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The TV Ratings Guide

732 telecasts with figures · 1,155 published claims
732
telecasts on the record
updated 2026-10-30

Top leagues

by most-watched telecast
1
NFL
Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs · 2025-01-26
57,700,000
64 telecasts
2
College Football
CFP National Championship · 2025-01-20
22,100,000
123 telecasts
3
College Basketball
Florida Gators at Houston Cougars · 2025-04-07
18,100,000
82 telecasts
4
MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers · 2026-10-11
10,720,000
122 telecasts
5
NBA
NBA Thunder–Spurs · 2026-05-18
9,200,000
171 telecasts

How they report

Providers citedNielsen 774
Figure typescurrency 774
Provider attribution0% confirmed · 100% press-attributed

Confirmed means reconciled to the provider's own release; press-attributed figures cite the provider through the outlet.

Publishing2025-01-01 to 2026-10-30
Revisions0 revised figures · 0 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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2025-09-26Minnesota Lynx at Phoenix Mercury1,050,000
2025-09-24New York Mets at Chicago Cubs1,300,000
2025-09-24Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles240,000
2025-09-23New York Mets at Chicago Cubs450,000
2025-09-23Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces1,720,000
2025-09-23Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx1,460,000
2025-09-22Detroit Lions at Baltimore Ravens12,050,000
2025-09-21Kansas City Chiefs at New York Giants25,300,000
2025-09-20BYU Cougars at East Carolina Pirates623,000
2025-09-20Florida Gators at Miami Hurricanes6,500,000
2025-09-20Illinois Fighting Illini at Indiana Hoosiers2,500,000
2025-09-20South Carolina Gamecocks at Missouri Tigers1,850,000
2025-09-20Washington Huskies at Washington State Cougars1,650,000
2025-09-19Iowa Hawkeyes at Rutgers Scarlet Knights3,010,000
2025-09-19Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Oklahoma State Cowboys1,570,000
2025-09-19New York Liberty at Phoenix Mercury1,000,000
2025-09-18Rice Owls at Charlotte 49ers671,000
2025-09-18Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces890,000
2025-09-18Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream1,160,000
2025-09-17Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers350,000
2025-09-17Phoenix Mercury at New York Liberty1,010,000
2025-09-16San Diego Padres at New York Mets260,000
2025-09-16Las Vegas Aces at Seattle Storm950,000
2025-09-16WNBA Fever–Dream1,500,000
2025-09-15Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Houston Texans17,400,000
2025-09-14New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox1,420,000
2025-09-14Philadelphia Eagles at Kansas City Chiefs33,800,000
2025-09-14Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings21,500,000
2025-09-14Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces370,000
2025-09-14New York Liberty at Phoenix Mercury450,000
2025-09-14Golden State Valkyries at Minnesota Lynx610,000
2025-09-13Clemson Tigers at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets4,800,000
2025-09-13Florida Gators at LSU Tigers7,600,000
2025-09-13South Florida Bulls at Miami Hurricanes720,000
2025-09-13Texas A&M Aggies at Notre Dame Fighting Irish6,200,000
2025-09-13St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers910,000
2025-09-13NASCAR Cup Bristol1,540,000
2025-09-12Kansas State Wildcats at Arizona Wildcats1,867,000
2025-09-12Colorado Buffaloes at Houston Cougars2,900,000
2025-09-12Indiana State Sycamores at Indiana Hoosiers310,000
2025-09-09Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees470,000
2025-09-09Minnesota Lynx at Indiana Fever1,030,000
2025-09-08Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears22,100,000
2025-09-07NASCAR Cup World Wide Technology1,530,000
2025-09-07Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills24,700,000
2025-09-06Akron Zips at Nebraska Cornhuskers950,000
2025-09-06Arizona State Sun Devils at Mississippi State Bulldogs980,000
2025-09-06Army Black Knights at Kansas State Wildcats790,000
2025-09-06Boston College Eagles at Michigan State Spartans1,640,000
2025-09-06Stanford Cardinal at BYU Cougars1,090,000
2025-09-06Illinois Fighting Illini at Duke Blue Devils2,200,000
2025-09-06Georgia Southern Eagles at USC Trojans350,000
2025-09-06Kansas Jayhawks at Missouri Tigers1,810,000
2025-09-06CFB Michigan–Oklahoma9,700,000
2025-09-06Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Wisconsin Badgers570,000
2025-09-06Virginia Cavaliers at NC State Wolfpack650,000
2025-09-06UC Davis Aggies at Washington Huskies250,000
2025-09-04NFL Kickoff Game28,300,000
2025-09-02New York Yankees at Houston Astros380,000
2025-09-01TCU Horned Frogs at North Carolina Tar Heels6,070,000
2025-08-31Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Miami Hurricanes10,800,000
2025-08-31NASCAR Cup Darlington1,880,000
2025-08-30LSU Tigers at Clemson Tigers10,400,000
2025-08-30UAlbany Great Danes at Iowa Hawkeyes660,000
2025-08-30New Mexico Lobos at Michigan Wolverines2,060,000
2025-08-29Auburn Tigers at Baylor Bears2,830,000
2025-08-29Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Colorado Buffaloes3,700,000
2025-08-27Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals290,000
2025-08-26Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets510,000
2025-08-25Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Guardians180,000
2025-08-24Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees2,570,000
2025-08-23Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres410,000
2025-08-17Seattle Mariners at New York Mets1,570,000
2025-08-16Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs310,000
2025-08-16NASCAR Cup Richmond1,390,000
2025-08-14Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies190,000
2025-08-13Atlanta Braves at New York Mets310,000
2025-08-13New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces650,000
2025-08-12WNBA Fever–Wings1,300,000
2025-08-10Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals1,730,000
2025-08-06Milwaukee Brewers at Atlanta Braves400,000
2025-08-05Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs290,000
2025-08-03Detroit Tigers at Philadelphia Phillies2,030,000
2025-08-02Atlanta Braves at Cincinnati Reds1,600,000
2025-08-02Baltimore Orioles at Chicago Cubs500,000
2025-07-30New York Liberty at Minnesota Lynx790,000
2025-07-29Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees390,000
2025-07-28New York Liberty at Dallas Wings700,000
2025-07-23Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies1,400,000
2025-07-22Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies310,000
2025-07-22Indiana Fever at New York Liberty1,180,000
2025-07-15Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun1,680,000
2025-07-08Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers370,000
2025-07-08Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty700,000
2025-07-07Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers350,000
2025-07-06St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs1,470,000
2025-07-02Cleveland Guardians at Chicago Cubs1,100,000
2025-07-01Cleveland Guardians at Chicago Cubs370,000
2025-06-28NASCAR Cup Atlanta1,550,000
2025-06-24Atlanta Braves at New York Mets440,000