SANTA CLARA, CA – FEBRUARY 07: Quarterback Peyton Manning #18 of the Denver Broncos holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl 50 against the Carolina Panthers at Levi’s Stadium on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

sEvery once and a while — caught in the excitement of the NBA Finals, maybe — you forget that the NFL rules America. Then you see a list of the most-watched sporting events of the year and you remember.

With 2016 over halfway over, Sportsmediawatch.com has a list of the 50 most-viewed sports broadcasts of the year, and football reigns supreme.

To no one’s surprise, the Super Bowl leads the way with 118.86 viewers, followed by both conference championship games, then seven other NFL playoff games. The least-watched NFL playoff game (Chiefs-Texans in the Wild Card round) fell only slightly behind Game 7 of the NBA Finals and the college football national championship. Overall, the NFL had the top 10 broadcasts of the year so far and 13 of the top 15.

The rest of the top 50 is populated mostly by the NBA playoffs, the NCAA Tournament and a few college football bowl games. The thrilling college basketball title game between Villanova and North Carolina ranks 20th with 17.75 viewers, one spot behind CBS’ Week 17 NFL coverage.

In a testament to how much America loved watching the 2015-16 Warriors, Golden State was involved in all 12 of the NBA games that made the most-viewed list: the seven NBA Finals games against the Cavs and Games 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Western Conference Finals against the Thunder.

In the non-basketball-or-football category, The Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Daytona 500, MLB All-Star Game, Masters, Olympic gymnastics qualifiers and two Copa America games sneak onto the lower half of the list, which you can view in its entirety here.

The rest of the year will feature some marquee Olympic events, plus the MLB postseason and World Series, but when we check back in December we’ll probably be reminded just how dominant the NFL is.

About Alex Putterman

Alex is a writer and editor for The Comeback and Awful Announcing. He has written for The Atlantic, VICE Sports, MLB.com, SI.com and more. He is a proud alum of Northwestern University and The Daily Northwestern. You can find him on Twitter @AlexPutterman.

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