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The most-watched channel for years has been StarPlus, then Zee TV with major competition from Colors. Mahabharat (1988–1990), the television adaptation of Indian epic Mahabharata, had a share of 97.8% among Indian viewers. [57] Aamir Khan's talk show Satyamev Jayate (2012–2014) drew an estimated audience of 600 million viewers in India. [58]
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. [ 98 ] [ 99 ] Aside from Super Bowls, the most recent broadcast to receive a rating above 40 was the Seinfeld finale in 1998, with a 41.3.
People are watching more content on streaming platforms through their phones, tablets, and laptops, as opposed to traditional television. Streaming service usage continues to grow, and from May 2021 to May 2022, it grew 21%, to now accounting for 32% of total television time.
Below are the primetime rankers for broadcast, cable and premium cable networks in 2024, among total viewers (as well as the top 50 list in adults 18-49).
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(At the time, the moon landing was seen by an estimated 125 to 150 million people.) Nielsen data reported Sunday’s viewership went up 7 percent from last year’s Super Bowl record of 115.1 million.
For example, during the 2019–20 television season, a 1.0 household rating was equivalent to approximately 1.21 million U.S. households. [158] household share – the average percentage of households in the United States with a television set in use that were watching the game at any given minute during its broadcast. [156]
American family watching TV, 1958. Television debuted in the United States on May 10, 1928, with the launch of the original WGY Television, a joint venture of General Electric's owned-and-operated WGY in Schenectady, New York and Norton Laboratories' WMAK in Lockport, New York. (Norton dropped out of the venture shortly thereafter and ...