List of most watched United States television broadcasts of 1997

The following is a list of most watched United States television broadcasts of 1997.

Most watched by week[edit]

Broadcast (primetime only)
Week of	Title	Network	Viewers (in millions)	Ref.
January 6	Seinfeld	NBC	34.5	^{[citation needed]}
January 13	Seinfeld	NBC	37.3	^{[citation needed]}
January 20	Super Bowl XXXI	Fox	87.9	^{[citation needed]}
January 27	ER	NBC	33.6	^{[citation needed]}
February 3	Seinfeld		33.6	^{[citation needed]}
February 10	ER		35.9	^{[citation needed]}
February 17	Seinfeld		33.8	^{[citation needed]}
February 24	Seinfeld		28.4	^{[citation needed]}
March 3	Unknown
March 10	Seinfeld	NBC	31.3	^{[citation needed]}
March 17	Seinfeld	NBC	26.8	^{[citation needed]}
March 24	69th Academy Awards	ABC	40.1	^{[citation needed]}
March 31	NCAA Championship	CBS	28.4	^{[citation needed]}
April 7	Unknown
April 14	ER	NBC	32.1	^{[citation needed]}
April 21	ER	NBC	33.6	^{[citation needed]}
April 28	Ellen	ABC	36.2	^{[citation needed]}
May 5	ER	NBC	34.8	^{[citation needed]}
May 12	ER		34.9	^{[citation needed]}
May 19	The Odyssey, Part 2		26.3	^{[citation needed]}
May 26	NBA Finals (Game 1)		24.7	^{[citation needed]}
June 2	NBA Finals (Game 4)		26.4	^{[citation needed]}
June 9	NBA Finals (Game 5)		30.3	^{[citation needed]}
June 16	Seinfeld		19.5	^{[citation needed]}
June 23	Seinfeld		20.1	^{[citation needed]}
June 30	60 Minutes	CBS	14.8	^{[citation needed]}
July 7	Seinfeld	NBC	17.0	^{[citation needed]}
July 14			16.4	^{[citation needed]}
July 21			19.1	^{[citation needed]}
July 28			17.2	^{[citation needed]}
August 4			18.5	^{[citation needed]}
August 11			17.9	^{[citation needed]}
August 18			19.2	^{[citation needed]}
August 25			19.7	^{[citation needed]}
September 1	Monday Night Football	ABC	21.6	^{[citation needed]}
September 8	Seinfeld	NBC	22.6	^{[citation needed]}
September 15	Monday Night Football	ABC	23.4	^{[citation needed]}
1997–98 television season begins
September 22	ER	NBC	42.7	^{[citation needed]}
September 29			32.6	^{[citation needed]}
October 6			32.1	^{[citation needed]}
October 13			32.8	^{[citation needed]}
October 20	World Series (Game 7)		38.0	^{[citation needed]}
October 27	Cinderella	ABC	34.3	^{[citation needed]}
November 3	ER	NBC	32.0	^{[citation needed]}
November 10	ER	NBC	34.7	^{[citation needed]}
November 17	What the Deaf Man Heard	CBS	36.9	^{[citation needed]}
November 24	CBS Sunday Movie		27.6	^{[citation needed]}
December 1	Touched by an Angel		24.4	^{[citation needed]}
December 8	ER	NBC	31.7	^{[citation needed]}
December 15	ER	NBC	32.5	^{[citation needed]}
December 22	Monday Night Football	ABC	22.0	^{[citation needed]}
December 28	Rose Bowl post-game show	ABC	27.8	^{[citation needed]}

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List of most watched United States television broadcasts of 1997

Most watched by week[edit]

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