Diego State Aztecs at New Mexico Lobos163,000
2014-10-10Washington State Cougars at Stanford Cardinal1,310,000
2014-10-10ALCS Game 15,920,000
2014-10-09BYU Cougars at UCF Knights1,340,000
2014-10-09Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans15,850,000
2014-10-08NHL Flyers–Bruins956,000
2014-10-08NHL Sharks–Kings446,000
2014-10-06Seattle Seahawks at Washington Redskins13,120,000
2014-10-05Kansas City Chiefs at San Francisco 49erssplit window19,650,000
2014-10-05Cincinnati Bengals at New England Patriots19,390,000
2014-10-05Arizona Cardinals at Denver Broncossplit window19,340,000
2014-10-04Alabama Crimson Tide at Ole Miss Rebels5,920,000
2014-10-04Arizona State Sun Devils at USC Trojans2,290,000
2014-10-04LSU Tigers at Auburn Tigers3,740,000
2014-10-04NC State Wolfpack at Clemson Tigers445,000
2014-10-04SMU Mustangs at East Carolina Pirates147,000
2014-10-04Miami Hurricanes at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets1,130,000
2014-10-04Purdue Boilermakers at Illinois Fighting Illini585,000
2014-10-04Iowa State Cyclones at Oklahoma State Cowboys511,000
2014-10-04Texas Tech Red Raiders at Kansas State Wildcats480,000
2014-10-04Ohio State Buckeyes at Maryland Terrapins3,350,000
2014-10-04Nebraska Cornhuskers at Michigan State Spartans4,560,000
2014-10-04Texas A&M Aggies at Mississippi State Bulldogs4,100,000
2014-10-04Wisconsin Badgers at Northwestern Wildcats1,260,000
2014-10-04Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Fighting Irish3,400,000
2014-10-04Oklahoma Sooners at TCU Horned Frogs2,210,000
2014-10-04Utah Utes at UCLA Bruins2,030,000
2014-10-03Utah State Aggies at BYU Cougars1,170,000
2014-10-03Louisville Cardinals at Syracuse Orange1,640,000
2014-10-02Arizona Wildcats at Oregon Ducks2,380,000
2014-10-02UCF Knights at Houston Cougars744,000
2014-10-02Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers16,540,000
2014-09-29New England Patriots at Kansas City Chiefs14,430,000
2014-09-28Philadelphia Eagles at San Francisco 49erssplit window25,820,000
2014-09-28Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bearssplit window15,080,000
2014-09-28New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys22,680,000
2014-09-27Arkansas Razorbacks at Texas A&M Aggies4,380,000
2014-09-27Baylor Bears at Iowa State Cyclones1,300,000
2014-09-27North Carolina Tar Heels at Clemson Tigers680,000
2014-09-27Duke Blue Devils at Miami Hurricanes1,160,000
2014-09-27Tennessee Volunteers at Georgia Bulldogs4,720,000
2014-09-27Texas Longhorns at Kansas Jayhawks529,000
2014-09-27Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Louisville Cardinals309,000
2014-09-27Wyoming Cowboys at Michigan State Spartans803,000
2014-09-27Missouri Tigers at South Carolina Gamecocks3,380,000
2014-09-27Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Syracuse Orange4,050,000
2014-09-27Oregon State Beavers at USC Trojans2,690,000
2014-09-27South Florida Bulls at Wisconsin Badgers590,000
2014-09-27Stanford Cardinal at Washington Huskies1,440,000
2014-09-26Fresno State Bulldogs at New Mexico Lobos838,000
2014-09-26Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Old Dominion Monarchs127,000
2014-09-25Appalachian State Mountaineers at Georgia Southern Eagles156,000
2014-09-25UCLA Bruins at Arizona State Sun Devils883,000
2014-09-25Texas Tech Red Raiders at Oklahoma State Cowboys1,840,000
2014-09-25New York Giants at Washington Redskins16,300,000
2014-09-22Chicago Bears at New York Jets13,270,000
2014-09-21San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinalssplit window20,560,000
2014-09-21Denver Broncos at Seattle Seahawkssplit window27,290,000
2014-09-21Pittsburgh Steelers at Carolina Panthers19,670,000
2014-09-20Florida Gators at Alabama Crimson Tide7,950,000
2014-09-20Northern Illinois Huskies at Arkansas Razorbacks510,000
2014-09-20Bowling Green Falcons at Wisconsin Badgers856,000
2014-09-20Virginia Cavaliers at BYU Cougars1,640,000
2014-09-20Clemson Tigers at Florida State Seminoles7,340,000
2014-09-20North Carolina Tar Heels at East Carolina Pirates682,000
2014-09-20Louisville Cardinals at Florida Intl Golden Panthers119,000
2014-09-20Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Virginia Tech Hokies3,140,000
2014-09-20Iowa Hawkeyes at Pittsburgh Panthers884,000
2014-09-20Mississippi State Bulldogs at LSU Tigers3,470,000
2014-09-20Miami Hurricanes at Nebraska Cornhuskers1,820,000
2014-09-20Oklahoma Sooners at West Virginia Mountaineers3,220,000
2014-09-20San Diego State Aztecs at Oregon State Beavers171,000
2014-09-20Oregon Ducks at Washington State Cougars3,180,000
2014-09-19Connecticut Huskies at South Florida Bulls1,360,000
2014-09-18Auburn Tigers at Kansas State Wildcats3,850,000
2014-09-18Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons11,880,000
2014-09-15Philadelphia Eagles at Indianapolis Colts14,890,000
2014-09-14Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49ers22,160,000