Most-watched Primetime Telecasts Of 2022 (Total Viewers)
| Rank | PROGRAM (NETWORK) | VIEWERS | DATE AIRED |
| 1. | Super Bowl LVI: Los Angeles Rams vs. Cincinnati (NBC) | 99,659,000 | 2/13/2022 |
| 2. | NFC Championship: LA Rams vs. San Francisco (Fox) | 50,443,000 | 1/30/2022 |
| 3. | AFC Playoff: Kansas City vs. Buffalo (CBS) | 43,157,000 | 1/23/2022 |
| 4. | NFC Playoff: San Francisco vs. Green Bay (Fox) | 37,185,000 | 1/22/2022 |
| 5. | NFL Playoff: Kansas City vs. Pittsburgh (NBC) | 29,125,000 | 1/16/2022 |
| 6. | AFC Wildcard Playoff: New England vs. Buffalo (CBS) | 26,505,000 | 1/15/2022 |
| 7. | NFL Thursday Night Special: New England vs. Minnesota (NBC) | 24,899,000 | 11/24/2022 |
| 8. | NFL Sunday Night Football: Tampa Bay vs. Dallas (NBC) | 23,442,000 | 9/11/2022 |
| 9. | College Football Championship: Georgia vs. Alabama (ESPN) | 22,553,000 | 1/10/2022 |
| 10. | Winter Olympics Sunday Prime 2 (NBC) | 21,795,000 | 2/13/2022 |
| 11. | NFL Sunday Night Football: Kansas City vs. Tampa Bay (NBC) | 21,058,000 | 10/2/2022 |
| 12. | NFL Sunday Night Football: Dallas vs. Philadelphia (NBC) | 20,929,000 | 10/16/2022 |
| 13. | NFL Thursday Night Special: Buffalo vs. LA Rams (NBC) | 20,053,000 | 9/8/2022 |
| 14. | NFL Sunday Night Football: Green Bay vs. Buffalo (NBC) | 19,739,000 | 10/30/2022 |
| 15. | NFL Sunday Night Football: Green Bay vs. Philadelphia (NBC) | 19,693,000 | 11/27/2022 |
| 16. | NFL Sunday Night Football: Chicago vs. Green Bay (NBC) | 19,682,000 | 9/18/2022 |
| 17. | NFL Sunday Night Football: Minnesota vs. Green Bay (NBC) | 18,704,000 | 1/2/2022 |
| 18. | NFL Sunday Night Football: Indianapolis vs. Dallas (NBC) | 18,298,000 | 12/4/2022 |
| 19. | NFL Sunday Night Football: Kansas City vs. LA Chargers (NBC) | 18,063,000 | 11/20/2022 |
| 20. | NFL Sunday Night Football: San Francisco vs. Denver (NBC) | 17,893,000 | 9/25/2022 |
| 21. | NFL Sunday Night Football: Tennessee vs. Kansas City (NBC) | 17,875,000 | 11/6/2022 |
| 22. | NFL Sunday Night Football: LA Chargers vs. Las Vegas (NBC) | 17,867,000 | 1/9/2022 |
| 23. | Oscars (ABC) | 17,561,000 | 3/27/2022 |
| 24. | NFL Sunday Night Football: Cincinnati vs. Baltimore (NBC) | 16,003,000 | 10/9/2022 |
| 25. | NFL Monday Night Football: Las Vegas vs. Kansas City (ESPN) | 15,987,000 | 10/10/2022 |
| 26. | NFL Sunday Night Football: LA Chargers vs. San Francisco (NBC) | 15,965,000 | 11/13/2022 |
| 27. | NFL Sunday Night Football: Pittsburgh vs. Miami (NBC) | 15,621,000 | 10/23/2022 |
| 28. | NBA Finals Game 6: Warriors vs. Celtics (ABC) | 14,224,000 | 6/16/2022 |
| 29. | NFL Football: Dallas vs. Philadelphia (ABC) | 13,802,000 | 1/8/2022 |
| 30. | NBA Finals Game 5: Warriors vs. Celtics (ABC) | 13,149,000 | 6/13/2022 |
| 31. | NFL Thursday Night Football: LA Chargers vs. Kansas City (Amazon) | 13,148,000 | 9/15/2022 |
| 32. | Yellowstone, S4E10 “Grass on the Streets and Weeds on the Rooftops” (Paramount) | 13,050,000 | 1/2/2022 |
| 33. | NFL Monday Night Football: Buffalo vs. Tennessee (ABC) | 12,948,000 | 9/19/2022 |
| 34. | NFL Monday Night Football: Washington vs. Philadelphia (ESPN) | 12,901,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| 35. | NFL Wild Card Game: Arizona vs. LA Rams (ABC) | 12,859,000 | 1/17/2022 |
| 36. | World Series Game 5: Philadelphia vs. Houston (Fox) | 12,830,000 | 11/3/2022 |
| 37. | Yellowstone, S5E1 “One Hundred Years is Nothing” (Paramount) | 12,684,000 | 11/13/2022 |
| 38. | World Series Game 6: Philadelphia vs. Houston (Fox) | 12,655,000 | 11/5/2022 |
| 39. | 60 Minutes, S54E18 “The Betrayal, Chris Stapleton” (CBS) | 12,337,000 | 1/16/2022 |
| 40. | NBA Finals Game 4: Warriors vs. Celtics (ABC) | 12,248,000 | 6/10/2022 |
| 41. | NCIS: Hawai’i, S1E12 “Spies, Part 1” (CBS) | 12,247,000 | 1/23/2022 |
| 42. | The OT (Fox) | 12,170,000 | 9/25/2022 |
| 43. | NFL Monday Night Football: LA Chargers vs. Denver (ESPN) | 12,113,000 | 10/17/2022 |
| 44. | NBA Finals Game 2: Warriors vs. Celtics (ABC) | 12,009,000 | 6/5/2022 |
| 45. | NFL Monday Night Football: Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh (ESPN) | 11,914,000 | 1/3/2022 |
| 46. | World Series Game 4: Philadelphia vs. Houston (Fox) | 11,864,000 | 11/2/2022 |
| 47. | NFL Thursday Night Football: Cincinnati vs. Miami (Amazon) | 11,840,000 | 9/29/2022 |
| 48. | Yellowstone, S5E2 “The Sting of Wisdom” (Paramount) | 11,799,000 | 11/13/2022 |
| 49. | Yellowstone, S5E4 “Horses in Heaven” (Paramount) | 11,637,000 | 11/27/2022 |
| 50. | NBA Finals Game 3: Warriors vs. Celtics (ABC) | 11,624,000 | 6/8/2022 |
| 51. | World Series Game 1: Philadelphia vs. Houston (Fox) | 11,568,000 | 10/28/2022 |
| 52. | Winter Olympics Sunday Prime 1 (NBC) | 11,517,000 | 2/6/2022 |
| 53. | NBA Finals Game 1: Warriors vs. Celtics (ABC) | 11,494,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| 54. | Winter Olympics Thursday Prime 1 (NBC) | 11,473,000 | 2/10/2022 |
| 55. | Yellowstone, S5E3 “Tall Drink of Water” (Paramount) | 11,399,000 | 11/20/2022 |
| 56. | 60 Minutes, S55E8 “Angry in America, Buses from the Border, Ready or Not” (CBS) | 11,334,000 | 11/6/2022 |
| 57. | NCIS, S19E12 “Fight or Flight” (CBS) | 11,324,000 | 1/24/2022 |
| 58. | FBI, S4E10 “Fostered” (CBS) | 11,314,000 | 1/4/2022 |
| 59. | NFL Monday Night Football: San Francisco vs. Arizona (ESPN) | 11,302,000 | 11/21/2022 |
| 60. | 60 Minutes, S55E5 “The Lost Souls of Bucha, The Power of Grimsby, Coach Prime” (CBS) | 11,287,000 | 10/16/2022 |
| 61. | World Series Game 3: Philadelphia vs. Houston (Fox) | 11,200,000 | 11/1/2022 |
| 62. | FBI, S4E11 “Grief” (CBS) | 11,175,000 | 1/11/2022 |
| 63. | Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony (NBC) | 11,126,000 | 2/4/2022 |
| 64. | NFL Thursday Night Football: Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh (Amazon) | 11,067,000 | 9/22/2022 |
| 65. | 60 Minutes, S55E12 “The French President, Return to Gorongosa, The South Dakota Kid” (CBS) | 11,031,000 | 12/4/2022 |
| 66. | NFL Monday Night Football: Pittsburgh vs. Indianapolis (ESPN) | 11,012,000 | 11/28/2022 |
| 67. | NFL Monday Night Football: San Francisco vs. LA Rams (ESPN) | 10,973,000 | 10/3/2022 |
| 68. | Yellowstone, S5E5 “Watch ‘Em Ride Away” (Paramount) | 10,962,000 | 12/4/2022 |
| 69. | NCIS, S19E15 “Thick as Thieves” (CBS) | 10,958,000 | 3/14/2022 |
| 70. | World Series Game 2: Philadelphia vs. Houston (Fox) | 10,872,000 | 10/29/2022 |
| 71. | FBI, S4E14 “Ambition” (CBS) | 10,871,000 | 3/8/2022 |
| 72. | FBI, S4E15 “Scar Tissue” (CBS) | 10,831,000 | 3/22/2022 |
| 73. | NCIS, S19E14 “First Steps” (CBS) | 10,829,000 | 3/7/2022 |
| 74. | 60 Minutes, S55E3 “Olena Zelenska; What Happened at Grizzly Flats; Captain Kolisi” (CBS) | 10,797,000 | 10/2/2022 |
| 75. | NCIS, S19E13 “The Helpers” (CBS) | 10,786,000 | 2/28/2022 |
| 76. | Big Ten Football Championship: Michigan vs. Purdue (Fox) | 10,785,000 | 12/3/2022 |
| 77. | NCIS, S19E11 “All Hands” (CBS) | 10,775,000 | 1/17/2022 |
| 78. | 60 Minutes, S55E1 “President Biden, Ebrahim Raisi” (CBS) | 10,742,000 | 9/18/2022 |
| 79. | Winter Olympics Saturday Prime 1 (NBC) | 10,730,000 | 2/5/2022 |
| 80. | NCIS, S19E17 “Starting Over” (CBS) | 10,712,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| 81. | Saturday Night Football: Ohio State vs. Notre Dame (ABC) | 10,671,000 | 9/3/2022 |
| 82. | 60 Minutes, S54E17 “The Big Quit/One Small Step/The Kicker” (CBS) | 10,609,000 | 1/9/2022 |
| 83. | FBI, S4E12 “Under Pressure” (CBS) | 10,599,000 | 2/1/2022 |
| 84. | 60 Minutes, S55E10 “The Most Dangerous Place in the World; The Panini Sticker Phenomenon; Wild Horses” (CBS) | 10,585,000 | 11/20/2022 |
| 85. | FBI, S4E16 “Protective Details” (CBS) | 10,491,000 | 3/29/2022 |
| 86. | The OT (Fox) | 10,482,000 | 10/9/2022 |
| 87. | NCIS, S19E10 “Pledge of Allegiance” (CBS) | 10,480,000 | 1/3/2022 |
| 88. | NCIS, S19E21 “Birds of a Feather” (CBS) | 10,474,000 | 5/23/2022 |
| 89. | NFL Monday Night Football: Chicago vs. New England (ESPN) | 10,431,000 | 10/24/2022 |
| 90. | NFL Thursday Night Football: Tennessee vs. Green Bay (Amazon) | 10,418,000 | 11/17/2022 |
| 91. | NCAA Basketball: Duke vs. Arkansas (TBS) | 10,391,000 | 3/26/2022 |
| 92. | Chicago Fire, S10E11 “Fog of War” (NBC) | 10,382,000 | 1/12/2022 |
| 93. | NFL Monday Night Football: Seattle vs. Denver (ABC) | 10,349,000 | 9/12/2022 |
| 94. | The OT (Fox) | 10,336,000 | 10/30/2022 |
| 95. | Winter Olympics Wednesday Prime 1 (NBC) | 10,290,000 | 2/9/2022 |
| 96. | NFL Monday Night Football: Dallas vs. NY Giants (ABC) | 10,285,000 | 9/26/2022 |
| 97. | Grammy Awards (CBS) | 10,232,000 | 4/3/2022 |
| 98. | NCAA Basketball: Purdue vs. St. Peter’s (CBS) | 10,229,000 | 3/25/2022 |
| 99. | FBI, S4E18 “Fear Nothing” (CBS) | 10,215,000 | 4/19/2022 |
| 100. | NCIS, S20E6 “The Good Fighter” (CBS) | 10,179,000 | 10/24/2022 |
Source: Nielsen, 1/1/22 – 12/4/22. L7 Data. All Telecasts, Broadcast and Cable (excluding telecasts with durations under 25 min, including SB and NFC). Broadcast Prime, telecast with start times within daypart (M-Sat 8P-11P; Sun 6:30P-11P).