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Top 25 Sports Telecasts
of All Time
It's no surprise that the Super Bowl dominates the Top 25 highest rated sports programs list, 22 in all. At the top is Super Bowl XVI, San Francisco '49ers vs. Cincinnati Bengals. Super Bowl XVII is in the second spot, while the XVII Winter Olympics is in third place with
ratings spiked by the Harding/Kerrigan "incident."
Rank |
Program |
Date |
Network |
HH
Rating |
1 |
Super Bowl XVI |
1/24/1982 |
CBS |
49.1 |
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2 |
Super Bowl XVII |
1/30/1983 |
NBC |
48.6 |
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3 |
XVII Winter Olympics |
2/23/1994 |
CBS |
48.5 |
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4 |
Super Bowl XX |
1/26/1986 |
NBC |
48.3 |
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5 |
Super Bowl XII |
1/15/1978 |
CBS |
47.2 |
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6 |
Super Bowl XIII |
1/21/1979 |
NBC |
47.1 |
|
7 |
Super Bowl XVIII |
1/22/1984 |
CBS |
46.4 |
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7 |
Super Bowl XIX |
1/20/1985 |
ABC |
46.4 |
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9 |
Super Bowl XIV |
1/20/1980 |
CBS |
46.3 |
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10 |
Super Bowl XXX |
1/28/1996 |
NBC |
46.0 |
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11 |
Super Bowl XXI |
1/25/1987 |
CBS |
45.8 |
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12 |
Super Bowl XXVIII |
1/29/1994 |
NBC |
45.5 |
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13 |
Super Bowl XXVII |
1/31/1993 |
NBC |
45.1 |
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14 |
Super Bowl XXXII |
1/25/1998 |
NBC |
44.5 |
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15 |
Super Bowl XI |
1/9/1977 |
NBC |
44.4 |
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15 |
Super Bowl XV |
1/25/1981 |
NBC |
44.4 |
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17 |
Super Bowl VI |
1/16/1972 |
CBS |
44.2 |
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18 |
XVII Winter Olympics |
2/25/1994 |
CBS |
44.1 |
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19 |
Super Bowl XXIII |
1/22/1989 |
NBC |
43.5 |
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20 |
Super Bowl XXXI |
1/26/1997 |
FOX |
43.3 |
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20 |
Super Bowl XXXIV |
1/30/2000 |
ABC |
43.3 |
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22 |
NFC Championship Game |
1/10/1982 |
CBS |
42.9 |
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23 |
Super Bowl VII |
1/14/1973 |
NBC |
42.7 |
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24 |
Super Bowl IX |
1/12/1975 |
NBC |
42.4 |
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25 |
Super Bowl X |
1/18/1976 |
CBS |
42.3 |
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Note:
Ranked by Household Ratings
Source: Nielsen Media Research Jan 1964 - June 2006
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