Super Bowl 2024 Viewership Numbers Just Broke An Unbelievable Record

The list of the 10 most-watched television broadcasts of all time is otherwise comprised of previous Super Bowl telecasts. The runner-up on the list is 2023's Super Bowl LVII, with over 115 million viewers. After that, Super Bowl XLIX (over 114 million), Super Bowl XLVIII (over 112 million), and Super Bowl 50 (112,336 million) round out the top five. 

What's the most-watched television program that isn't a football-related broadcast? That would be the Apollo 11 moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969, and drew an estimated 125 to 150 million viewers across all broadcast networks. The most popular broadcast of a fictional program is still the series finale of "M*A*S*H," "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen," which saw 106 million viewers tune in on February 28, 1983. Other iconic television installments — including the series finale of "Seinfeld," the solution to the "Who Shot JR?" drama on "Dallas," and several airings of the miniseries "Roots" — haven't been able to top the mass appeal of  "M*A*S*H*." The world will have to wait and wonder if its mark will ever be beaten.