List of most watched television interviews

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The following content contains the tentative list of the most watched television interviews, with the corresponding peak viewership (or ratings share) records, the corresponding year of such broadcast, and the mentioned media research organizations tallying viewership records.

On February 10, 1993, Oprah Winfrey sat down with Michael Jackson for what would become the most-watched interview in television history. Jackson, an intensely private entertainer, had not given an interview in 14 years. The event was broadcast live from Jackson's Neverland Ranch and was watched by 90 million people worldwide.[1]

Interviews

Rank Interviewee Interviewer Number of viewers
(in millions)		 Series Air date Network Ref(s)
1 Michael Jackson Oprah Winfrey 90.0 Oprah February 10, 1993 ABC [2]
2 Monica Lewinsky Barbara Walters 74.0 20/20 March 3, 1999 ABC [3]
3 Richard Nixon David Frost 45.0 Nixon Talks May 5, 1977 CBS [4]
4 Bill and Hillary Clinton Steve Kroft 40.0 60 Minutes January 26, 1992 CBS [5]
5 Barack Obama Matt Lauer 21.9 TODAY February 1, 2009 NBC [6]
6 Whitney Houston Diane Sawyer 21.0 Primetime December 4, 2002 ABC [7]
7 John and Patsy Ramsey Barbara Walters 19.6 20/20 March 17, 2000 ABC [8]
8 Barack Obama Bill O'Reilly 17.3 Fox News February 6, 2011 FOX [9]
9 Bruce Jenner Diane Sawyer 16.9 20/20 April 24, 2015 ABC [10]

See also

References

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