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List of most watched television broadcasts. The following content contains the tentative list of the most watched television broadcasts around the world in selected countries, with the corresponding peak viewership or ratings share records, the corresponding year of such broadcast, and the mentioned media research organizations tallying nationwide viewership records. Take note, however, that the most watched television broadcast in any of the following nations can also be broadcast simultaneously in other countries and rank among their most watched television broadcasts as well. On 2. 0 July 1. 96. The Vampire Diaries Would You Have Watched Season NineThis trend was initiated by U. S. made soap operas and sitcoms such as Dallas, MAH, The Cosby Show, Seinfeld and Friends, which aired from the early 1. U. S. All of these are currently syndicated in more than 1. Around the same period, the global dominance of U. S. The annual Eurovision Song Contest, considered to be one of the worlds longest running and most watched reality television franchises, is annually reported to have between 1. Cumulatively, all of the various separate versions combined have been watched by at least 6. It is estimated by Nielsen Media Research that almost 5 billion individual viewers or 23 of the worlds 7. August 2. 00. 8. Also note these ratings are not comparable with ratings before 2. Rank. Show. Episode. Rating. Share. Date. DEUMbbBg/30639-1iila4.jpg' alt='Most Watched Tv Season Finale' title='Most Watched Tv Season Finale' />The following content contains the tentative list of the most watched television broadcasts around the world in selected countries, with the corresponding peak. Channel. 1Roque Santeiro. Episode 2. 09. 96. For the gold medal game of the mens hockey tournament at the 2. Winter Olympics, played between the United States and Canada, confirmed 1. Canadians watched the whole game, roughly one half of the countrys entire population. Watch Night At The Museum HD 1080P'>Watch Night At The Museum HD 1080P. Read the Latest Entertainment and Celebrity News, TV News and Breaking News from TVGuide. This statistic does not represent the reality that most school children representing the tail end of the baby boom i. Winter Olympics. Germany group game2. June 2. 01. 0Das Erste. FIFA World Cup. West Germany vs Argentina final2. July 1. 99. 0Das Erste. UEFA Euro 1. 99. 6Germany vs Czech Republic final2. June 1. 99. 6ZDF1. UEFA Euro 2. 01. 6Germany vs Italy quarter final2. July 2. 01. 6Das Erste. FIFA World Cup. Germany vs Algeria Round of 1. June 2. 01. 4ZDF1. UEFA Euro 2. 01. 6Germany vs Slovakia Round of 1. June 2. 01. 4ZDF1. Watch Species: The Awakening Megavideo. UEFA Euro 2. 00. 8Austria vs Germany group game2. June 2. 00. 8ZDF1. UEFA Euro 2. 01. 2Germany vs Italy semi final2. June 2. 01. 2Das Erste. The Black Forest Clinic. The game itself was watched by 2. The Late Late Toy Show held the top six spots, with the 2. Other high performing shows were Who Wants to be a Millionaire, crime drama LoveHate, Mrs. Browns Boys, The Sunday Game, UEFA Euro 2. Eurovision Song Contest. This is based on average viewership of the program, but it does not include broadcasts from before 1. David Tua World Title Defence. November 2. 00. 0TV 3. One News special Death of Diana, Princess of Wales. August 1. 99. 7TV 1. Summer Olympics opening ceremony. September 2. 00. 0TV 1. One News special Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. September 1. 99. 7TV 1. Rugby World Cup Qtr Final NZ v Argentina1,6. October 2. 01. 1TV 1, TV 3, Prime, Sky Sports, Maori TV0. Rugby World Cup Final England v Australia1,6. November 2. 00. 3TV 1. Watch For Your Consideration Download here. Martin Bashirs interview with Diana, Princess of Wales. November 1. 99. 5TV 2. Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony. September 2. 01. 1TV 1. Rugby World Cup NZ v France1,4. October 2. 00. 7TV 3. Philippines. Take note, however, that the ratings are from a single highest recorded episode of the show in the case of the TV series and it is not the average over all ratings for the whole season or series. Portugal. Originally Media Service Korea was the only company providing such information, and it was later acquired by Nielsen Media Research. In 1. 99. 9 TNS Media Korea also began such service, and later changed its name to TNm. S. AGB collects viewership data based on 2. TNm. S has 2. 00. Drama ratings usually vary between the two companies by 2 3. The mid 1. 98. 0s introduction of in week repeat showings accounts for six of the top ten programmes. On this measure, the 1. Christmas edition of Only Fools and Horses is the most watched non repeated, non documentary programme of all time in the UK. It is the third most watched programme of all time on a single channel after the 2. Summer Olympics closing ceremony and the wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips in 1. Most watched films. The most watched programme of all time on a single channel is the 1. The Princess Anne, shown only on BBC1. Note The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton 2. April 2. 01. 1 received a total audience peak of 2. The highest figures of these were 1. BBC1, with an extra 4. ITV. This is an aggregated audience across 1. BARB reported channels that followed the events live. The highest figures were 1. BBC One, followed by 2. ITV. United States. The previous live telecast of Super Bowl XLV in February 2. Fox become the first ever television network in the United States to be watched by at least 1. American viewers by average for a single primetime night of programming. Take note, however, that all the Nielsen ratings for U. S. Notable examples include the CBS Dallas, viewed by about 9. American viewers after the networks 2. November 1. 98. 0 primetime telecast of the resolution episode. When TV miniseries are taken into the Nielsen tallies, ABCs Roots posted the second most watched series finale in U. S. TV series finales in May 2. U. S. NBC aired 2 of the top 5 all time most watched overall U. S. Take note that the gap of the viewerships between these and each of the series finales on 6 and 1. May 2. 00. 4 of fellow NBC sitcoms Friends and Frasier which became part of the long highly regarded Must See TV. MS has also been reported at 1. Cheers has been reported at 9. As previously mentioned, 1. M. A. S. H. Take note that the audience share category of the Nielsen ratings only began in the 1. Nielsen ratings for U. S. 1, with eight. It is also the first ever television series of reality singing competition genre and Foxs first ever television program to take the top position in the Nielsen annual primetime television ratings. Take note, however, that American Idol usually airs two live episodes a week for its finals stage Tuesdays and Wednesdays from its inception in 2. Wednesdays and Thursdays between 2. Tuesday or competition stage show was ranked No. American Idol as a whole placed second potentially giving the top spot to CSI Crime Scene Investigation from CBS, if the ratings of American Idol for that year had been summarized as only 1 day per week broadcast format. From 2. 00. 5 to 2. No. 1 for only seven consecutive and overall total seasons, but still ranked No. If the total number of seasons of Nielsen No. CBSs 6. 0 Minutes also share second place, and to date is the only primetime program to lead the Nielsen primetime ratings in 3 separate decades 1. NBCs ER and Friends, remained the latest primetime programs in the United States of television news, medical drama and sitcom genres to rank first in the Nielsen annual ratings, back in 1. NBCs Seinfeld remained as the latest television series to end its run leading the annual Nielsen television ratings, back in 1. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Meanwhile, NBCs Sunday Night Football debuted in 2. No. 1 in the Nielsen annual primetime television ratings. Record setting U. S. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for every decade in the United States, as tallied by the Nielsen Media Research since the 1. Only the Nielsen household share will be shown in the following table. The U. S. 1 in the Nielsen ratings is written in bold text. References. Astronomical Society of Australia. July 2. 00. 1. Retrieved 2. Archived from the original on 2. Telewizja Polska. Retrieved 2. 1 April 2. The Independent. Retrieved 2. Bloomberg. com. Retrieved 2. Sporting Intelligence. Retrieved 2. 01. 3 0. Archived from the original on 2. November 2. 00. 9. Retrieved 2. 01. 1 0. Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 2. 01. 2 0. Museum of Broadcast Communications. Archived from the original on 1. January 2. 00. 5.