RANK	DATE	SHOW/EPISODE	RATING	SHARE	TV HOMES	ESTIMATED	% OF U.S. POP AT TIME
			(per Nielsen Media Research)			TV VIEWERS	(per U.S. Census Bureau)
01	01/24/82	Super Bowl XVI	49.1	73	40,020,000	85,243,000	38.13%
02	01/25/87	Super Bowl XXI	45.8	66	40,030,000	87,185,000	37.24%
03	01/28/96	Super Bowl XXX	46.0	68	44,114,400	94,100,000	36.72%
04	01/30/83	Super Bowl XVII	48.6	69	40,480,000	80,960,000	35.87%
05	01/26/86	Super Bowl XX	48.3	70	41,490,000	82,980,000	35.78%
06	01/20/85	Super Bowl XIX	46.4	63	39,390,000	78,780,000	34.27%
07	01/29/94	Super Bowl XXVIII	45.5	66	42,860,000	85,720,000	34.13%
08	01/22/84	Super Bowl XVIII	46.4	71	38,800,000	77,604,000	34.07%
09	01/31/93	Super Bowl XXVII	45.1	66	41,988,100	83,976,200	33.80%
10	01/25/98	Super Bowl XXXII	44.5	67	43,630,000	87,260,000	33.37%
11	01/22/89	Super Bowl XXIII	43.5	68	39,320,000	78,640,000	33.04%
12	01/26/97	Super Bowl XXXI	43.3	65	42,000,000	84,000,000	32.44%
13	01/27/91	Super Bowl XXV	41.9	63	39,010,000	78,020,000	32.15%
14	01/20/80	Super Bowl XIV	46.3	67	35,330,000	70,660,000	32.14%
15	01/21/79	Super Bowl XIII	47.1	74	35,090,000	70,180,000	32.12%
16	01/30/00	Super Bowl XXXIV	43.3	63	43,618,000	87,236,000	31.89%
17	01/15/78	Super Bowl XII	47.2	67	34,410,000	68,820,000	31.50%
18	02/01/04	Super Bowl XXXVIII	41.3	63	44,604,000	89,608,000	31.49%
19	01/31/88	Super Bowl XXII	41.9	62	37,120,000	74,240,000	31.46%
20	02/23/94	1994 Olympics Women's Skating	48.5	64	45,690,000	78,775,000	31.36%
21	01/25/81	Super Bowl XV	44.4	63	34,540,000	69,080,000	31.20%
22	01/29/95	Super Bowl XXIX	41.3	62	39,400,000	78,800,000	31.07%
23	01/26/03	Super Bowl XXXVII	40.7	61	43,433,000	86,866,000	30.86%
24	01/10/82	1982 NFC Championship	42.9	62	34,940,000	68,696,000	30.73%
25	02/03/02	Super Bowl XXXVI	40.4	61	42,664,000	85,328,000	30.59%
26	01/31/99	Super Bowl XXXIII	40.2	61	39,992,000	79,984,000	30.32%
27	01/26/92	Super Bowl XXVI	40.3	61	37,120,000	74,240,000	30.25%
28	01/28/01	Super Bowl XXXV	40.4	61	41,270,000	82,540,000	29.92%
29	01/28/90	Super Bowl XXIV	39.0	63	35,920,000	71,840,000	29.90%
30	01/09/77	Super Bowl XI	44.4	73	31,610,000	63,220,000	29.53%
31	02/25/94	1994 Olympics Women's Skating	44.1	64	41,540,000	73,473,000	29.25%
32	01/18/76	Super Bowl X	42.3	78	29,440,000	58,880,000	27.79%
33	01/12/75	Super Bowl IX	42.4	72	29,040,000	58,080,000	27.68%
34	01/16/72	Super Bowl VI	44.2	74	27,450,000	55,340,000	27.30%
35	01/14/73	Super Bowl VII	42.7	72	27,670,000	55,340,000	26.98%
36	01/13/74	Super Bowl VIII	41.6	73	27,540,000	55,080,000	26.53%
37	10/21/80	1980 World Series 6th game	40.0	60	31,120,000	56,016,000	25.47%
38	01/25/98	Super Bowl Post-Game Show	33.4	50	32,680,000	65,360,000	25.00%
39	10/22/75	1975 World Series 7th game	39.6	60	27,560,000	52,364,000	24.96%
40	01/17/71	Super Bowl V	39.9	75	23,980,000	47,960,000	23.93%
41	01/15/67	Super Bowl I	41.1	79	22,570,000	45,140,000	23.76%
42	01/11/70	Super Bowl IV	39.4	69	23,050,000	46,100,000	23.28%
43	01/15/95	1995 NFC Championship	34.2	57	32,630,000	55,471,000	21.87%
44	01/14/68	Super Bowl II	36.8	68	20,610,000	41,220,000	21.29%
45	01/14/96	1996 NFC Championship	33.3	58	31,930,000	54,281,000	21.18%

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