Most Watched Primetime Telecasts 2023

Rank

PROGRAM(NETWORK)

VIEWERS

DATE AIRED

1.

Super Bowl LVII:Kansas City vs.Philadelphia (Fox)

114,956,000

2/12/2023

2.

AFC Championship:Kansas City vs.Cincinnati (CBS)

53,478,000

1/29/2023

3.

NFC Playoff:San Francisco vs.Dallas (Fox)     

45,864,000

1/22/2023

4.

NFC Playoff:Philadelphia vs.NY Giants (Fox)

28,867,000

1/21/2023

5.

NFL Playoff:Cincinnati vs.Baltimore (NBC)

27,083,000

1/15/2023

6.

NFL Thursday Night Special:Detroit vs.Kansas City (NBC)

25,042,000

9/7/2023

7.

NFL Sunday Night Football:Kansas City vs.NY Jets (NBC)

25,021,000

10/1/2023

8.

NFL Thursday Night Special:San Francisco vs.Seattle (NBC)

25,006,000

11/23/2023

9.

NFL Sunday Night Football: San Francisco vs.Dallas (NBC)

24,495,000

10/8/2023

10.

NFL Sunday Night Football: Green Bay vs.Kansas City (NBC)        

23,812,000

12/3/2023

11.

NFL Sunday Night Football:Detroit vs.Green Bay (NBC)

22,412,000

1/8/2023

12.

NFL Playoff Game:LA Chargers vs.Jacksonville (NBC)

20,817,000

1/14/2023

13.

NFL Sunday Night Football: Philadelphia vs.Miami (NBC)

20,775,000

10/22/2023

14.

NFL Sunday Night Football:Dallas vs.NY Giants (NBC)     

20,308,000

9/10/2023

15.

The Oscars (ABC)

19,412,000

3/12/2023

16.

NFL Sunday Night Football:Pittsburgh vs.Las Vegas (NBC)

19,324,000

9/24/2023

17.

NFL Sunday Night Football:Denver vs.Minneapolis (NBC)

18,565,000

11/19/2023

18.

NFL Sunday Night Football:Cincinnati vs.Buffalo (NBC)

18,492,000

11/5/2023

19.

NFL Sunday Night Football:Miami vs.New England (NBC)

17,984,000

9/17/2023

20.

NFL Wild Card Game:Dallas vs.Tampa Bay (ABC)

17,870,000

1/16/2023

21.

NFL Sunday Night Football:LA Chargers vs.LA Rams (NBC)

17,337,000

1/1/2023

22.

Next Level Chef:S2E1“A Next Level Welcome” (Fox)

16,893,000

2/12/2023

23.

NFL Sunday Night Football: Buffalo vs.NY Giants (NBC)

16,794,000

10/15/2023

24.

NFL Sunday Night Football:Baltimore vs.LA Chargers (NBC)

16,509,000

11/26/2023

25.

NFL Sunday Night Football:LA Chargers vs.Chicago (NBC)

15,803,000

10/29/2023

26.

NFL Sunday Night Football:Las Vegas vs.NY Jets (NBC)

15,735,000

11/12/2023

27.

NFL Monday Night Football on ABC:Philadelphia vs.Kansas City (ABC)

15,714,000

11/20/2023

28.

NFL Monday Night Football on ABC: Pittsburgh vs.Cleveland (ABC)

15,623,000

9/18/2023

29.

NFL Thursday Night Football:Philadelphia vs.Minnesota (Prime Video)

15,375,000

9/14/2023

30.

NFL Thursday Night Football:Dallas vs.Seattle (Prime Video)

15,355,000

11/30/2023

31.

NCAA Basketball Championship:UConn vs.San Diego State (CBS)

14,794,000

4/3/2023

32.

NFL Thursday Night Football:Kansas City vs.Denver (Prime Video)

14,077,000

10/12/2023

33.

NFL Thursday Night Football:San Francisco vs.NY Giants (Prime Video)

14,034,000

9/21/2023

34.

NFL Thursday Night Football:Detroit vs.Green Bay (Prime Video)

13,588,000

9/28/2023

35.

NBA Finals Game 5:Denver vs.Miami (ABC)

13,392,000

6/12/2023

36.

Grammy Awards (CBS)

13,376,000

2/5/2023

37.

NFL Thursday Night Football:Baltimore vs.Cincinnati (Prime Video)

13,086,000

11/16/2023

38.

NCAA Basketball Final Four:UConn vs.Miami (CBS)

12,969,000

4/1/2023

39.

NFL Monday Night Football on ABC:Jacksonville vs.Tennessee (ABC)

12,694,000

1/7/2023

40.

60 Minutes:S55,E17“Prince Harry;Hans Zimmer” (CBS)

12,464,000

1/8/2023

41.

60 Minutes:S56,E1“President Zelenskyy;Into the Streets;Prime Time in Colorado” (CBS) 

12,352,000

9/17/2023

42.

CBS NCAA Basketball Bridge (CBS)

12,285,000

4/1/2023

43.

Fire Country:S1,E12“Two Pink Lines” (CBS)

12,225,000

1/29/2023

44.

NBA Eastern Conference Finals:Miami vs.Boston (TNT)

12,033,000

5/29/2023

45.

NBA Finals Game 2:Denver vs.Miami (ABC)

11,960,000

6/4/2023

46.

NFL Thursday Night Football:Chicago vs.Washington (Prime Video)

11,777,000

10/5/2023

47.

NFL Wildcard:Dallas vs.Tampa Bay (ESPN)

11,753,000

1/16/2023

48.

NFL Monday Night Football on ABC:NY Jets vs.Buffalo (ABC)

11,749,000

9/11/2023

49.

NFL Monday Night Football:Philadelphia vs.Kansas City (ESPN)

11,642,000

11/20/2023

50.

NFL Thursday Night Football:Pittsburgh vs.Tennessee (Prime Video)

11,591,000

11/2/2023

51.

The OT (Fox)

11,474,000

9/24/2023

t.

Yellowstone:S5E8“A Knife and No Coin” (Paramount Network)

11,474,000

1/1/2023

53.

NFL Thursday Night Football:Buffalo vs.Tampa Bay (Prime Video)

11,287,000

10/26/2023

54.

NBA Finals Game 3:Denver vs.Miami (ABC)

11,275,000

6/7/2023

55.

NCIS:S20E10“Too Many Cooks” (CBS)

11,254,000

1/9/2023

56.

NFL Monday Night Football on ABC:Cincinnati vs.Buffalo (ABC)

11,168,000

1/2/2023

57.

NBA Finals Game 1:Denver vs.Miami (ABC)

11,108,000

6/1/2023

58.

NFL Monday Night Football on ABC:Dallas vs.LA Chargers (ABC)

10,865,000

10/16/2023

59.

Accused:S1E1“Scott’s Story” (Fox)

10,604,000

1/22/2023

60.

NCIS Hawai’i:S2E10“Deep Fake” (CBS)

10,546,000

1/9/2023

61.

NBA Finals Game 4:Denver vs.Miami (ABC)

10,509,000

6/9/2023

t.

60 Minutes:S56,E6 “The Five Eyes;A Prisoner of Iran;Pink;The Isle of Man” (CBS) 

10,509,000

10/22/2023

63.

NCIS:S20E12“Big Rig” (CBS)

10,495,000

1/23/2023

64.

FBI:S5E10“Second Life”(CBS)

10,397,000

1/3/2023

65.

NFL Monday Night Football on ABC:Dallas vs.LA Chargers (ABC)

10,300,000

10/23/2023

66.

FBI:S5E12“Breakdown”(CBS)

10,275,000

1/24/2023

67.

60 Minutes:S56,E7 “VP Harris;A Quiet Invasion;The Air We Breathe;The State of the Blues” (CBS) 

10,207,000

10/29/2023

68.

60 Minutes:S56,E4 “The Godfather of AI;General Milley;Rich Paul;3D Printing” (CBS) 

10,178,000

10/8/2023

69.

NCIS:S20E16“Butterfly Effect” (CBS)

10,167,000

3/13/2023

70.

NFL Monday Night Football on ABC:Chicago vs.Minnesota(ABC)

10,157,000

11/27/2023

71.

Big Ten Football Championship Game:Michigan vs.Iowa (Fox)

10,119,000

12/2/2023

72.

NCIS:S20E13“Evil Eye” (CBS)

10,106,000

2/6/2023

73.

NCIS:S20E15“Unusual Suspects” (CBS)

10,061,000

2/27/2023

74.

NCIS:S20E14“Old Wounds” (CBS)

9,993,000

2/13/2023

75.

FBI:S5E11“Heroes”(CBS)

9,990,000

1/10/2023

76.

60 Minutes:S55,E16 “Radio Free Europe;The Vanishing Wild;Obesity” (CBS) 

9,980,000

1/1/2023

77.

60 Minutes:S55,E27 “Feeling of Feeling;Silicon Valley Scandal;Charles Barkley” (CBS) 

9,974,000

3/26/2023

78.

NCIS:Los Angeles:S14E10“A Long Time Coming” (CBS)

9,962,000

1/9/2023

79.

Young Sheldon:S6E14“A Launch Party and a Whole Human Being” (CBS)

9,906,000

3/2/2023

80.

FBI:S5E13“Protégé”(CBS)

9,875,000

2/14/2023

81.

NFL Thursday Night Football:Jacksonville vs.New Orleans (Prime Video)

9,839,000

10/19/2023

82. 

NCIS:S20E18“Head Games” (CBS)

9,834,000

4/10/2023

83.

Young Sheldon:S6E15“Teen Angst and a Smart-Boy Walk of Shame” (CBS)

9,790,000

3/9/2023

84.

Blue Bloods:S13E14 “Collision Course“ (CBS)

9,718,000

3/3/2023

85.

Blue Bloods:S13E11“Lost Ones“ (CBS)

9,701,000

1/20/2023

86.

Chicago Fire:S11E12“How Does It End?” (NBC)

9,686,000

1/18/2023

t.

Blue Bloods:S13E12“The Big Leagues“ (CBS)

9,686,000

2/3/2023

88.

NCIS:S20E21“Kompromat” (CBS)

9,683,000

5/15/2023

89.

Young Sheldon:S6E12“A Baby Shower and a Testosterone-Rich Banter” (CBS)

9,662,000

2/9/2023

90.

Chicago Fire:S11E11“A Guy I Used to Know” (NBC)

9,650,000

1/11/2023

91.

NFL Thursday Night Football:Chicago vs.Carolina (Prime Video)

9,640,000

11/9/2023

t.

Young Sheldon:S6E9“College Dropouts and the Medford Miracle” (CBS)

9,640,000

1/5/2023

93.

NCIS:S20E17“Stranger in a Strange Land” (CBS)

9,630,000

3/20/2023

94.

Night Court:S1E1“Pilot” (NBC)

9,628,000

1/17/2023

95.

Blue Bloods:S13E9“Nothing Sacred“ (CBS)

9,627,000

1/6/2023

96.

NCIS:S20E22“Black Sky” (CBS)

9,615,000

5/22/2023

97.

NCIS:S20E19“In the Spotlight” (CBS)

9,614,000

5/1/2023

98.

Blue Bloods:S13E13“Past History“ (CBS)

9,610,000

2/10/2023

99.

Chicago Fire:S11E10“Something for the Pain” (NBC)

9,606,000

1/4/2023

100.

Chicago Fire:S11E14“Run Like Hell” (NBC)

9,567,000

2/22/2023