The following is a list of most watched United States television broadcasts of 1996.
Most watched by week
+Broadcast (primetime only) Week of Title Network Viewers(in millions) January 1 ER NBC 37.6 January 8 Seinfeld 31.9 January 15 Friends 31.6 January 22 Super Bowl XXX 94.1 January 29 Seinfeld 37.1 February 5 ER 38.1 February 12 36.4 February 19 36.0 February 26 Seinfeld 31.5 March 4 32.7 March 11 29.2 March 18 Friends 30.1 March 25 68th Academy Awards ABC 44.9 April 1 Home Improvement 38.0 April 8 Seinfeld NBC 25.4 April 15 26.1 April 22 ER 32.2 April 29 34.3 May 6 32.0 May 13 34.3 May 20 Home Improvement ABC 22.7 May 27 22.6 June 3 NBA Finals (Game 1) NBC 23.9 June 10 Unknown June 17 Seinfeld NBC 20.4 June 24 20.2 July 1 20/20 ABC 15.6 July 8 Seinfeld NBC 20.1 July 15 1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony 39.8 July 22 1996 Summer Olympics (Thurs) 42.7 July 29 1996 Summer Olympics (Mon) 40.2 August 5 Seinfeld 19.9 August 12 19.3 August 19 22.0 August 26 17.7 September 2 Monday Night Football ABC 27.7 September 9 Seinfeld NBC 22.6 colspan="5" September 16 Seinfeld NBC 33.7 September 23 ER 34.9 September 30 Seinfeld 31.6 October 7 32.2 October 14 ER 32.9 October 21 World Series (Game 6) Fox 30.4 October 28 ER NBC 31.1 November 4 36.7 November 11 37.4 November 18 37.0 November 25 Home Improvement ABC 25.3 December 2 Seinfeld NBC 25.3 December 9 ER 32.9 December 16 Unknown December 23 Seinfeld NBC 22.4 December 30 Panthers vs. Cowboys (NFL) Fox 26.6
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