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Sports Media Watch

11,099 telecasts with figures · 12,415 published claims
11,099
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
1,270 telecasts
2
MLB
World Series Game 7 · 1986-10-27
52,100,000
809 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 11,349 · blend 379 · platform self-report 1
Figure typescurrency 11,703 · 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
Revisions45 revised figures · 111 supersede an earlier claim

Telecasts with figures

date

date the telecast's air date. On a series row, the year.

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telecast

telecast the telecast the figure is attached to, with its air date. A figure with no telecast row is listed without one.

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figure

figure the telecast's lead figure: Nielsen average audience, full telecast, as published. Blank when Nielsen has not published one.

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2025-11-15TCU Horned Frogs at BYU Cougars1,563,000
2025-11-15Virginia Cavaliers at Duke Blue Devils443,000
2025-11-15Memphis Tigers at East Carolina Pirates54,000
2025-11-15Florida Gators at Ole Miss Rebels2,500,000
2025-11-15Iowa Hawkeyes at USC Trojans1,440,000
2025-11-15Kennesaw State Owls at Jacksonville State Gamecocks31,000
2025-11-15Kansas State Wildcats at Oklahoma State Cowboys133,000
2025-11-15Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Washington State Cougars301,000
2025-11-15NC State Wolfpack at Miami Hurricanes1,380,000
2025-11-15Michigan Wolverines at Northwestern Wildcats3,760,000
2025-11-15Penn State Nittany Lions at Michigan State Spartans2,476,000
2025-11-15South Florida Bulls at Navy Midshipmen463,000
2025-11-15North Carolina Tar Heels at Wake Forest Demon Deacons402,000
2025-11-15Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Pittsburgh Panthers3,960,000
2025-11-15UCLA Bruins at Ohio State Buckeyes3,376,000
2025-11-15Purdue Boilermakers at Washington Huskies457,000
2025-11-15South Carolina Gamecocks at Texas A&M Aggies4,280,000
2025-11-15UCF Knights at Texas Tech Red Raiders1,398,000
2025-11-14Clemson Tigers at Louisville Cardinals2,560,000
2025-11-14Minnesota Golden Gophers at Oregon Ducks2,327,000
2025-11-13Troy Trojans at Old Dominion Monarchs509,000
2025-11-13New York Jets at New England Patriots13,450,000
2025-11-12Toledo Rockets at Miami (OH) RedHawks349,000
2025-11-12Northern Illinois Huskies at Massachusetts Minutemen33,000
2025-11-12Los Angeles Lakers at Oklahoma City Thunder1,460,000
2025-11-11Kent State Golden Flashes at Akron Zips70,000
2025-11-11Ohio Bobcats at Western Michigan Broncos312,000
2025-11-10Philadelphia Eagles at Green Bay Packers20,600,000
2025-11-09Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49erssplit window23,110,000
2025-11-09New England Patriots at Tampa Bay Buccaneerssplit window18,210,000
2025-11-09Pittsburgh Steelers at Los Angeles Chargers20,600,000
2025-11-09Atlanta Falcons at Indianapolis Colts5,760,000
2025-11-08Air Force Falcons at San José State Spartans203,000
2025-11-08LSU Tigers at Alabama Crimson Tide7,540,000
2025-11-08Kansas Jayhawks at Arizona Wildcats480,000
2025-11-08Southern Miss Golden Eagles at Arkansas State Red Wolves27,000
2025-11-08BYU Cougars at Texas Tech Red Raiders3,980,000
2025-11-08California Golden Bears at Louisville Cardinals450,000
2025-11-08Georgia Bulldogs at Mississippi State Bulldogs2,320,000
2025-11-08Indiana Hoosiers at Penn State Nittany Lions6,025,000
2025-11-08Oregon Ducks at Iowa Hawkeyes5,370,000
2025-11-08Iowa State Cyclones at TCU Horned Frogs2,419,000
2025-11-08James Madison Dukes at Marshall Thundering Herd118,000
2025-11-08Syracuse Orange at Miami Hurricanes1,200,000
2025-11-08Texas A&M Aggies at Missouri Tigers4,870,000
2025-11-08Navy Midshipmen at Notre Dame Fighting Irish3,192,000
2025-11-08Nebraska Cornhuskers at UCLA Bruins2,248,000
2025-11-08Stanford Cardinal at North Carolina Tar Heels514,000
2025-11-08Ohio State Buckeyes at Purdue Boilermakers1,847,000
2025-11-08Sam Houston Bearkats at Oregon State Beavers295,000
2025-11-08Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Virginia Cavaliers734,000
2025-11-08Washington Huskies at Wisconsin Badgers1,088,000
2025-11-07Houston Cougars at UCF Knights652,000
2025-11-07Tulane Green Wave at Memphis Tigers792,000
2025-11-07Northwestern Wildcats at USC Trojans1,912,000
2025-11-06Georgia Southern Eagles at App State Mountaineers220,000
2025-11-06UTSA Roadrunners at South Florida Bulls586,000
2025-11-06Las Vegas Raiders at Denver Broncos13,930,000
2025-11-05Kent State Golden Flashes at Ball State Cardinals99,000
2025-11-05Northern Illinois Huskies at Toledo Rockets301,000
2025-11-05San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers1,560,000
2025-11-04Miami (OH) RedHawks at Ohio Bobcats471,000
2025-11-03Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys16,200,000
2025-11-02NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race2,770,000
2025-11-02Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills30,840,000
2025-11-02Indianapolis Colts at Pittsburgh Steelerssplit window18,460,000
2025-11-01Army Black Knights at Air Force Falcons1,031,000
2025-11-01Arizona Wildcats at Colorado Buffaloes374,000
2025-11-01Arkansas State Red Wolves at Troy Trojans9,000
2025-11-01UCF Knights at Baylor Bears58,000
2025-11-01Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Boston College Eagles1,726,000
2025-11-01Virginia Cavaliers at California Golden Bears327,000
2025-11-01Central Michigan Chippewas at Western Michigan Broncos32,000
2025-11-01Cincinnati Bearcats at Utah Utes819,000
2025-11-01Georgia Bulldogs at Florida Gators7,790,000
2025-11-01Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at NC State Wolfpack604,000
2025-11-01Indiana Hoosiers at Maryland Terrapins2,894,000
2025-11-01Texas Tech Red Raiders at Kansas State Wildcats3,131,000
2025-11-01Louisville Cardinals at Virginia Tech Hokies593,000
2025-11-01Miami Hurricanes at SMU Mustangs1,500,000
2025-11-01Purdue Boilermakers at Michigan Wolverines1,606,000
2025-11-01Navy Midshipmen at North Texas Mean Green216,000
2025-11-01USC Trojans at Nebraska Cornhuskers2,077,000
2025-11-01Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio State Buckeyes7,190,000
2025-11-01Oklahoma Sooners at Tennessee Volunteers4,810,000
2025-11-01South Carolina Gamecocks at Ole Miss Rebels1,320,000
2025-11-01Washington State Cougars at Oregon State Beavers823,000
2025-11-01Vanderbilt Commodores at Texas Longhorns4,510,000
2025-10-31Memphis Tigers at Rice Owls244,000
2025-10-31North Carolina Tar Heels at Syracuse Orange983,000
2025-10-31NBA Celtics–76ers961,000
2025-10-31NBA Lakers–Grizzlies1,200,000
2025-10-30Marshall Thundering Herd at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers288,000
2025-10-30Tulane Green Wave at UTSA Roadrunners659,000
2025-10-30Baltimore Ravens at Miami Dolphins12,360,000
2025-10-29Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders303,000
2025-10-29World Series Game 514,570,000
2025-10-29NBA Cavaliers–Celtics1,280,000
2025-10-29NBA Lakers–Timberwolves1,360,000
2025-10-28James Madison Dukes at Texas State Bobcats245,000