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Top 50 Sports Telecasts
of All Time
It's no surprise that 38 of the top 50 sports programs are Super Bowl games. In third place is the XVII Winter Olympics (2/23/94); this ratings spike can be attributed to the Harding/Kerrigan "incident."
Rank |
Program |
Date |
Network |
HH
Rating |
1 |
Super Bowl XVI |
1/24/1982 |
CBS |
49.1 |
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2 |
Super Bowl XVII |
1/30/1983 |
NBC |
48.6 |
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3 |
XVII Winter Olympics |
2/23/1994 |
CBS |
48.5 |
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4 |
Super Bowl XX |
1/26/1986 |
NBC |
48.3 |
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5 |
Super Bowl XII |
1/15/1978 |
CBS |
47.2 |
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6 |
Super Bowl XIII |
1/21/1979 |
NBC |
47.1 |
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7 |
Super Bowl XVIII |
1/22/1984 |
CBS |
46.4 |
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7 |
Super Bowl XIX |
1/20/1985 |
ABC |
46.4 |
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9 |
Super Bowl XIV |
1/20/1980 |
CBS |
46.3 |
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10 |
Super Bowl XXX |
1/28/1996 |
NBC |
46.0 |
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11 |
Super Bowl XXI |
1/25/1987 |
CBS |
45.8 |
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12 |
Super Bowl XXVIII |
1/29/1994 |
NBC |
45.5 |
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13 |
Super Bowl XXVII |
1/31/1993 |
NBC |
45.1 |
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14 |
Super Bowl XXXII |
1/25/1998 |
NBC |
44.5 |
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15 |
Super Bowl XI |
1/9/1977 |
NBC |
44.4 |
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15 |
Super Bowl XV |
1/25/1981 |
NBC |
44.4 |
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17 |
Super Bowl VI |
1/16/1972 |
CBS |
44.2 |
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18 |
XVII Winter Olympics |
2/25/1994 |
CBS |
44.1 |
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19 |
Super Bowl XXIII |
1/22/1989 |
NBC |
43.5 |
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20 |
Super Bowl XLII |
2/3/2008 |
FOX |
43.3 |
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20 |
Super Bowl XXXI |
1/26/1997 |
FOX |
43.3 |
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20 |
Super Bowl XXXIV |
1/30/2000 |
ABC |
43.3 |
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23 |
NFC Championship Game |
1/10/1982 |
CBS |
42.9 |
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24 |
Super Bowl VII |
1/14/1973 |
NBC |
42.7 |
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25 |
Super Bowl XLI |
2/4/2007 |
CBS |
42.6 |
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26 |
Super Bowl IX |
1/12/1975 |
NBC |
42.4 |
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27 |
Super Bowl X |
1/18/1976 |
CBS |
42.3 |
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28 |
Super Bowl XXV |
1/27/1991 |
ABC |
41.9 |
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28 |
Super Bowl XXII |
1/31/1988 |
ABC |
41.9 |
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30 |
Super Bowl VIII |
1/13/1974 |
CBS |
41.6 |
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30 |
Super Bowl XL |
2/5/2006 |
ABC |
41.6 |
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32 |
Super Bowl XXXVIII |
2/1/2004 |
CBS |
41.4 |
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33 |
Super Bowl XXIX |
1/29/1995 |
ABC |
41.3 |
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34 |
Super Bowl XXXIX |
2/6/2005 |
FOX |
41.1 |
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35 |
Super Bowl XXXVII |
1/6/2003 |
ABC |
40.7 |
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36 |
Super Bowl XXXVI |
2/3/2002 |
FOX |
40.4 |
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36 |
Super Bowl XXXV |
1/28/2001 |
CBS |
40.4 |
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38 |
Super Bowl XXVI |
1/26/1992 |
CBS |
40.3 |
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39 |
Super Bowl XXXIII |
1/31/1999 |
FOX |
40.2 |
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40 |
World Series Game # 6 |
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NBC |
40.0 |
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41 |
Super Bowl V |
1/17/1971 |
NBC |
39.9 |
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42 |
World Series Game # 7 |
10/22/1975 |
NBC |
39.6 |
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43 |
World Series Game # 4 |
10/6/1963 |
NBC |
39.5 |
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44 |
Super Bowl IV |
1/11/1970 |
CBS |
39.4 |
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45 |
Super Bowl XXIV |
1/28/1990 |
CBS |
39.0 |
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46 |
World Series Game # 7 |
10/27/1986 |
NBC |
38.9 |
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47 |
World Series Game # 7 |
10/20/1982 |
NBC |
38.2 |
|
48 |
WBA Heavyweight Championship |
9/15/1978 |
ABC |
37.3 |
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48 |
Heavyweight Boxing Championship |
9/29/1977 |
NBC |
37.3 |
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50 |
World Series Game # 6 |
10/28/1981 |
ABC |
37.2 |
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Note:
Ranked by Household Ratings
Source: Nielsen Media Research Jan 1964 - February 2008
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