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Most Watched TV Broadcasts
The most watched television broadcasts in history.
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No.↕ | Show↕ | Household Rating↕ | Date↕ | Network↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen | 81.4 | 31 December 1963 | NHK |
| 2 | 1964 Summer Olympics - Women's Volleyball, Japan vs. Soviet Union | 66.8 | 23 October 1964 | NHK |
| 3 | 2002 FIFA World Cup - Japan vs Russia (group game) | 66.1 | 9 June 2002 | Fuji TV |
| 4 | Professional wrestling - The Destroyer vs. Rikidōzan | 64 | 24 May 1963 | NTV |
| 5 | World Bantamweight Championship - Fighting Harada x Éder Jofre | 63.7 | 31 May 1966 | Fuji TV |
| 6 | Oshin | 62.9 | 12 November 1983 | NHK |
| 7 | 1998 FIFA World Cup - Japan vs Croatia (group game) | 60.9 | 20 June 1998 | NHK |
| 8 | World Bantamweight Championship - Fighting Harada x Alan Rudkin | 60.4 | 30 November 1965 | Fuji TV |
| 9 | Yoshinobu-chan Never Came Home | 59 | 5 July 1965 | NHK |
| 10 | 1972 Summer Olympics | 58.7 | 8 September 1972 | NHK |
| 11 | Yukutoshi Kurutoshi | 57.4 | 31 December 1963 | NHK |
| 12 | 2010 FIFA World Cup - Japan vs Paraguay (knockout game) | 57.3 | 29 June 2010 | TBS |
| 13 | World Bantamweight Championship - Fighting Harada x Bernardo Caraballo | 57 | 4 July 1967 | Fuji TV |
| 14 | Tabiji | 56.9 | 9 March 1968 | NHK |
| 15 | The Beatles Japan Tour | 56.5 | 1 July 1966 | NTV |
| 16 | Ohanahan | 56.4 | 19 September 1966 | NHK |
| 16 | 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony | 56.4 | 23 July 2021 | NHK |
| 18 | Arigato | 56.3 | 21 December 1972 | TBS |
| 19 | Ashita Koso | 55.5 | 31 January 1969 | NHK |
| 20 | Moscow State Circus broadcast | 55.3 | 16 July 1963 | NHK |
| 20 | Miotsukushi | 55.3 | 5 October 1985 | NHK |
| 22 | Mayuko Hitori | 55.2 | 10 February 1972 | NHK |
| 23 | World Bantamweight Championship - Fighting Harada x Éder Jofre | 54.9 | 18 May 1965 | Fuji TV |
| 24 | World Bantamweight Championship - Fighting Harada x José Medel | 53.9 | 18 May 1965 | Fuji TV |
| 25 | News (Yoshinobu-chan incident) | 53.6 | 5 July 1965 | NHK |
| 26 | World Bantamweight Championship - Fighting Harada x Lionel Rose | 53.4 | 27 February 1968 | Fuji TV |
| 27 | Ai Yori Aoku | 53.3 | 8 September 1972 | NHK |
| 27 | Hatoko no Umi | 53.3 | 22 March 1975 | NHK |
| 29 | 1972 Winter Olympics | 53.1 | 11 February 1972 | NHK |
| 30 | Akō Roshi | 53 | 29 November 1964 | NHK |
| 31 | 2006 FIFA World Cup - Japan vs Croatia (group game) | 52.7 | 18 June 2006 | TV Asahi |
| 32 | Final day of the 1981 Hatsu basho (Chiyonofuji Mitsugu's first victory) | 52.2 | 25 January 1981 | NHK |
| 33 | 1968 Summer Olympics | 51.8 | 25 October 1968 | NHK |
| 33 | Kita no Kazoku | 51.8 | 1 March 1974 | NHK |
| 35 | Professional wrestling - Toyonobori vs. The Destroyer | 51.2 | 26 February 1965 | NTV |
| 36 | News (Asama-Sansō incident) | 50.8 | 28 February 1972 | NHK |
| 36 | 19th Japan Record Awards | 50.8 | 31 December 1977 | TBS |
| 36 | 60th Japanese High School Baseball Championship - Closing Ceremony | 50.8 | 20 August 1978 | NHK |
| 39 | World Flyweight Championship - Horacio Accavallo vs. Katsuyoshi Takayama | 50.7 | 1 March 1966 | Fuji TV |
| 40 | Ben Casey | 50.6 | 11 January 1963 | TBS |
| 40 | Prime Minister Tanaka visits China | 50.6 | 25 September 1972 | NHK |
| 40 | Final day of the 1975 Haru basho (Takanohana Kenshi's first victory) | 50.6 | 23 March 1975 | NHK |
| 40 | Non-chan no Yume | 50.6 | 24 September 1988 | NHK |
| 44 | Hachiji da yo! Zen'in shūgō | 50.5 | 7 April 1973 | TBS |
| 45 | Otei-chan | 50 | 11 September 1978 | NHK |
| 45 | News and weather forecast (Typhoon Judy) | 50 | 12 September 1982 | NHK |
| 45 | Oshin | 50 | 17 August 1983 | NHK |
| 48 | Ma-neechan | 49.9 | 25 September 1979 | NHK |
| 49 | Yubikiri | 49.8 | 25 January 1973 | TBS |
| 50 | Hanekomma | 49.7 | 30 August 1986 | NHK |
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