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The following is the list of most watched television broadcasts in the United States by average viewership, according to Nielsen. Of the 30 most-watched telecasts, 27 are Super Bowls. The Apollo 11 moon landing is generally considered to have been the most watched event in American television history with an estimated viewership of between 125 ...
Below are the primetime rankers for broadcast, cable and premium cable networks in 2023, among total viewers (as well as the top 50 list in adults 18-49).
The nation's second-largest commercial Spanish-language network, Telemundo has over 100 owned-and-operated and affiliate stations (including approximately 40 full-power stations); it is also available in Mexico and Puerto Rico (where it was founded in 1954 as the brand name for WKAQ-TV). Most Telemundo stations air local newscasts, primarily ...
Though the Apollo 11 Moon landing is the most watched television event in American history, it is considered a news event, meaning that CBS and Nickelodeon's live telecast of Super Bowl LVIII in 2024 holds the record for the largest average viewership of any live network U.S. television broadcast, with 123.7 million viewers.
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Associated Press. New York City. Archived from the original on April 26, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020. ^ Bauder, David (January 28, 2020). "Ratings: CBS, NBC have two dominant nights of drama". Associated Press. New York City.
The A.C. Nielsen company, which continues to measure television ratings today, took over American radio's ratings beginning with the 1949–50 radio season and ending in 1955–56. [40] During this era, nearly all of radio's most popular programs were broadcast on one of three networks: NBC Red, NBC Blue, or CBS' Columbia network.
Television is one of the major mass media outlets in the United States. In 2011, 96.7% of households owned television sets; [ 1] about 114,200,000 American households owned at least one television set each in August 2013. [ 2] Most households have more than one set. The percentage of households owning at least one television set peaked at 98.4% ...