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

Broadcast (primetime only)

Week of	Title	Network	Viewers (in millions)	Ref.
January 6	Seinfeld	NBC	34.5	[ citation needed ]
January 13			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			28.4	[ citation needed ]
March 3	Unknown
March 10	Seinfeld	NBC	31.3	[ citation needed ]
March 17			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			33.6	[ citation needed ]
April 28	Ellen	ABC	36.2	[ citation needed ]
May 5	ER	NBC	34.8	[ citation needed ]
May 12			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			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			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			32.5	[ citation needed ]
December 22	Monday Night Football	ABC	22.0	[ citation needed ]
December 28	Rose Bowl post-game show		27.8	[ citation needed ]