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]

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