2024's Most-Watched TV Programming

Most Watch TV Shows during 2024

Sports was the name of the game in TV viewership this year. And not only did audiences have the usual football, basketball, baseball, golf, etc, this year also brought the 2024 Paris Olympics — which scored enough watch-time to take third place on the ranking with a 0.90% viewership share. That wasn’t enough to unseat NFL and college football, though; both remain in first and second place, respectively, year-over-year, and each saw their viewership share rise vs. 2023.

TVREV also reports Major League Baseball was another winner, taking fourth place with 0.82% of minutes watched, up from No. 5 (0.75%) in 2023.

On the basketball court, men’s college games jump from No. 33 to No. 18 year-over-year (0.48% viewership share), while the NBA slips from No. 12 to No. 14 (0.51%).

It was a big year for Fox News: The network owns five programs on the chart, with all seeing increased viewership shares and chart positions compared to 2023. Fox & Friends captured the most watch-time of the bunch (0.59%), while Jesse Watters Primetime and The Five have the biggest ranking position leaps.

Thanks to regular rerun marathons on TBS, The Big Bang Theory is a year-over-year ranking newcomer, landing at No. 15 (up from No. 27 in 2023).

On the TV network side of things, NBC is the 2024 winner — get the details on The Measure.

Most-Watched Networks during 2024

CBS, which was the No. 1 network in 2023, sinks to second place this year — but it saw its viewership share rise from 7.55% to 7.84%. But up against the Olympics, it just wasn’t enough to remain king.