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TV Basics: Top Sports Shows, Past Five Years - Households |
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Super Bowl XLII |
FOX |
2/3/08 |
43.2 |
| 2 |
Super Bowl XLI |
CBS |
2/4/07 |
42.7 |
| 3 |
Super Bowl XL |
ABC |
2/5/06 |
41.6 |
| 4 |
Super Bowl XXXVIII |
CBS |
2/1/04 |
41.4 |
| 5 |
Super Bowl XXXIX |
FOX |
2/6/05 |
41.1 |
| 6 |
FOX Super Bowl Pre - 6:00 |
FOX |
2/3/08 |
30.7 |
| 7 |
FOX Super Bowl Post Game |
FOX |
2/3/08 |
30.2 |
| 8 |
FOX NFC Championship |
FOX |
1/20/08 |
29.0 |
| 9 |
FOX Super Bowl Kickoff 3 |
FOX |
2/6/05 |
29.0 |
| 10 |
Super Bowl Kick-Off |
CBS |
2/1/04 |
28.1 |
| 11 |
Super Bowl Kick-Off III |
ABC |
2/5/06 |
26.6 |
| 12 |
AFC Championship on CBS |
CBS |
1/21/07 |
26.4 |
| 13 |
Super Bowl Kick-Off |
CBS |
2/4/07 |
26.2 |
| 14 |
FOX NFC Championship |
FOX |
1/23/05 |
25.8 |
| 15 |
AFC Championship on CBS |
CBS |
1/23/05 |
25.8 |
| 16 |
AFC Championship on CBS |
CBS |
1/20/08 |
25.7 |
| 17 |
FOX NFC Championship |
FOX |
1/21/07 |
25.1 |
| 18 |
AFC Championship on CBS |
CBS |
1/18/04 |
24.7 |
| 19 |
FOX NFC Playoff-Sun |
FOX |
1/11/04 |
23.8 |
| 20 |
FOX NFC Playoff-Sun |
FOX |
1/13/08 |
23.6 |
| 21 |
AFC Championship on CBS |
CBS |
1/22/06 |
23.6 |
| 22 |
AFC Divisional Playoff-Su |
CBS |
1/16/05 |
23.2 |
| 23 |
FOX NFC Championship |
FOX |
1/18/04 |
23.2 |
| 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 |
Sum Olym Tue Prime 1 |
NBC |
8/12/08 |
20.2 |
| 29 |
AFC Divisional Playoff-Su |
CBS |
1/13/08 |
20.2 |
| 30 |
FOX NFC Playoff-Sun |
FOX |
1/14/07 |
19.9 |
| 31 |
FOX NFC Playoff-Sun |
FOX |
1/15/06 |
19.7 |
| 32 |
AFC Divisional Playoff-Su |
CBS |
1/11/04 |
19.7 |
| 33 |
FOX NFC Playoff-Sun |
FOX |
1/16/05 |
19.4 |
| 34 |
FOX MLB ALCS Game 7 |
FOX |
10/20/04 |
19.4 |
| 35 |
Sum Olym Thu Prime 1 |
NBC |
8/19/04 |
19.3 |
| 36 |
FOX NFC Wildcard Game |
FOX |
1/4/04 |
19.1 |
| 37 |
AFC Wildcard Playoff |
CBS |
1/8/06 |
19.0 |
| 38 |
FOX NFC Wildcard Game |
FOX |
1/9/05 |
18.4 |
| 39 |
Sum Olym Sun Prime 1 |
NBC |
8/10/08 |
18.3 |
| 40 |
Sum Olym Tue Prime 1 |
NBC |
8/17/04 |
18.3 |
| 41 |
FOX NFC Wildcard Game |
FOX |
1/7/07 |
18.2 |
| 42 |
AFC Divisional Playoff-Sa |
CBS |
1/15/05 |
18.2 |
| 43 |
FOX World Series Game 4 |
FOX |
10/27/04 |
18.2 |
| 44 |
Sum Olym Thu Prime 1 |
NBC |
8/14/08 |
18.1 |
| 45 |
Sum Olym Sat Prime 2 |
NBC |
8/16/08 |
17.9 |
| 46 |
AFC Divisional Playoff-Sa |
CBS |
1/12/08 |
17.9 |
| 47 |
Sum Olym Mon Prime 1 |
NBC |
8/11/08 |
17.8 |
| 48 |
Tostitos BCS Natl Champ |
FOX |
1/8/07 |
17.4 |
| 49 |
Sum Olym Wed Prime 1 |
NBC |
8/18/04 |
17.3 |
| 50 |
Fiesta Bowl |
ABC |
1/3/03 |
17.2 |
Source: 1/1/04-12/31/08 The Nielsen Company
*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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