List of most-watched television broadcasts
Most-watched broadcasts

Event
Viewership (millions)
Date
Network
Apollo 11
125–150
July 20, 1969
multiple
Operation Desert Storm
118
January 17, 1991
multiple
Super Bowl XLIX
114.4
February 1, 2015
NBC
Super Bowl XLVIII
112.2
February 2, 2014
Fox
Super Bowl 50
111.9
February 7, 2016
CBS
Super Bowl LI
111.3
February 5, 2017
Fox
Super Bowl XLVI
111.3
February 5, 2012
NBC
Super Bowl XLV
111.0
February 6, 2011
Fox
Richard Nixon resignation speech
110
August 9, 1974
multiple
Super Bowl XLVII
108.7
February 3, 2013
CBS
Super Bowl XLIV
106.5
February 7, 2010
CBS
M*A*S*H (Finale)
105.9
February 28, 1983
CBS
Super Bowl LII
103.4
February 4, 2018
NBC
Roots (Part VIII)
100.0
January 30, 1977
ABC
Super Bowl XLIII
98.7
February 1, 2009
NBC
Super Bowl LIII
98.2
February 3, 2019
CBS
Super Bowl XLII
97.4
February 3, 2008
Fox
Police pursuit of O.J. Simpson
95
June 17, 1994
multiple
Super Bowl XXX
94.1
January 28, 1996
NBC
Super Bowl XLI
93.2
February 4, 2007
CBS
Super Bowl XX
92.6
January 26, 1986
NBC
Super Bowl XXVII
91.0
January 31, 1993
NBC
Super Bowl XL
90.7
February 5, 2006
ABC
Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks II
90.0
September 15, 1978
ABC
Super Bowl XXVIII
90.0
January 30, 1994
NBC

Question: Was the Super Bowl XLV a widely-viewed broadcast?
Answer: Super Bowl XLV has 111 million viewers, beating the previous record of 106.5 million viewers for Super Bowl XLIV.