Ratings of the most viewed sports telecasts on U.S. TV from 1964 to 2011

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 14, 2012
This statistics presents the ratings of the all-time top 10 sports telecasts on U.S. television. Super Bowl XX (1986) is the fourth most viewed sporting event since 1964, with 48.3 percent of all TV households tuning in.

Ratings of the most viewed sports telecasts in the United States from 1964 to 2011

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Release date

June 2012

Region

United States

Survey time period

January 1964 - December 2011

Special properties

beginning with 2006 estimates include live + seven day audience, prior to 2006 live only

Supplementary notes

* The XVII Winter Olympics ratings spike (3rd) can be attributed to the Harding/Kerrigan “incident”.

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