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) January 6 Seinfeld NBC 34.5 January 13 37.3 January 20 Super Bowl XXXI Fox 87.9 January 27 ER NBC 33.6 February 3 Seinfeld 33.6 February 10 ER 35.9 February 17 Seinfeld 33.8 February 24 28.4 March 3 Unknown March 10 Seinfeld NBC 31.3 March 17 26.8 March 24 69th Academy Awards ABC 40.1 March 31 NCAA Championship CBS 28.4 April 7 Unknown April 14 ER NBC 32.1 April 21 33.6 April 28 Ellen ABC 36.2 May 5 ER NBC 34.8 May 12 34.9 May 19 The Odyssey, Part 2 26.3 May 26 NBA Finals (Game 1) 24.7 June 2 NBA Finals (Game 4) 26.4 June 9 NBA Finals (Game 5) 30.3 June 16 Seinfeld 19.5 June 23 20.1 June 30 60 Minutes CBS 14.8 July 7 Seinfeld NBC 17.0 July 14 16.4 July 21 19.1 July 28 17.2 August 4 18.5 August 11 17.9 August 18 19.2 August 25 19.7 September 1 Monday Night Football ABC 21.6 September 8 Seinfeld NBC 22.6 September 15 Monday Night Football ABC 23.4 colspan="5" September 22 ER NBC 42.7 September 29 32.6 October 6 32.1 October 13 32.8 October 20 World Series (Game 7) 38.0 October 27 Cinderella ABC 34.3 November 3 ER NBC 32.0 November 10 34.7 November 17 What the Deaf Man Heard CBS 36.9 November 24 CBS Sunday Movie 27.6 December 1 Touched by an Angel 24.4 December 8ER NBC 31.7 December 15 32.5 December 22 Monday Night Football ABC 22.0 December 28 Rose Bowl post-game show 27.8
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