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TV Basics: Top Sports Shows, Past Five Years - Adults 25-54 |
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Super Bowl XLII |
FOX |
2/3/08 |
38.8 |
| 2 |
Super Bowl XXXVIII |
CBS |
2/1/04 |
38.0 |
| 3 |
Super Bowl XL |
ABC |
2/5/06 |
37.7 |
| 4 |
Super Bowl XLI |
CBS |
2/4/07 |
37.2 |
| 5 |
Super Bowl XXXIX |
FOX |
2/6/05 |
35.6 |
| 6 |
FOX Super Bowl Post Game |
FOX |
2/3/08 |
26.8 |
| 7 |
FOX Super Bowl Pre - 6:00 |
FOX |
2/3/08 |
26.1 |
| 8 |
Super Bowl Kick-Off |
CBS |
2/1/04 |
24.8 |
| 9 |
FOX Super Bowl Kickoff 3 |
FOX |
2/6/05 |
23.8 |
| 10 |
Super Bowl Kick-Off III |
ABC |
2/5/06 |
22.6 |
| 11 |
FOX NFC Championship |
FOX |
1/20/08 |
22.3 |
| 12 |
Super Bowl Kick-Off |
CBS |
2/4/07 |
21.4 |
| 13 |
AFC Championship on CBS |
CBS |
1/21/07 |
19.6 |
| 14 |
AFC Championship on CBS |
CBS |
1/23/05 |
19.5 |
| 15 |
FOX NFC Championship |
FOX |
1/23/05 |
19.0 |
| 16 |
FOX NFC Championship |
FOX |
1/18/04 |
18.3 |
| 17 |
AFC Championship on CBS |
CBS |
1/20/08 |
18.1 |
| 18 |
FOX NFC Championship |
FOX |
1/21/07 |
17.9 |
| 19 |
FOX NFC Playoff-Sun |
FOX |
1/11/04 |
17.8 |
| 20 |
AFC Championship on CBS |
CBS |
1/18/04 |
17.4 |
| 21 |
FOX NFC Playoff-Sun |
FOX |
1/13/08 |
16.7 |
| 22 |
AFC Divisional Playoff-Su |
CBS |
1/16/05 |
16.7 |
| 23 |
AFC Championship on CBS |
CBS |
1/22/06 |
16.4 |
| 24 |
FOX NFC Championship |
FOX |
1/22/06 |
15.7 |
| 25 |
AFC Divisional Playoff-Su |
CBS |
1/14/07 |
14.2 |
| 26 |
FOX NFC Playoff-Sun |
FOX |
1/15/06 |
14.2 |
| 27 |
AFC Divisional Playoff-Su |
CBS |
1/15/06 |
14.2 |
| 28 |
Super Bowl Today-5 |
CBS |
2/1/04 |
14.1 |
| 29 |
Rose Bowl |
ABC |
1/4/06 |
14.0 |
| 30 |
FOX Super Bowl Pre - 5:30 |
FOX |
2/3/08 |
13.7 |
| 31 |
Sum Olym Tue Prime 1 |
NBC |
8/12/08 |
13.7 |
| 32 |
FOX NFC Wildcard Game |
FOX |
1/9/05 |
13.7 |
| 33 |
FOX NFC Wildcard Game |
FOX |
1/4/04 |
13.5 |
| 34 |
AFC Divisional Playoff-Su |
CBS |
1/11/04 |
13.4 |
| 35 |
AFC Wildcard Playoff |
CBS |
1/8/06 |
13.3 |
| 36 |
FOX MLB ALCS Game 7 |
FOX |
10/20/04 |
13.2 |
| 37 |
FOX NFC Playoff-Sun |
FOX |
1/16/05 |
13.2 |
| 38 |
Sum Olym Thu Prime 1 |
NBC |
8/19/04 |
13.1 |
| 39 |
AFC Divisional Playoff-Su |
CBS |
1/13/08 |
13.0 |
| 40 |
FOX NFC Playoff-Sun |
FOX |
1/14/07 |
13.0 |
| 41 |
AFC Divisional Playoff-Sa |
CBS |
1/12/08 |
12.7 |
| 42 |
Sum Olym Sun Prime 1 |
NBC |
8/10/08 |
12.6 |
| 43 |
AFC Divisional Playoff-Sa |
CBS |
1/15/05 |
12.6 |
| 44 |
Sum Olym Sat Prime 2 |
NBC |
8/16/08 |
12.6 |
| 45 |
Super Bowl Today-5 |
CBS |
2/4/07 |
12.5 |
| 46 |
FOX NFC Wildcard Game |
FOX |
1/7/07 |
12.5 |
| 47 |
AFC Wildcard Playoff |
CBS |
1/4/04 |
12.1 |
| 48 |
Sum Olym Tue Prime 1 |
NBC |
8/17/04 |
12.0 |
| 49 |
Sum Olym Thu Prime 1 |
NBC |
8/14/08 |
11.9 |
| 50 |
AFC/NFC Playoff Gm2 |
ABC |
1/8/05 |
11.9 |
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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