List of most watched television broadcasts in the United States explained

The following is the list of most watched television broadcasts in the United States by average viewership, according to Nielsen. Of the 30 most-watched telecasts, 27 are Super Bowls. The Apollo 11 moon landing is generally considered to have been the most watched event in American television history with an estimated viewership of between 125 and 150 million viewers.^[1] However, the Apollo 11 moon landing is considered a news event and not a telecast, as the major networks each produced their own coverage of the event. As a result, CBS's live telecast of Super Bowl LVIII in 2024 holds the record for the largest average viewership of any live network U.S. television broadcast, with 123.7 million viewers.^[2]

Most-watched broadcasts of all time

Average viewership

The Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, is reported to have been watched by 125–150 million people.^[3] This figure has not been substantiated by Nielsen Media Research, which has only published figures for the moon landing based on household viewership.^{[4] [5]}

Top 20 list of most-watched telecasts by average viewership according to Nielsen

Rank	Broadcast	Average viewers	Date	Network(s)
1	Super Bowl LVIII	123,714,000^[6]	February 11, 2024	CBS / Univision / Nickelodeon
2	Super Bowl LVII	115,096,000	February 12, 2023	Fox / Fox Deportes
3	Super Bowl XLIX	114,810,000	February 1, 2015	NBC / Universo
4	Super Bowl XLVIII	112,752,000	February 2, 2014	Fox / Fox Deportes
5	Super Bowl 50	112,336,000	February 7, 2016	CBS / ESPN Deportes
6	Super Bowl LI	111,973,000	February 5, 2017	Fox / Fox Deportes
7	Super Bowl XLVI	111,346,000	February 5, 2012	NBC
8	Super Bowl XLV	111,041,000	February 6, 2011	Fox
9	Super Bowl XLVII	108,693,000	February 3, 2013	CBS
10	Super Bowl XLIV	106,476,000	February 7, 2010	CBS
11	M*A*S*H ("Goodbye, Farewell and Amen")	105,970,000^[7]	February 28, 1983	CBS
12	Super Bowl LII	104,016,000	February 4, 2018	NBC / Universo
13	Super Bowl LIV	102,086,000	February 2, 2020	Fox / Fox Deportes
14	Super Bowl LVI	101,470,000	February 13, 2022	NBC / Telemundo
15	Super Bowl LIII	98,950,000	February 3, 2019	CBS / ESPN Deportes
16	Super Bowl XLIII	98,732,000	February 1, 2009	NBC
17	Super Bowl XLII	97,448,000	February 3, 2008	Fox
18	Super Bowl LV	95,877,000	February 7, 2021	CBS / ESPN Deportes
19	Super Bowl XXX	94,080,000	January 28, 1996	NBC
20	Super Bowl XLI	93,184,000	February 4, 2007	CBS

Excluding Super Bowls

List of most-watched television broadcasts by average viewership excluding Super Bowls

Rank	Broadcast	Average viewers (millions)	Date	Network
1	O.J. Simpson Trial Verdict coverage	151.0^[8]	October 3, 1995	Multiple
2	M*A*S*H ("Goodbye, Farewell and Amen")	106.0	February 28, 1983	CBS
3	Gulf War coverage	85.6	January 16, 1991	Multiple
4	Clinton–Trump presidential debate	84.0^[9]	September 26, 2016	Multiple
5	Dallas ("Who Done It")	83.6^[10]	November 21, 1980	CBS
6	Carter–Reagan presidential debate	80.6	October 28, 1980	Multiple
7	Cheers ("One for the Road")	80.5	May 20, 1993	NBC
8	1994 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles figure skating	78.8^[11]	February 23, 1994	CBS
9	The Day After	77.4	November 20, 1983	ABC
10	Roots ("Part VIII")	76.7	January 30, 1977	ABC

Series by year

Season	Live
	Series	Network	Households (millions)	Viewers (millions)	Series	Network	Viewers (millions)	Series	Network	Viewers (millions)
colspan="11"
1950–1951	Texaco Star Theatre	NBC	6.28^[12]
1951–1952	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	CBS	8.23^[13]
1952–1953	I Love Lucy		13.73^[14]
1953–1954			15.29^[15]
1954–1955			15.14^[16]
1955–1956	The $64,000 Question		16.58^[17]
1956–1957	I Love Lucy		17.00^[18]
1957–1958	Gunsmoke		18.07^[19]
1958–1959			17.40^[20]
1959–1960			18.44^[21]
colspan="11"
1960–1961	Gunsmoke	CBS	17.61^[22]
1961–1962	Wagon Train	NBC	15.59^[23]
1962–1963	The Beverly Hillbillies	CBS	18.11^[24]
1963–1964			20.18^[25]
1964–1965	Bonanza	NBC	19.13^[26]
1965–1966			17.12^[27]
1966–1967			16.04^[28]
1967–1968	The Andy Griffith Show	CBS	15.64^[29]
1968–1969	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	NBC	18.52^[30]
1969–1970			15.39^[31]
colspan="11"
1970–1971	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC	17.79^[32]
1971–1972	All in the Family	CBS	21.11^[33]
1972–1973			21.58^[34]
1973–1974			20.65^[35]
1974–1975			20.69^[36]
1975–1976			20.95^[37]
1976–1977	Happy Days	ABC	22.43^[38]
1977–1978	Laverne & Shirley		23.04^[39]
1978–1979			22.72^[40]
1979–1980	60 Minutes	CBS	21.67^[41]
colspan="11"
1980–1981	Dallas	CBS	27.57^[42]
1981–1982			23.15^[43]
1982–1983	60 Minutes		21.24^[44]
1983–1984	Dallas		21.54^[45]
1984–1985	Dynasty	ABC	21.23^[46]
1985–1986	The Cosby Show	NBC	28.95^[47]
1986–1987			30.50^[48]
1987–1988
1988–1989			23.14^[49]
1989–1990			21.28^[50]
	Roseanne	ABC
colspan="11"
1990–1991	Cheers	NBC	19.83^[51]
1991–1992	60 Minutes	CBS	20.17^[52]
1992–1993			20.39^[53]
1993–1994			19.69^[54]
1994–1995	Home Improvement	ABC		32.50
	Seinfeld	NBC	19.56
1995–1996	ER		21.10^[55]	32.00^[56]
1996–1997			20.56^[57]	30.79^[58]
1997–1998	Seinfeld		21.27	34.10^[59]
1998–1999	ER		17.69^[60]	25.40^[61]
1999–2000	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Tues)	ABC		28.53^[62]
colspan="11"
2000–2001	Survivor	CBS	28.80^[63]	29.80^[64]
2001–2002	Friends	NBC	22.30^[65]	24.50^[66]
2002–2003		CBS		26.12^[67]
2003–2004	American Idol (Tues)	Fox		25.73^[68]
2004–2005				27.32^[69]
2005–2006				31.17^[70]
2006–2007	American Idol (Wed)			30.58^[71]
2007–2008	American Idol (Tues)			28.80^[72]
2008–2009	American Idol (Wed)			25.53^[73]				American Idol (Wed)	Fox	26.88
2009–2010	American Idol (Tues)			22.97^[74]				American Idol (Tues)		24.71^[75]
colspan="11"
2010–2011	American Idol (Wed)	Fox		23.95^[76]				American Idol (Wed)	Fox	26.20
2011–2012	NBC Sunday Night Football	NBC						NBC Sunday Night Football	NBC	20.74^[77]
2012–2013								NCIS	CBS	21.34^[78]
2013–2014				21.42^[79]				The Big Bang Theory		23.10
2014–2015				20.69^[80]				NBC Sunday Night Football	NBC	20.81
2015–2016				21.30^[81]	NBC Sunday Night Football	NBC	21.38^[82]			21.39^[83]
2016–2017				19.63^[84]			19.73^[85]			19.75^[86]
2017–2018				17.58^[87]	Roseanne	ABC	18.21^[88]	Roseanne	ABC	19.96^[89]
2018–2019				18.80^[90]	NBC Sunday Night Football	NBC	18.92	NBC Sunday Night Football	NBC	18.94^[91]
2019–2020				19.96^[92]						20.09^[93]

The highest-rated broadcasts of all time

The highest-rated broadcast of all time is the final episode of M*A*S*H in 1983, with 60.2% of all households with television sets in the United States at that time watching the episode.^{[94] [95]} Aside from Super Bowls, the most recent broadcast to receive a rating above 40 was the Seinfeld finale in 1998, with a 41.3.^{[96] [97]}

Nielsen only began recording a list of ratings for individual broadcasts starting in July 1960, therefore ratings before that time are not included in their official count.^[98]

Rank	Broadcast	Rating	Share	Date	Network
1	M*A*S*H ("Goodbye, Farewell and Amen")	60.2	77	February 28, 1983	CBS
2	Dallas ("Who Done It")	53.3	76	November 21, 1980	CBS
3	Roots ("Part VIII")	51.1	71	January 30, 1977	ABC
4	Super Bowl XVI	49.1	73	January 24, 1982	CBS
5	Super Bowl XVII	48.6	69	January 30, 1983	NBC
6	1994 Winter Olympics (Ladies' singles)	48.5	64	February 23, 1994	CBS
7	Super Bowl XX	48.3	70	January 26, 1986	NBC
8	The Big Event (Gone with the Wind (Part 1))	47.7	65	November 7, 1976	NBC
9	Super Bowl XLIX	47.5	71	February 1, 2015	NBC
10	Monday Night at the Movies (Gone with the Wind (Part 2))	47.4	64	November 8, 1976	NBC
11	Super Bowl XII	47.2	67	January 15, 1978	CBS
12	Super Bowl XIII	47.1	74	January 21, 1979	NBC
12	Super Bowl XLVI	47.0	71	February 5, 2012	NBC
13	Super Bowl XLVIII	46.7	69	February 2, 2014	Fox
14	The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show	46.6	64	January 15, 1970	NBC
	Super Bowl 50	46.6	72	February 7, 2016	CBS
16	Super Bowl XVIII	46.4	71	January 22, 1984	CBS
	Super Bowl XIX	46.4	63	January 20, 1985	ABC
	Super Bowl XLVII	46.4	69	February 3, 2013	CBS
19	Super Bowl XIV	46.3	67	January 20, 1980	CBS
20	The ABC Sunday Night Movie (The Day After)	46.0	62	November 20, 1983	ABC
	Super Bowl XXX	46.0	68	January 28, 1996	NBC
	Super Bowl XLV	46.0	69	February 6, 2011	Fox
23	The Fugitive ("The Judgment: Part 2")	45.9	72	August 29, 1967	ABC
	Roots ("Part VI")	45.9	66	January 28, 1977	ABC
25	Super Bowl XXI	45.8	66	January 25, 1987	CBS
26	Roots ("Part V")	45.7	71	January 27, 1977	ABC
27	Cheers ("One for the Road")	45.5	64	May 20, 1993	NBC
	Super Bowl XXVIII	45.5	66	January 30, 1994	NBC
29	The Ed Sullivan Show (The Beatles first appearance)	45.3	60	February 9, 1964	CBS
	Super Bowl LI	45.3	70	February 5, 2017	Fox
30	Super Bowl XXVII	45.1	66	January 31, 1993	NBC

Timeline

The following is a timeline of the highest rated television broadcasts since December 17, 1960.^{[94] [95] [99]}

Series by year

The following is a list of the highest rated television series by year.^{[100] [101]}

Season	Series	Network	Rating
colspan="4"
1950–1951	Texaco Star Theatre	NBC	61.6
1951–1952	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	CBS	53.8
1952–1953	I Love Lucy		67.3
1953–1954			58.8
1954–1955			49.3
1955–1956	The $64,000 Question		47.5
1956–1957	I Love Lucy		43.7
1957–1958	Gunsmoke		43.1
1958–1959			39.6
1959–1960			40.3
colspan="4"
1960–1961	Gunsmoke	CBS	37.3
1961–1962	Wagon Train	NBC	32.1
1962–1963	The Beverly Hillbillies	CBS	36.0
1963–1964			39.1
1964–1965	Bonanza	NBC	36.3
1965–1966			31.8
1966–1967			29.1
1967–1968	The Andy Griffith Show	CBS	27.6
1968–1969	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	NBC	31.8
1969–1970			26.3
colspan="4"
1970–1971	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC	29.6
1971–1972	All in the Family	CBS	34.0
1972–1973			33.3
1973–1974			31.2
1974–1975			30.2
1975–1976			30.1
1976–1977	Happy Days	ABC	31.5
1977–1978	Laverne & Shirley		31.6
1978–1979			30.5
1979–1980	60 Minutes	CBS	28.4
colspan="4"
1980–1981	Dallas	CBS	34.5
1981–1982			28.4
1982–1983	60 Minutes		25.5
1983–1984	Dallas		25.7
1984–1985	Dynasty	ABC	25.0
1985–1986	The Cosby Show	NBC	33.7
1986–1987			34.9
1987–1988			27.8
1988–1989			25.6
1989–1990			23.1
	Roseanne	ABC	23.1
colspan="4"
1990–1991	Cheers	NBC	21.3
1991–1992	60 Minutes	CBS	21.9
1992–1993			21.9
1993–1994			20.9
1994–1995	Seinfeld	NBC	20.6
1995–1996	ER		22.0
1996–1997			21.2
1997–1998	Seinfeld		21.7
1998–1999	ER		17.8
1999–2000	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Tues)	ABC	18.6
colspan="4"
2000–2001	Survivor	CBS	17.4
2001–2002	Friends	NBC	15.0
2002–2003		CBS	16.3
2003–2004			15.9
2004–2005			16.5
2005–2006	American Idol (Tues)	Fox	17.6
2006–2007	American Idol (Wed)		17.3
2007–2008	American Idol (Tues)		16.1
2008–2009	American Idol (Wed)		15.1
2009–2010	American Idol (Tues)		13.7
colspan="4"
2010–2011	American Idol (Wed)	Fox	14.5
2011–2012	NBC Sunday Night Football	NBC	12.4
2012–2013	NCIS	CBS	13.5
2013–2014			12.6
	NBC Sunday Night Football	NBC	12.6
2014–2015			12.3
2015–2016	NCIS	CBS	12.8
2016–2017	The Big Bang Theory		11.5
2017–2018			11.1
2018–2019	NBC Sunday Night Football	NBC	10.9
2019–2020			20.09
2020–2021			16.50
2021–2022			18.0

See also

• List of most-watched television broadcasts

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