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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 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. [ 96 ] [ 97 ] Aside from Super Bowls, the most recent broadcast to receive a rating above 40 was the Seinfeld finale in 1998, with a 41.3.
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 ...
This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 2002–03 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research. [1] Rank Program Network Rating 1:
This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1973–74 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research. [1] Rank Program Network Rating 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. This list is ...
This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1967–68 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research. [1] Rank Program Network Rating 1:
This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1961–62 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research. [1] Rank Program Network Rating 1: Wagon ...