RANK

CEREMONY

VIEWERS

DATE

1

38th

35.79 million

September 21, 1986

2

34th

33.01 million

September 19, 1982

3

28th

31.38 million

May 17, 1976

4

27th

30.83 million

May 19, 1975

5

35th

24.50 million

September 25, 1983

6

52nd

21.80 million

September 10, 2000

7

46th

21.30 million

September 11, 1994

8

48th

20.58 million

September 8, 1996

9

44th

20.41 million

August 30, 1992

10

36th

20.28 million

September 23, 1984

11

54th

20.00 million

September 22, 2002

12

50th

19.36 million

September 13, 1998

13

45th

18.90 million

September 19, 1993

14

49th

18.77 million

September 14, 1997

15

57th

18.70 million

September 18, 2005

16

43rd

18.51 million

August 25, 1991

17

47th

18.04 million

September 10, 1995

18

55th

17.70 million

September 21, 2003

19

65th

17.63 million

September 22, 2013

20

51st

17.50 million

September 12, 1999

21

41st

17.23 million

September 17, 1989

22

53rd

17.10 million

November 4, 2001

23

58th

16.10 million

August 27, 2006

24

66th

15.59 million

August 25, 2014

25

40th

15.43 million

August 28, 1988

26

39th

14.38 million

September 20, 1987

27

56th

13.80 million

September 19, 2004

28

62nd

13.50 million

August 29, 2010

29

61st

13.47 million

September 20, 2009

30

64th

13.26 million

September 23, 2012

31

59th

13.06 million

September 16, 2007

32

63rd

12.44 million

September 18, 2011

33

42nd

12.30 million

September 16, 1990

34

60th

12.20 million

September 21, 2008

35

67th

11.87 million

September 20, 2015

36

69th

11.38 million

September 17, 2017

37

68th

11.30 million

September 18, 2016

38

70th

10.17 million

September 17, 2018

39

73rd

7.83 million

September 19, 2021

40

71st

6.98 million

September 22, 2019

41

72nd

6.36 million

September 20, 2020

42

74th

5.92 million

September 12, 2022

43

75th

4.46 million

January 15, 2024