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The following is a list of most-watched television broadcasts, organized by country and based on various criteria.

Denmark

The TV series Matador originally aired on DR between November 1978 and January 1982, but has enjoyed repeated successful reruns in 1984-85, 1989-90, 1997-98 and 2006-07. The 1985 airing of the series finale still stands as the most viewed ever in Danish TV history, with appr. 3.6 million viewers on May 26th that year, this in a country of some 5.1 million people.

China

Follow Me! a BBC beginner's English programme broadcast in China as part of the re-establishment of an educational system after the end of the Cultural Revolution.[1][2] The programme, broadcast on one of China's three channels from 1981 to 1989,[1] has been estimated to have attracted a nightly audience of 350 million people during the early 1980s.[2]

Germany

Most-watched U.S. television series episodes

Rank Show Episode Number of Viewers Date Network
1 Columbo "How to Dial a Murder" 8.00 million September 21, 1992 RTL
2 Earth 2 "First Contact" 7.42 million October 29, 1995 RTL
3 seaQuest DSV "To Be or Not to Be" 6.99 million January 19, 1994 RTL
4 Ring of the Musketeers Part 1 6.93 million December 1, 1992 RTL
5 Lonesome Dove Episode 2 6.86 million January 11, 1992 Das Erste
6 Quincy, M.E. 6.73 million November 16, 1993 RTL

Top 7 primetime telecasts of all time

Rank Show Episode Number of Viewers Share Date Network
1 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany vs Italy 29.66 million1, 2, 3 84.10% July 4, 2006 ZDF
2 UEFA Euro 2008 Germany vs Turkey 29.43 million1 81.80% June 25, 2008 ZDF
3 1990 FIFA World Cup West Germany vs Argentina 28.66 million July 9, 1990
4 UEFA Euro 1996 Germany vs Czech Republic 28.44 million 76.30% June 30, 1996 ZDF
5 UEFA Euro 2008 Austria vs Germany 28.04 million1 June 16, 2008 Das Erste
6 Die Schwarzwaldklinik "Die Schuldfrage" 27.97 million November 17, 1985 ZDF
7 2002 FIFA World Cup Germany vs Brazil 27.09 million 88.00% June 30, 2002 ZDF
Notes:
  1. Public viewing areas were not implied to these ratings.
  1. The approximated rating is about 60 to 70 million.[3]
  1. The extra time reached even 31.31 million viewers.[4]

The Scarf, a thriller series by Francis Durbridge, got up to 89 per cent market share in January 1962. The number of viewers was not measured at that time. The series is still considered the biggest so-called "Straßenfeger" (a television broadcast which is so popular as to leave the streets deserted) in German television history. One year later, the Tim Frazer series by Durbridge went for a market share between 80 and 93 per cent.

Most-watched ProSieben telecasts of all time

Rank Film Number of Viewers Market Share Date
1 Manitou's Shoe: Extra Large 12.21 million 32.0% March 7, 2004
2 Jurassic Park 9.87 million 26,8% January 12, 1997
3 Mission: Impossible 8.68 million 25,3% April 18, 1999
4 Independence Day – Special Edition 8.58 million 28,6% April 4, 1999
5 Forrest Gump 8.39 million 27,5% November 1, 1997
6 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 8.10 million 24,8% October 15, 2006
7 Independence Day 8.07 million 24,6% January 13, 2002
8 Mrs. Doubtfire 7.88 million 26,9% September 28, 1996
9 McFit Fight Night 7.74 million 34,9% March 30, 2007
10 Speed 7.60 million 26,1% September 27, 1997
11 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 7.59 million 21,3% November 14, 1993
12 Men in Black 7.40 million 20,3% February 3, 2002

United Kingdom

Important Note: None of these figures are verified official figures and are in fact under some dispute - for example, Police Academy wasn't made until 1984, so could not have set record viewing figures in 1980.

Most-watched episodes

(by total number of viewers[5])

Rank Show Episode Number of Viewers Date Network
1 EastEnders Den divorces Angie 30.15 million 25 December 1986 BBC1
2 Coronation Street Alan Bradley killed by tram 26.93 million 8 December 1989 ITV
3 Coronation Street Hilda Ogden leaves 26.00+ million[6] 25 December 1987 ITV
4 Only Fools and Horses Time On Our Hands 24.35 million 29 December 1996 BBC1
5 EastEnders Pat Butcher runs down little girl 24.30 million 2 January 1992 BBC1
6 Royal Variety Performance Shirley Bassey, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore 24.20 million 14 November 1965 ITV
7 To the Manor Born Series 1 Finale 23.95 million 11 November 1979 BBC1

One-off events

(by total number of viewers[5])

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Rank Event Number of Viewers Date Network
1 1966 FIFA World Cup Final 32.30 million 30 July 1966 BBC/ITV
2 Funeral of Princess Diana 32.10 million 6 September 1997 BBC1/ITV
3 British Royal Family documentary 30.69 million 1969 BBC1/ITV
4 Apollo 13 splashdown 28.60 million 17 April 1970 BBC1/ITV
5 FA Cup replay: Chelsea vs. Leeds 28.49 million 29 April 1970 BBC1/ITV
6 Royal Wedding of Charles & Diana 28.40 million 29 July 1981 BBC1/ITV
7 Wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips 27.60 million 14 November 1973 BBC1
8 JFK assassination news 24.15 million 22 November 1963 BBC TV/ITV

Most-watched films

(by total number of viewers[7]; dates are when the films were broadcast, not necessarily when they were produced.)

Rank Film Number of Viewers Date Network
1 Live and Let Die 23.50 million 20 January 1980 ITV
2 Jaws 23.25 million 8 October 1981 ITV
3 The Spy Who Loved Me 22.90 million 28 March 1982 ITV
4 Diamonds Are Forever 22.15 million 15 March 1981 ITV
5 Crocodile Dundee 21.75 million 25 December 1989 BBC1

United States

Sources: BBC, Reuters, Nielsen Media Research

Highest rated network telecasts

Elvis Presley's first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show and the "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" episode of I Love Lucy hold the record as the highest rated telecasts of all time.

Rank Show or Episode Number of Viewers Percent of Households Date Network
1 Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella 107 million[8] March 31, 1957 CBS
2 The Ed Sullivan Show: Elvis Presley's first appearance 60 million 82.6% September 9, 1956 CBS
3 I Love Lucy episode: "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" 44 million 71.7% January 19, 1953 CBS

Top 45 network primetime telecasts of all time (1964-Present)

(from January 1964 to February 2008; ranked by rating, or "Percentage of Households." Households could include many viewers; share is the percentage of television sets in use tuned to a specific program; source: Nielsen Media Research and Variety)

Few post-1990 telecasts are listed. With the ubiquity of cable and satellite television, typical American households have a far greater choice of programming: dozens of specialty and broadcast channels, as opposed to the handful of broadcast channels during the era represented by most programs on this list. More recently, the Internet has also drawn viewers away from television. Future programs with viewership levels (in terms of percentage of TV households) that rank high on this list are probably unlikely to exist in the foreseeable future except for a Super Bowl.

Rank Show or Episode Number of Households Percent of Households Share Date Network
1 M*A*S*H series finale: "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" 50.15 million 60.2% 77% February 28, 1983 CBS
2 Dallas episode: "Who Done It?" aka "Who Shot J.R.?" 41.47 million 53.3% 76% November 21, 1980 CBS
3 Roots Part VIII (finale) 36.38 million 51.1% 71% January 30, 1977 ABC
4 Super Bowl XVI (San Francisco 49ers vs. Cincinnati Bengals) 40.02 million 49.1% 73% January 24, 1982 CBS
5 Super Bowl XVII (Washington Redskins vs. Miami Dolphins) 40.48 million 48.6% 69% January 30, 1983 NBC
6 XVII Winter Olympics: Ladies' figure skating - short program
featuring Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding		 45.69 million 48.5% 64% February 23, 1994 CBS
7 Super Bowl XX (Chicago Bears vs. New England Patriots) 41.49 million 48.3% 70% January 26, 1986 NBC
8 Gone with the Wind telecast (part 1) 33.96 million 47.7% 65% November 7, 1976 NBC
9 Gone with the Wind telecast (part 2) 33.75 million 47.4% 64% November 8, 1976 NBC
10 Super Bowl XII (Dallas Cowboys vs. Denver Broncos) 34.41 million 47.2% 67% January 15, 1978 CBS
11 Super Bowl XIII (Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys) 35.09 million 47.1% 74% January 21, 1979 NBC
12 Bob Hope Christmas Special 27.26 million 46.6% 64% January 15, 1970 NBC
13 Super Bowl XVIII (L.A. Raiders vs. Washington Redskins) 38.88 million 46.4% 71% January 22, 1984 CBS
14 Super Bowl XIX (San Francisco 49ers vs. Miami Dolphins) 39.39 million 46.4% 63% January 20, 1985 ABC
15 Super Bowl XIV (Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Los Angeles Rams) 35.33 million 46.3% 67% January 20, 1980 CBS
16 Super Bowl XXX (Dallas Cowboys vs. Pittsburgh Steelers) 44.15 million 46.0% 68% January 28, 1996 NBC
17 Film: The Day After 38.55 million 46.0% 62% November 20, 1983 ABC
18 Roots Part VI 32.68 million 45.9% 66% January 28, 1977 ABC
18 The Fugitive series finale: "The Judgement: Part 2" 25.70 million 45.9% 72% August 29, 1967 ABC
20 Super Bowl XXI (New York Giants vs. Denver Broncos) 40.03 million 45.8% 66% January 25, 1987 CBS
21 Roots Part V 32.54 million 45.7% 71% January 27, 1977 ABC
22 Super Bowl XXVIII (Dallas Cowboys vs. Buffalo Bills) 42.86 million 45.5% 66% January 30, 1994 NBC
22 Cheers series finale: "One For The Road" 42.36 million 45.5% 64% May 20, 1993 NBC
24 The Ed Sullivan Show: Beatles' first appearance 23.24 million 45.3% 60% February 9, 1964 CBS
25 Super Bowl XXVII (Dallas Cowboys vs. Buffalo Bills) 41.99 million 45.1% 66% January 31, 1993 NBC
26 Bob Hope Christmas Show 27.05 million 45.0% 61% January 14, 1971 NBC
27 Roots Part III 31.90 million 44.8% 68% January 25, 1977 ABC
28 Super Bowl XXXII (Denver Broncos vs. Green Bay Packers) 43.63 million 44.5% 67% January 25, 1998 NBC
29 Super Bowl XI (Oakland Raiders vs. Minnesota Vikings) 31.61 million 44.4% 73% January 9, 1977 NBC
30 Super Bowl XV (Oakland Raiders vs. Philadelphia Eagles) 34.54 million 44.4% 63% January 25, 1981 NBC
31 Super Bowl VI (Dallas Cowboys vs. Miami Dolphins) 27.45 million 44.2% 74% January 16, 1972 CBS
32 XVII Winter Olympics: Ladies' figure skating - long program
featuring Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding		 41.54 million 44.1% 62% February 25, 1994 CBS
33 Roots Part II 31.40 million 44.1% 62% January 24, 1977 ABC
34 Beverly Hillbillies: "The Giant Jackrabbit" 22.57 million 44.0% 65% January 8, 1964 CBS
35 Roots Part IV 31.19 million 43.8% 66% January 26, 1977 ABC
35 The Ed Sullivan Show: Beatles' second appearance 22.445 million 43.8% 60% February 16, 1964 CBS
37 Super Bowl XXIII (Cincinnati Bengals vs. San Francisco 49ers) 39.32 million 43.5% 68% January 22, 1989 NBC
38 42nd Academy Awards 25.39 million 43.4% 78% April 7, 1970 ABC
39 Super Bowl XXXIV (St. Louis Rams vs. Tennessee Titans) 43.62 million 43.3% 63% January 30, 2000 ABC
39 Super Bowl XXXI (New England Patriots vs. Green Bay Packers) 42.00 million 43.3% 65% January 26, 1997 FOX
41 The Thorn Birds Part III 35.99 million 43.2% 62% March 29, 1983 ABC
42 Super Bowl XLII (New York Giants vs. New England Patriots) 48.66 million 43.1% 65% February 3, 2008 FOX
42 The Thorn Birds Part IV 35.90 million 43.1% 62% March 30, 1983 ABC
44 1981 NFC Championship Game
(Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers)		 34.96 million 42.9% 62% January 10, 1982 CBS
45 Beverly Hillbillies: "The Girl from Home" 21.96 million 42.8% 62% January 15, 1964 CBS

Top network primetime telecasts since 2000

(from January 1, 2000 to the present, by viewers; share is the percentage of television sets in use tuned to a specific program; source: Nielsen Media Research and TV Basics)

Rank Show or Episode Number of Viewers Percent of Households Share Date Network
1 Super Bowl XLII
(New York Giants vs. New England Patriots)		 97.5 million[9] 43.1% 65% February 3, 2008 FOX
2 Super Bowl XLI
(Indianapolis Colts vs. Chicago Bears)		 93.2 million[10] 42.6% 64% February 4, 2007 CBS
3 Super Bowl XL
(Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Seattle Seahawks)		 90.7 million[11] 41.6% 62% February 5, 2006 ABC
4 Super Bowl XXXVIII
(New England Patriots vs. Carolina Panthers)		 89.8 million[12] 41.4% 63% February 1, 2004 CBS
5 Super Bowl XXXIX
(New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles)		 86.1 million[13] 41.1% 62% February 6, 2005 FOX
6 Super Bowl XXXVII
(Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Oakland Raiders)		 88.6 million[12] 40.7% 61% January 26, 2003 ABC
7 Super Bowl XXXIV
(St. Louis Rams vs. Tennessee Titans)		 88.5 million[12] 43.3% 63% January 30, 2000 ABC
8 Super Bowl XXXVI
(New England Patriots vs. St. Louis Rams)		 86.8 million[12] 40.4% 61% February 3, 2002 FOX
9 Super Bowl XXXV
(Baltimore Ravens vs. New York Giants)		 84.3 million[12] 40.4% 61% January 28, 2001 CBS
10 2007 NFC Championship Game
(Green Bay Packers vs. New York Giants)		 53.9 million[14] 29.0% 43% January 20, 2008 FOX
11 Friends series finale: "The Last One" 52.5 million[15] 29.8% 43% May 6, 2004 NBC
12 Survivor season 1 finale: "The Final Four" 51.7 million[16] 28.2% 44% August 23, 2000 CBS
13 2006 AFC Championship Game
(New England Patriots vs. Indianapolis Colts)		 46.7 million[17] 26.4% 39% January 21, 2007 CBS
14 72nd Academy Awards 46.3 million[18] 29.2% 48% March 26, 2000 ABC
15 XIX Olympic Winter Games: Opening Ceremony 45.6 million[19] 25.5% 42% February 8, 2002 NBC
16 2004 AFC Championship Game
(New England Patriots vs. Pittsburgh Steelers)		 44.3 million[20] 25.8% 38% January 23, 2005 CBS
17 76th Academy Awards 43.5 million[18] 26.0% 40% February 29, 2004 ABC
18 XIX Olympic Winter Games:
Ladies' figure skating - long program		 43.3 million[21] 26.8% 41% February 21, 2002 NBC

Most-watched series finales

(sources: Reuters, ratings data from USA Today weekly ratings charts)

Rank Series Number of Viewers
(in millions)		 Percent of Households Share Date Network
1 M*A*S*H 105.9 60.2% 77% February 28, 1983 CBS
2 Cheers 80.4 45.5% 64% May 20, 1993 NBC
3 Seinfeld 76.3 41.3% 58% May 14, 1998 NBC
4 Friends 52.5 29.8% 43% May 6, 2004 NBC
5 Magnum, P.I. 50.7[22] 32.0% 48% May 1, 1988 CBS
6 The Tonight Show 50.0  ?  ? May 22, 1992 NBC
7 The Cosby Show 44.4 28.0% 45% April 30, 1992 NBC
8 All in the Family 40.2[22] 26.6% 43% April 8, 1979 CBS
9 Family Ties 36.3 20.8% 35% May 14, 1989 NBC
10 Home Improvement 35.5 21.6% 34% May 25, 1999 ABC
11 Dallas 33.3 22.0% 38% May 3, 1991 CBS
12 Everybody Loves Raymond 32.9 20.2% 29% May 16, 2005 CBS
13 Gunsmoke 30.9[22]  ?  ? March 31, 1975 CBS
14 The Fugitive 30.0[23] 45.9% 72% August 29, 1967 ABC
15 Newhart 29.5 18.7% 29% May 21, 1990 CBS
16 The Golden Girls 27.2 18.9% 38% May 7, 1992 NBC
17 Frasier 25.2 16.3% 25% May 13, 2004 NBC
18 Night Court 24.6 16.5% 26% May 13, 1992 NBC
19 Full House 24.3 14.6% 25% May 23, 1995 ABC
20 St. Elsewhere 22.5[22] ?  ? May 25, 1988 NBC
21 MacGyver 22.3 13.8% 26% May 21, 1992 ABC
22 L.A. Law 22.1 15.9% 27% May 19, 1994 NBC
23 ALF 21.7 13.1% 24% March 24, 1990 NBC
24 Growing Pains 21.1 13.3% 24% April 25, 1992 ABC
25 The Wonder Years 21.0 13.9% 23% May 12, 1993 ABC
26 Quantum Leap 20.6 13.7% 23% May 5, 1993 NBC
27 Who's the Boss? 20.5 12.7% 24% April 25, 1992 ABC
28 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 19.9 13.1% 22% May 20, 1996 NBC
29 Mad About You 19.8 13.6% 20% May 24, 1999 NBC
30 Knots Landing 19.6 13.9% 22% May 13, 1993 CBS
31 Bonanza 19.3[22]  ?  ? January 16, 1973 NBC
32 Will & Grace 18.4 11.7% 18% May 18, 2006 NBC
33 The Facts of Life 18.2 13.2% 29% May 7, 1988 NBC
34 Jake and the Fatman 18.1 12.9% 20% May 6, 1992 CBS
35 Major Dad 17.9 12.6% 20% May 17, 1993 CBS
36 Murphy Brown 17.5 12.3% 19% May 18, 1998 CBS
37 Roseanne 16.6 11.6% 19% May 20, 1997 ABC
38 NYPD Blue 16.1 10.4% 17% March 1, 2005 ABC
39 Miami Vice 16.1 11.0% 21% June 28, 1989 NBC
40 Married With Children 15.2 10.0% 16% May 5, 1997 FOX
41 Kate & Allie 14.9 11.9% 20% May 22, 1989 CBS
42 Dynasty 14.7 10.8% 17% May 11, 1989 ABC
43 Monday Night Football 14.4[24] 9.2% 16% December 26, 2005 ABC
44 Beverly Hills, 90210 14.4 9.6% 15% May 17, 2000 FOX
45 JAG 14.0[25] 9.0% 15% April 29, 2005 CBS
46 The King of Queens 13.5[26] 8.8% 13% May 14, 2007 CBS
47 Providence 13.3 9.0% 16% December 20, 2002 NBC
48 Life Goes On 13.2 8.9% 17% May 23, 1993 ABC
49 The X-Files 13.2[27] 7.9% 12% May 19, 2002 FOX
50 Touched by an Angel 12.9[28] 8.9% 15% April 27, 2003 CBS
51 Falcon Crest 12.3 9.3% 15% May 17, 1990 CBS
52 3rd Rock from the Sun 11.9 7.9% 13% May 22, 2001 NBC
53 The Sopranos 11.9  ?  ? June 10, 2007 HBO
54 Ally McBeal 11.5 7.5% 11% May 20, 2002 FOX
55 The Nanny 11.1 8.1% 14% May 12, 1999 CBS
56 The Practice 10.9 7.5% 13% May 16, 2004 ABC
57 Walker, Texas Ranger 10.8 6.8% 13% May 19, 2001 CBS
58 Judging Amy 10.8 7.6% 12% May 3, 2005 CBS
59 Sex and the City 10.6[29]  ?  ? February 22, 2004 HBO
60 Melrose Place 10.4 7.3% 12% May 24, 1999 FOX
61 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 10.2 6.7% 15% May 16, 1998 CBS
62 The West Wing 10.1 6.2% 10% May 14, 2006 NBC
63 That '70s Show 9.8[30]  ?  ? May 18, 2006 FOX
64 A Different World 9.3 6.6% 14% May 8, 1993 NBC
64 Cosby 7.5 5.2% 10% April 28, 2000 CBS

The most-watched finale is not necessarily a show's most-watched episode. Friends, for example, had 52.9 million viewers for a 1996 episode that followed Super Bowl XXX.

Annual top-rated U.S. TV series

Nielsen began compiling ratings for television beginning in 1950. Prior to that year, television ratings were compiled by a number of other sources, including C. E. Hooper (which was bought out by Nielsen in February 1950) and Variety.

These are the programs that finished with the highest average Nielsen rating in each television season:

1950-1979

Season Show Network
1950-1951 Texaco Star Theater NBC
1951-1952 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS
1952-1953 I Love Lucy CBS
1953-1954
1954-1955
1955-1956 The $64,000 Question CBS
1956-1957 I Love Lucy CBS
1957-1958 Gunsmoke CBS
1958-1959
1959-1960
1960-1961
1961-1962 Wagon Train NBC
1962-1963 The Beverly Hillbillies CBS
1963-1964
1964-1965 Bonanza NBC
1965-1966
1966-1967
1967-1968 The Andy Griffith Show CBS
1968-1969 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In NBC
1969-1970
1970-1971 Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC
1971-1972 All in the Family CBS
1972-1973
1973-1974
1974-1975
1975-1976
1976-1977 Happy Days ABC
1977-1978 Laverne and Shirley ABC
1978-1979 Three's Company ABC
1979-1980 60 Minutes CBS

1980-present

Season Show Network
1980-1981 Dallas CBS
1981-1982
1982-1983 60 Minutes CBS
1983-1984 Dallas CBS
1984-1985 Dynasty ABC
1985-1986 The Cosby Show NBC
1986-1987
1987-1988
1988-1989
1989-1990 (tie) The Cosby Show NBC
(tie) Roseanne ABC
1990-1991 Cheers NBC
1991-1992 60 Minutes CBS
1992-1993
1993-1994 Home Improvement ABC
1994-1995 Seinfeld NBC
1995-1996 ER NBC
1996-1997
1997-1998 Seinfeld NBC
1998-1999 ER NBC
1999-2000 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ABC
2000-2001 Survivor CBS
2001-2002 Friends NBC
2002-2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS
2003-2004
2004-2005 American Idol FOX
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008

World

There are no exact figures available for global television events. However, a report by IPG media agency Initiative Worldwide stated that the 2006 FIFA World Cup was the most-watched sporting event of that year with an average 1.2 billion viewers per match [31].

Such statistics have, however, proved controversial, failing to stand up to scrutiny [32], and audience figures cited in billions are practically unverifiable.

It is popularly believed that the British TV show Top Gear is one of the most watched shows around the world. It is broadcast in 117 countries and is purportedly watched by up to one billion people.[33]

The funeral of Princess Diana was watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people.[34]

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  2. ^ a b Teacher Flower, from the website of the BBC World Service
  3. ^ Quotenmeter.de article on FIFA World Cup game (German)
  4. ^ Quotenmeter.de article (German)
  5. ^ a b British Film Institute, via The Daily Mail
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