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Sports Media Watch

11,091 telecasts with figures · 12,413 published claims
11,091
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
806 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 11,334 · blend 388 · platform self-report 1
Figure typescurrency 11,697 · 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.

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2015-10-03Purdue Boilermakers at Michigan State Spartans1,266,000
2015-10-03West Virginia Mountaineers at Oklahoma Sooners1,238,000
2015-10-03Texas Longhorns at TCU Horned Frogs2,768,000
2015-10-02Connecticut Huskies at BYU Cougars1,240,000
2015-10-02Memphis Tigers at South Florida Bulls1,155,000
2015-10-01Miami Hurricanes at Cincinnati Bearcats1,348,000
2015-10-01Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers19,400,000
2015-09-28Kansas City Chiefs at Green Bay Packers13,500,000
2015-09-27Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawkssplit window22,100,000
2015-09-27Denver Broncos at Detroit Lions22,100,000
2015-09-27Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboyssplit window18,300,000
2015-09-26USC Trojans at Arizona State Sun Devils2,144,000
2015-09-26UCLA Bruins at Arizona Wildcats2,386,000
2015-09-26Texas A&M Aggies at Arkansas Razorbacks3,112,000
2015-09-26Mississippi State Bulldogs at Auburn Tigers2,164,000
2015-09-26BYU Cougars at Michigan Wolverines3,071,000
2015-09-26Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Duke Blue Devils775,000
2015-09-26Tennessee Volunteers at Florida Gators4,641,000
2015-09-26North Texas Mean Green at Iowa Hawkeyes348,000
2015-09-26LSU Tigers at Syracuse Orange3,204,000
2015-09-26Maryland Terrapins at West Virginia Mountaineers408,000
2015-09-26Massachusetts Minutemen at Notre Dame Fighting Irish1,964,000
2015-09-26Oklahoma State Cowboys at Texas Longhorns2,403,000
2015-09-26Vanderbilt Commodores at Ole Miss Rebels499,000
2015-09-26Utah Utes at Oregon Ducks2,975,000
2015-09-26UCF Knights at South Carolina Gamecocks380,000
2015-09-26TCU Horned Frogs at Texas Tech Red Raiders2,770,000
2015-09-25Boise State Broncos at Virginia Cavaliers1,752,000
2015-09-25Stanford Cardinal at Oregon State Beavers775,000
2015-09-24Cincinnati Bearcats at Memphis Tigers1,242,000
2015-09-24Washington Redskins at New York Giants16,900,000
2015-09-21New York Jets at Indianapolis Colts12,500,000
2015-09-20Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles27,200,000
2015-09-20Atlanta Falcons at New York Giantssplit window15,300,000
2015-09-20Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers26,400,000
2015-09-19Air Force Falcons at Michigan State Spartans2,531,000
2015-09-19Ole Miss Rebels at Alabama Crimson Tide7,605,000
2015-09-19Texas Tech Red Raiders at Arkansas Razorbacks1,914,000
2015-09-19Auburn Tigers at LSU Tigers4,228,000
2015-09-19BYU Cougars at UCLA Bruins946,000
2015-09-19California Golden Bears at Texas Longhorns2,282,000
2015-09-19South Carolina Gamecocks at Georgia Bulldogs3,189,000
2015-09-19Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Notre Dame Fighting Irish3,700,000
2015-09-19Illinois Fighting Illini at North Carolina Tar Heels590,000
2015-09-19South Florida Bulls at Maryland Terrapins293,000
2015-09-19Connecticut Huskies at Missouri Tigers1,903,000
2015-09-19UT San Antonio Roadrunners at Oklahoma State Cowboys563,000
2015-09-19Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Oklahoma Sooners668,000
2015-09-19Virginia Tech Hokies at Purdue Boilermakers522,000
2015-09-19Stanford Cardinal at USC Trojans3,504,000
2015-09-19Western Carolina Catamounts at Tennessee Volunteers844,000
2015-09-18Florida State Seminoles at Boston College Eagles3,148,000
2015-09-17Clemson Tigers at Louisville Cardinals1,938,000
2015-09-17Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs21,100,000
2015-09-14Minnesota Vikings at San Francisco 49ers14,300,000
2015-09-14Philadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons13,600,000
2015-09-13Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bearssplit window20,100,000
2015-09-13Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncossplit window23,300,000
2015-09-13New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys26,800,000
2015-09-132015 US Open Tennis, Men's Singles Final - Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer3,200,000
2015-09-12San Jose State Spartans at Air Force Falcons128,000
2015-09-12Ball State Cardinals at Texas A&M Aggies420,000
2015-09-12Boise State Broncos at BYU Cougars1,027,000
2015-09-12Buffalo Bulls at Penn State Nittany Lions949,000
2015-09-12East Carolina Pirates at Florida Gators1,046,000
2015-09-12South Florida Bulls at Florida State Seminoles2,216,000
2015-09-12Fresno State Bulldogs at Ole Miss Rebels630,000
2015-09-12Georgia Bulldogs at Vanderbilt Commodores2,571,000
2015-09-12Iowa Hawkeyes at Iowa State Cyclones1,785,000
2015-09-12Kansas State Wildcats at UT San Antonio Roadrunners338,000
2015-09-12LSU Tigers at Mississippi State Bulldogs3,121,000
2015-09-12Miami (OH) RedHawks at Wisconsin Badgers444,000
2015-09-12Oregon State Beavers at Michigan Wolverines4,493,000
2015-09-12Oregon Ducks at Michigan State Spartans7,898,000
2015-09-12Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Virginia Cavaliers5,744,000
2015-09-12Oklahoma Sooners at Tennessee Volunteers4,129,000
2015-09-12Washington State Cougars at Rutgers Scarlet Knights461,000
2015-09-12UCF Knights at Stanford Cardinal151,000
2015-09-12Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks at TCU Horned Frogs269,000
2015-09-122015 US Open Tennis, Women's Singles Final - Flavia Pennetta vs Roberta Vinci1,600,000
2015-09-11Miami Hurricanes at Florida Atlantic Owls666,000
2015-09-11Utah State Aggies at Utah Utes1,345,000
2015-09-10Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers232,000
2015-09-10Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots27,400,000
2015-09-07Ohio State Buckeyes at Virginia Tech Hokies10,585,000
2015-09-06Purdue Boilermakers at Marshall Thundering Herd688,000
2015-09-06Southern 5005,900,000
2015-09-05Wisconsin Badgers at Alabama Crimson Tide7,967,000
2015-09-05Arizona State Sun Devils at Texas A&M Aggies2,471,000
2015-09-05UTEP Miners at Arkansas Razorbacks417,000
2015-09-05Louisville Cardinals at Auburn Tigers4,010,000
2015-09-05BYU Cougars at Nebraska Cornhuskers3,134,000
2015-09-05Richmond Spiders at Maryland Terrapins307,000
2015-09-05Mississippi State Bulldogs at Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles511,000
2015-09-05Stanford Cardinal at Northwestern Wildcats3,214,000
2015-09-05Texas Longhorns at Notre Dame Fighting Irish4,060,000
2015-09-05Penn State Nittany Lions at Temple Owls1,912,000
2015-09-05Virginia Cavaliers at UCLA Bruins1,350,000
2015-09-04Baylor Bears at SMU Mustangs2,003,000
2015-09-04Washington Huskies at Boise State Broncos2,058,000