<Li> ^ 1--The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton (29 April 2011) "attracted a consolidated average audience of 26.0 (million) viewers across the ceremony from 11: 00 am to 12: 10 pm . This is an aggregated audience across 10 BARB reported channels that followed the events live ." The highest figures for individual channels of these were 13.59 million on BBC One, followed by 4.02 million watching on ITV . </Li> <Li> ^ 2--The 2014 FIFA World Cup Final was broadcast by both BBC One and ITV . The highest figures were 14.96 million on BBC One, followed by 2.34 million on ITV . </Li> <P> NBC's live telecast of Super Bowl XLIX currently stands as the country's most watched single television broadcast, with 114.4 million viewers . During this broadcast, the halftime show featuring Katy Perry was watched by 118.5 million viewers . The broadcast also reached a current all - time high of 168 - million viewership mark in several portions of the conclusion of 1 February 2015 Super Bowl telecast . The previous live telecast of Super Bowl XLV in February 2011 helped Fox become the first ever television network in the United States to be watched by at least 100 million American viewers by average for a single primetime night of programming . Moreover, Super Bowl telecasts account for 23 of the most watched television broadcasts based on overall viewership in U.S. television history . Additionally, the National Football League (or NFL) regular season is watched since 2012 by at least 200 million individuals in the United States, accounting for the largest consistent annual nationwide viewership for any television event in U.S. television history (representing almost 70% of the American households, more than 80% of the total U.S. television viewers, and more than 60% of the maintained 2010s U.S. population of 320 million). </P> <P> This table lists the 15 most watched U.S. television series finales in history, effective as of the current season . However, all the Nielsen ratings for U.S. television series finales broadcast starting 2003 were adjusted from the 2007--2008 season to incorporate both the standard live primetime and time - shifted or delayed DVR viewership figures (based on the telecast's final 5 - minute standard run) in the United States only (from the dates of their original series finale runs). </P>

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