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Sports Media Watch

11,097 telecasts with figures · 12,411 published claims
11,097
telecasts on the record
updated 2026-10-27

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
808 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 11,347 · blend 379 · platform self-report 1
Figure typescurrency 11,701 · 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 2026-10-27
Revisions45 revised figures · 111 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.

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2016-11-05Utah State Aggies at Wyoming Cowboys325,000
2016-11-04San Jose State Spartans at Boise State Broncos658,000
2016-11-04Temple Owls at Connecticut Huskies523,000
2016-11-03Arkansas State Red Wolves at Georgia State Panthers82,000
2016-11-03UCLA Bruins at Colorado Buffaloes536,000
2016-11-03Oklahoma Sooners at Iowa State Cyclones1,399,000
2016-11-03Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers5,800,000
2016-11-02Toledo Rockets at Akron Zips217,000
2016-11-01Western Michigan Broncos at Ball State Cardinals321,000
2016-11-01Bowling Green Falcons at Northern Illinois Huskies46,000
2016-11-01NHL Lightning–Islanders111,000
2016-10-31Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears10,500,000
2016-10-30Washington Redskins at Cincinnati Bengals8,700,000
2016-10-30Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys18,000,000
2016-10-30Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons22,700,000
2016-10-30Seattle Seahawks at New Orleans Saintssplit window12,800,000
2016-10-29Stanford Cardinal at Arizona Wildcats370,000
2016-10-29Baylor Bears at Texas Longhorns3,513,000
2016-10-29Clemson Tigers at Florida State Seminoles5,380,000
2016-10-29Florida Gators at Georgia Bulldogs4,454,000
2016-10-29UCF Knights at Houston Cougars192,000
2016-10-29Maryland Terrapins at Indiana Hoosiers236,000
2016-10-29Kansas Jayhawks at Oklahoma Sooners636,000
2016-10-29Miami Hurricanes at Notre Dame Fighting Irish2,634,000
2016-10-29Michigan Wolverines at Michigan State Spartans4,647,000
2016-10-29Nebraska Cornhuskers at Wisconsin Badgers3,770,000
2016-10-29New Mexico State Aggies at Texas A&M Aggies193,000
2016-10-29Northwestern Wildcats at Ohio State Buckeyes3,657,000
2016-10-29West Virginia Mountaineers at Oklahoma State Cowboys1,963,000
2016-10-29Washington State Cougars at Oregon State Beavers815,000
2016-10-29Tennessee Volunteers at South Carolina Gamecocks1,519,000
2016-10-29Texas Tech Red Raiders at TCU Horned Frogs505,000
2016-10-29Washington Huskies at Utah Utes1,376,000
2016-10-28Air Force Falcons at Fresno State Bulldogs435,000
2016-10-28Navy Midshipmen at South Florida Bulls556,000
2016-10-27Appalachian State Mountaineers at Georgia Southern Eagles105,000
2016-10-27California Golden Bears at USC Trojans1,107,000
2016-10-27Virginia Tech Hokies at Pittsburgh Panthers1,848,000
2016-10-27Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans5,100,000
2016-10-25New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers2,900,000
2016-10-25San Antonio Spurs at Golden State Warriors3,500,000
2016-10-24Houston Texans at Denver Broncos11,200,000
2016-10-23Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals17,700,000
2016-10-23Minnesota Vikings at Philadelphia Eaglessplit window16,900,000
2016-10-23New York Giants at Los Angeles Rams3,700,000
2016-10-23New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers21,700,000
2016-10-22Texas A&M Aggies at Alabama Crimson Tide8,455,000
2016-10-22Arkansas Razorbacks at Auburn Tigers2,130,000
2016-10-22Charlotte 49ers at Marshall Thundering Herd42,000
2016-10-22Houston Cougars at SMU Mustangs473,000
2016-10-22Wisconsin Badgers at Iowa Hawkeyes3,241,000
2016-10-22Oklahoma State Cowboys at Kansas Jayhawks454,000
2016-10-22Texas Longhorns at Kansas State Wildcats1,295,000
2016-10-22NC State Wolfpack at Louisville Cardinals2,372,000
2016-10-22Ole Miss Rebels at LSU Tigers2,669,000
2016-10-22Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Minnesota Golden Gophers274,000
2016-10-22Wyoming Cowboys at Nevada Wolf Pack282,000
2016-10-22Ohio State Buckeyes at Penn State Nittany Lions6,478,000
2016-10-22Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Tech Red Raiders2,343,000
2016-10-22Tennessee State Tigers at Vanderbilt Commodores152,000
2016-10-22Tulane Green Wave at Tulsa Golden Hurricane69,000
2016-10-22Utah Utes at UCLA Bruins1,368,000
2016-10-22NLCS Game 69,710,000
2016-10-21Oregon Ducks at California Golden Bears1,516,000
2016-10-21San Jose State Spartans at San Diego State Aztecs199,000
2016-10-21South Florida Bulls at Temple Owls1,300,000
2016-10-20BYU Cougars at Boise State Broncos986,000
2016-10-20Miami Hurricanes at Virginia Tech Hokies1,400,000
2016-10-20Troy Trojans at South Alabama Jaguars165,000
2016-10-20NLCS Game 57,190,000
2016-10-20Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers14,200,000
2016-10-20WNBA Finals Game 5528,000
2016-10-19ALCS Game 52,860,000
2016-10-19NLCS Game 45,830,000
2016-10-18ALCS Game 42,750,000
2016-10-18NLCS Game 36,510,000
2016-10-17ALCS Game 34,300,000
2016-10-17New York Jets at Arizona Cardinals8,400,000
2016-10-16NLCS Game 27,310,000
2016-10-16Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans13,600,000
2016-10-16Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskinssplit window13,200,000
2016-10-16Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packerssplit window28,000,000
2016-10-16Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions13,200,000
2016-10-16WNBA Finals Game 4512,000
2016-10-15Alabama Crimson Tide at Tennessee Volunteers6,582,000
2016-10-15USC Trojans at Arizona Wildcats871,000
2016-10-15Ole Miss Rebels at Arkansas Razorbacks2,540,000
2016-10-15Kansas Jayhawks at Baylor Bears364,000
2016-10-15Colorado State Rams at Boise State Broncos344,000
2016-10-15NC State Wolfpack at Clemson Tigers4,506,000
2016-10-15Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Florida State Seminoles961,000
2016-10-15Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Houston Cougars454,000
2016-10-15Iowa Hawkeyes at Purdue Boilermakers631,000
2016-10-15Kansas State Wildcats at Oklahoma Sooners1,775,000
2016-10-15Minnesota Golden Gophers at Maryland Terrapins312,000
2016-10-15Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Fighting Irish2,870,000
2016-10-15Ohio State Buckeyes at Wisconsin Badgers8,964,000
2016-10-15UT San Antonio Roadrunners at Rice Owls13,000
2016-10-15Virginia Tech Hokies at Syracuse Orange295,000
2016-10-15Temple Owls at UCF Knights100,000