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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 →
2015-02-01Super Bowl XLIX114,810,000
2015-01-18AFC Championship Game42,144,000
2015-01-18NFC Championship Game49,839,000
2015-01-18NHL Rangers–Penguins1,500,000
2015-01-11Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos41,820,000
2015-01-11Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers44,380,000
2015-01-10Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks31,020,000
2015-01-10Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots34,050,000
2015-01-04Toledo Rockets at Arkansas State Red Wolves1,370,000
2015-01-04Cincinnati Bengals at Indianapolis Colts28,300,000
2015-01-04Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys42,320,000
2015-01-03East Carolina Pirates at Florida Gators4,480,000
2015-01-03Arizona Cardinals at Carolina Panthers21,680,000
2015-01-03Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers27,940,000
2015-01-02Houston Cougars at Pittsburgh Panthers2,110,000
2015-01-02Iowa Hawkeyes at Tennessee Volunteers4,110,000
2015-01-02Kansas State Wildcats at UCLA Bruins5,600,000
2015-01-02Washington Huskies at Oklahoma State Cowboys4,030,000
2015-01-01Alabama Crimson Tide at Ohio State Buckeyes28,270,000
2015-01-01Auburn Tigers at Wisconsin Badgers6,420,000
2015-01-01Michigan State Spartans at Baylor Bears9,090,000
2015-01-01Oregon Ducks at Florida State Seminoles28,160,000
2015-01-01Missouri Tigers at Minnesota Golden Gophers6,120,000
2014-12-31Boise State Broncos at Arizona Wildcats7,410,000
2014-12-31Mississippi State Bulldogs at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets8,940,000
2014-12-31Ole Miss Rebels at TCU Horned Frogs5,010,000
2014-12-30Georgia Bulldogs at Louisville Cardinals6,410,000
2014-12-30Notre Dame Fighting Irish at LSU Tigers5,320,000
2014-12-30Maryland Terrapins at Stanford Cardinal3,240,000
2014-12-29Arkansas Razorbacks at Texas Longhorns5,760,000
2014-12-29Oklahoma Sooners at Clemson Tigers4,900,000
2014-12-29Texas A&M Aggies at West Virginia Mountaineers3,300,000
2014-12-28Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers20,710,000
2014-12-28San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefssplit window16,450,000
2014-12-28Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskinssplit window17,950,000
2014-12-28Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packerssplit window28,510,000
2014-12-27Arizona State Sun Devils at Duke Blue Devils3,560,000
2014-12-27Boston College Eagles at Penn State Nittany Lions3,960,000
2014-12-27Cincinnati Bearcats at Virginia Tech Hokies2,920,000
2014-12-27Miami Hurricanes at South Carolina Gamecocks4,110,000
2014-12-27Nebraska Cornhuskers at USC Trojans6,800,000
2014-12-26Illinois Fighting Illini at Louisiana Tech Bulldogs2,340,000
2014-12-26NC State Wolfpack at UCF Knights3,270,000
2014-12-26Rutgers Scarlet Knights at North Carolina Tar Heels2,870,000
2014-12-24Central Michigan Chippewas at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers1,500,000
2014-12-24Fresno State Bulldogs at Rice Owls1,910,000
2014-12-23Marshall Thundering Herd at Northern Illinois Huskies2,250,000
2014-12-23Navy Midshipmen at San Diego State Aztecs2,460,000
2014-12-22BYU Cougars at Memphis Tigers1,320,000
2014-12-22Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals16,030,000
2014-12-21Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals19,290,000
2014-12-21Indianapolis Colts at Dallas Cowboyssplit window25,890,000
2014-12-21Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saintssplit window16,200,000
2014-12-20Western Michigan Broncos at Air Force Falcons1,450,000
2014-12-20South Alabama Jaguars at Bowling Green Falcons1,110,000
2014-12-20Utah Utes at Colorado State Rams2,120,000
2014-12-20Nevada Wolf Pack at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns2,250,000
2014-12-20Utah State Aggies at UTEP Miners1,920,000
2014-12-20San Diego Chargers at San Francisco 49ers12,960,000
2014-12-20Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins7,180,000
2014-12-18Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars4,850,000
2014-12-15New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears11,070,000
2014-12-14San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawkssplit window26,480,000
2014-12-14Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Brownssplit window16,160,000
2014-12-14Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles24,250,000
2014-12-13Navy Midshipmen at Army Black Knights6,260,000
2014-12-11Arizona Cardinals at St. Louis Rams7,670,000
2014-12-08Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers13,960,000
2014-12-07Indianapolis Colts at Cleveland Brownssplit window13,670,000
2014-12-07New England Patriots at San Diego Chargers21,150,000
2014-12-07Seattle Seahawks at Philadelphia Eaglessplit window25,930,000
2014-12-06Alabama Crimson Tide at Missouri Tigers12,800,000
2014-12-06Kansas State Wildcats at Baylor Bears2,170,000
2014-12-06Fresno State Bulldogs at Boise State Broncos1,530,000
2014-12-06Houston Cougars at Cincinnati Bearcats1,310,000
2014-12-06Florida State Seminoles at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets10,150,000
2014-12-06Iowa State Cyclones at TCU Horned Frogs4,090,000
2014-12-06Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Marshall Thundering Herd725,000
2014-12-06Wisconsin Badgers at Ohio State Buckeyes6,130,000
2014-12-06Oklahoma State Cowboys at Oklahoma Sooners1,150,000
2014-12-06Temple Owls at Tulane Green Wave209,000
2014-12-05Arizona Wildcats at Oregon Ducks6,000,000
2014-12-05Northern Illinois Huskies at Bowling Green Falcons692,000
2014-12-04UCF Knights at East Carolina Pirates1,040,000
2014-12-04Dallas Cowboys at Chicago Bears9,110,000
2014-12-01Miami Dolphins at New York Jets11,750,000
2014-11-30Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs21,110,000
2014-11-30New England Patriots at Green Bay Packerssplit window30,880,000
2014-11-30New Orleans Saints at Pittsburgh Steelerssplit window15,680,000
2014-11-29Auburn Tigers at Alabama Crimson Tide13,530,000
2014-11-29Utah State Aggies at Boise State Broncos427,000
2014-11-29South Carolina Gamecocks at Clemson Tigers2,020,000
2014-11-29Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Duke Blue Devils148,000
2014-11-29Florida Gators at Florida State Seminoles5,960,000
2014-11-29Illinois Fighting Illini at Northwestern Wildcats252,000
2014-11-29West Virginia Mountaineers at Iowa State Cyclones489,000
2014-11-29Kansas Jayhawks at Kansas State Wildcats274,000
2014-11-29Kentucky Wildcats at Louisville Cardinals809,000
2014-11-29Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Maryland Terrapins178,000
2014-11-29Pittsburgh Panthers at Miami Hurricanes678,000