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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 ...
Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers. 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 ...
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 Cosby Show (NBC) Desperate Housewives (ABC) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) General Electric Theater (CBS) Hawaii Five-O (CBS) Home Improvement (ABC) The Jeffersons (CBS) Knots Landing (CBS) Little House on the Prairie/Little House: A New Beginning (NBC)
Nielsen, best known for delivering TV ratings, is getting ready for a future when it gauges a lot more than what people are watching on TV. The media-measurement giant plans to launch a new system ...
Though the Apollo 11 Moon landing is the most watched television event in American history, it is considered a news event, meaning that CBS and Nickelodeon'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.
List of United States over-the-air television networks; List of TV markets and major sports teams; List of the Caribbean television channels; Lists of television stations in North America; List of radio stations in North America by media market; U.S. broadcast television template; Canadian broadcast television template; Mexican broadcast ...
Rank Program Network Rating 1: I Love Lucy: CBS: 67.3 2: Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts: 54.7 3: Arthur Godfrey and His Friends: 47.1 4: Dragnet: NBC: 46.8 5: Texaco Star Theater