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Sports Media Watch

9,046 telecasts with figures · 9,561 published claims
9,046
telecasts on the record
updated 2026-09-14

Top leagues

by most-watched telecast
1
NFL
Super Bowl LX · 2026-02-08
125,603,000
1,199 telecasts
2
MLB
World Series Game 7 · 1986-10-27
52,100,000
729 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
762 telecasts
5
FIFA
Belgium at United States · 2026-07-06
33,090,000
78 telecasts

How they report

Providers citedNielsen 9,027 · blend 372 · platform self-report 1
Figure typescurrency 9,376 · combined definition 23 · 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.

Publishing2009-05-07 to 2026-09-10
Revisions23 revised figures · 94 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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2014-09-12Toledo Rockets at Cincinnati Bearcats394,000
2014-09-11Houston Cougars at BYU Cougars1,050,000
2014-09-11Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens20,770,000
2014-09-09WNBA Finals Game 2763,000
2014-09-08San Diego Chargers at Arizona Cardinals11,520,000
2014-09-08New York Giants at Detroit Lions13,730,000
2014-09-07San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboyssplit window28,000,000
2014-09-07Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos23,690,000
2014-09-07New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falconssplit window14,100,000
2014-09-07WNBA Finals Game 1627,000
2014-09-06Air Force Falcons at Wyoming Cowboys262,000
2014-09-06San Jose State Spartans at Auburn Tigers1,020,000
2014-09-06Ball State Cardinals at Iowa Hawkeyes605,000
2014-09-06Colorado State Rams at Boise State Broncos686,000
2014-09-06BYU Cougars at Texas Longhorns910,000
2014-09-06East Carolina Pirates at South Carolina Gamecocks976,000
2014-09-06Kansas State Wildcats at Iowa State Cyclones596,000
2014-09-06Ohio Bobcats at Kentucky Wildcats537,000
2014-09-06McNeese State Cowboys at Nebraska Cornhuskers959,000
2014-09-06Michigan Wolverines at Notre Dame Fighting Irish4,630,000
2014-09-06Michigan State Spartans at Oregon Ducks5,980,000
2014-09-06Missouri Tigers at Toledo Rockets1,230,000
2014-09-06Virginia Tech Hokies at Ohio State Buckeyes4,310,000
2014-09-06Oklahoma Sooners at Tulsa Golden Hurricane3,190,000
2014-09-06Ole Miss Rebels at Vanderbilt Commodores1,130,000
2014-09-06USC Trojans at Stanford Cardinal6,540,000
2014-09-06Texas Tech Red Raiders at UTEP Miners447,000
2014-09-05Pittsburgh Panthers at Boston College Eagles1,870,000
2014-09-05Washington State Cougars at Nevada Wolf Pack1,220,000
2014-09-04Arizona Wildcats at UT San Antonio Roadrunners425,000
2014-09-04Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks26,910,000
2014-08-10PGA Championship Round 48,200,000
2014-07-20The Open Championship Round 43,300,000
2014-07-19WNBA All-Star Game475,000
2014-07-13World Cup final26,500,000
2014-07-122014 FIFA World Cup Brazil–Netherlands4,700,000
2014-07-092014 FIFA World Cup Netherlands–Argentina12,200,000
2014-07-082014 FIFA World Cup Brazil–Germany12,400,000
2014-07-06Wimbledon men's singles final2,800,000
2014-07-052014 FIFA World Cup Argentina–Belgium8,800,000
2014-07-05Wimbledon women's singles final1,300,000
2014-07-042014 FIFA World Cup Brazil–Colombia11,800,000
2014-07-042014 FIFA World Cup France–Germany9,600,000
2014-07-012014 FIFA World Cup Belgium–United States21,600,000
2014-06-292014 FIFA World Cup Costa Rica–Greece6,400,000
2014-06-292014 FIFA World Cup Netherlands–Mexico17,000,000
2014-06-282014 FIFA World Cup Brazil–Chile6,100,000
2014-06-282014 FIFA World Cup Colombia–Uruguay5,400,000
2014-06-262014 FIFA World Cup United States–Germany14,200,000
2014-06-232014 FIFA World Cup Croatia–Mexico7,100,000
2014-06-222014 FIFA World Cup United States–Portugal18,200,000
2014-06-212014 FIFA World Cup Germany–Ghana5,700,000
2014-06-172014 FIFA World Cup Brazil–Mexico11,000,000
2014-06-162014 FIFA World Cup Ghana–United States15,900,000
2014-06-15U.S. Open Golf Championship Round 44,600,000
2014-06-122014 FIFA World Cup Brazil–Croatia9,500,000
2014-05-31Western Conference Finals Game 68,151,000
2014-05-30Eastern Conference Finals Game 66,877,000
2014-05-29Western Conference Finals Game 56,925,000
2014-05-28Eastern Conference Finals Game 57,313,000
2014-05-27Western Conference Finals Game 46,420,000
2014-05-26Eastern Conference Finals Game 47,038,000
2014-05-25Indianapolis 5006,200,000
2014-05-25Western Conference Finals Game 36,679,000
2014-05-24Eastern Conference Finals Game 36,818,000
2014-05-21Western Conference Finals Game 25,711,000
2014-05-20Eastern Conference Finals Game 27,544,000
2014-05-19Western Conference Finals Game 16,363,000
2014-05-18Eastern Conference Finals Game 17,815,000
2014-05-17Preakness Stakes9,600,000
2014-04-13Masters Tournament Round 411,100,000
2014-04-07Kentucky Wildcats at UConn Huskies21,196,000
2014-04-05UConn Huskies at Florida Gators11,654,000
2014-04-05Kentucky Wildcats at Wisconsin Badgers16,250,000
2014-02-23Sochi 2014 Olympics — Closing Ceremony15,100,000
2014-02-21Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time14,900,000
2014-02-20Sochi 2014 Olympics — Women's hockey gold medal game4,900,000
2014-02-19Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time20,200,000
2014-02-18Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time18,900,000
2014-02-17Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time23,500,000
2014-02-16Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time21,300,000
2014-02-15Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time17,100,000
2014-02-14Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time19,200,000
2014-02-13Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time22,900,000
2014-02-10Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time22,400,000
2014-02-09Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time26,300,000
2014-02-08Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time25,100,000
2014-01-19NFC Championship Game55,911,000
2014-01-19AFC Championship Game51,300,000
2014-01-05Arkansas State Red Wolves at Ball State Cardinals1,710,000
2014-01-04Vanderbilt Commodores at Houston Cougars2,570,000
2014-01-03Clemson Tigers at Ohio State Buckeyes11,400,000
2014-01-03Oklahoma State Cowboys at Missouri Tigers6,540,000
2014-01-02Oklahoma Sooners at Alabama Crimson Tide16,340,000
2014-01-01UCF Knights at Baylor Bears11,300,000
2014-01-01Nebraska Cornhuskers at Georgia Bulldogs4,520,000
2014-01-01Iowa Hawkeyes at LSU Tigers5,440,000
2014-01-01Stanford Cardinal at Michigan State Spartans18,640,000
2014-01-01UNLV Rebels at North Texas Mean Green332,000
2014-01-01Wisconsin Badgers at South Carolina Gamecocks9,590,000