Sports telecasts made up 9 of the top 10 single telecasts of the year, according to December 2011 data from Nielsen. Super Bowl XLV between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers was the top individual telecast of 2011 with 111 million viewers, making it the most-watched telecast of all time. Other Super Bowl telecasts, the Kickoff and Post Game shows, each drew over 65 million viewers, taking the second and third rankings, respectively.
The Academy Awards (38 million) was the only non-football telecast to break the top 10, at number 9. (more…)