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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 most watched non-Super Bowl broadcast (and most watched broadcast in American television history) is the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, which garnered between 125 and 150 million viewers.[1] However, the Apollo 11 Moon landing is considered a news event and not a telecast, 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.[2]