TV Basics: Top Sports Shows, Past Five Years - Households

  Rank Program Network Date HH Rating*
  1 Super Bowl XLI CBS 2/4/07 42.7  
  2 Super Bowl XL ABC 2/5/06 41.6  
  3 Super Bowl XXXVIII CBS 2/1/04 41.4  
  4 Super Bowl XXXIX FOX 2/6/05 41.1  
  5 Super Bowl XXXVII ABC 1/26/03 40.7  
  6 Super Bowl Kick-Off III ABC 1/26/03 29.6  
  7 FOX Super Bowl Kickoff 3 FOX 2/6/05 29.0  
  8 Super Bowl Kick-Off CBS 2/1/04 28.1  
  9 Super Bowl Kick-Off III ABC 2/5/06 26.6  
  10 AFC Championship on CBS CBS 1/21/07 26.4  
  11 Super Bowl Kick-Off CBS 2/4/07 26.2  
  12 FOX NFC Championship FOX 1/23/05 25.8  
  13 AFC Championship on CBS CBS 1/23/05 25.8  
  14 FOX NFC Championship FOX 1/21/07 25.1  
  15 AFC Championship on CBS CBS 1/18/04 24.7  
  16 AFC Championship on CBS CBS 1/19/03 24.6  
  17 FOX NFC Playoff-Sun FOX 1/11/04 23.8  
  18 FOX NFC Championship FOX 1/19/03 23.8  
  19 AFC Championship on CBS CBS 1/22/06 23.6  
  20 Super Bowl Post Game ABC 1/26/03 23.4  
  21 AFC Divisional Playoff-Su CBS 1/16/05 23.2  
  22 FOX NFC Championship FOX 1/18/04 23.2  
  23 AFC Divisional Playoff-Su CBS 1/12/03 22.1  
  24 Rose Bowl ABC 1/4/06 21.7  
  25 AFC Divisional Playoff-Su CBS 1/15/06 20.9  
  26 FOX NFC Championship FOX 1/22/06 20.8  
  27 AFC Divisional Playoff-Su CBS 1/14/07 20.6  
  28 FOX NFC Playoff-Sun FOX 1/14/07 19.9  
  29 FOX NFC Playoff-Sun FOX 1/15/06 19.7  
  30 AFC Divisional Playoff-Su CBS 1/11/04 19.7  
  31 FOX NFC Playoff-Sun FOX 1/16/05 19.4  
  32 FOX MLB ALCS Game 7 FOX 10/20/04 19.4  
  33 Sum Olym Thu Prime 1 NBC 8/19/04 19.3  
  34 FOX NFC Wildcard Game FOX 1/4/04 19.1  
  35 AFC Wildcard Playoff CBS 1/8/06 19.0  
  36 FOX NFC Wildcard Game FOX 1/9/05 18.4  
  37 Sum Olym Tue Prime 1 NBC 8/17/04 18.3  
  38 FOX NFC Playoff-Sun FOX 1/12/03 18.3  
  39 FOX NFC Wildcard Game FOX 1/7/07 18.2  
  40 AFC Divisional Playoff-Sa CBS 1/15/05 18.2  
  41 FOX World Series Game 4 FOX 10/27/04 18.2  
  42 FOX NFC Wildcard Game FOX 1/5/03 18.2  
  43 AFC Wildcard Playoff CBS 1/5/03 18.1  
  44 AFC Divisional Playoff-Sa CBS 1/11/03 18.1  
  45 Tostitos BCS Natl Champ FOX 1/8/07 17.4  
  46 Sum Olym Wed Prime 1 NBC 8/18/04 17.3  
  47 Fiesta Bowl ABC 1/3/03 17.2  
  48 FOX MLB ALCS Game 7 FOX 10/16/03 17.1  
  49 FOX MLB NLCS Game 7 FOX 10/15/03 16.9  
  50 Sum Olym Mon Prime 1 NBC 8/16/04 16.6  
             
   
Source: 1/1/03-12/31/07 Nielsen Galaxy Lightning estimates.

*Effective January 2006, numbers Live+SD

Ranked by average audience % (ratings); in the event of a tie, impressions (000's) are used as a tiebreaker.

Programming under 25 minutes excluded

 

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