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This article presents the top-rated American primetime broadcast network television series by season from 1950 to the present according to Nielsen Media Research. 1950s [ edit ]
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 considered the most watched broadcasts of all time, with an estimated viewership of 125–150 million. [ 1 ]
National Nielsen ratings for United States television viewing began in March 1950. Although annual data for the Top-rated United States television programs by season is readily available online, the weekly (or bi-weekly in early years) reports are scattered in various archives and newspapers, and are generally not organized.
The two most-watched television broadcasts in Canadian history occurred during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. For the gold medal game of the men's hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics , played between the United States and Canada, confirmed 16.6 million Canadians watched the whole game, roughly one-half of the country's entire ...
Headquartered in New York City, it is best known for the Nielsen ratings, an audience measurement system of television viewership that for years has been the deciding factor in canceling or renewing television shows by television networks. As of August 2024, it is the primary part of Nielsen Holdings.
The Texas Rangers World Series with the Arizona Diamondbacks made television history with its viewership numbers according to a new report. Game 1 of the World Series had historical low TV ratings ...
1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (), holds public hearings about television; 1941: First television advertisements aired. The first official, paid television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (now WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
The highest-rated individual game in World Series history was Game 6 in 1980, when the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals; the game had a 40.0 rating. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The only other games with a rating of 39 or higher were Game 7 in 1975 , when the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Red Sox , with a 39.6 rating, [ 5 ] and Game 4 ...