List of Super Bowl lead-out programs

Lead-out programs following the Super Bowl are typically one of the year's highest rated television broadcasts in the United States. The Super Bowl is aired on a rotation schedule between NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX. Networks usually choose to air a new episode of their most popular program (Survivor, Friends) but sometimes opt to air a program that merits special attention (Undercover Boss, Elementary). In the case of Fox, The Simpsons has been used twice as a companion program to bolster series premiere ratings of Family Guy (1999) and American Dad! (2005). Some networks air cliffhanger episodes (Grey's Anatomy) to capture new viewers for a program in its regularly scheduled timeslot.

Friends (1996) holds the distinction for being the most-watched lead-out program with 52.9 million viewers. Other high-rated telecasts have included season premieres of Survivor: The Australian Outback (2001, 45.4 million) and Survivor: All-Stars (2004, 33.5 million) and part one of a Grey's Anatomy two-part episode (2006, 37.9 million).

For the 2014 Super Bowl, Fox will be airing new episodes of popular comedy New Girl and freshman hit Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Programs and Ratings

Show	Episode	Network		Airdate	Viewers	18-49 Rating	Share
Lassie	Lassie's Litter Bit	CBS		January 15, 1967			33.7%
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders	NBC		January 15, 1967			25.3%
Local programming, then Lassie	The Foundling	CBS		January 14, 1968			41.2%
The G.E. College Bowl		NBC		January 12, 1969			21.2%
Lassie	The Road Back (2)	CBS		January 11, 1970			34%
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	Bing Crosby Pro-Am Golf Tournament	NBC		January 17, 1972			36%
60 Minutes		CBS		January 16, 1972			36%
The Wonderful World of Disney	The Mystery in Dracula's Castle (2)	NBC		January 14, 1973			44%
Local programming, then The New Perry Mason	The Case of the Tortured Titan	CBS		January 13, 1974	15.06M		20%
NBC Nightly News		NBC		January 12, 1975	15.92M		28%
Phoenix Open Golf Tournament		CBS		January 18, 1976	22.36M		31%
The Big Event	Kit Carson	NBC		January 9, 1977	42.82M		37%
All in the Family	Super Bowl Sunday	CBS		January 15, 1978	35.47M		47%
Brothers & Sisters	Pilot	NBC		January 21, 1979	31.72M		32%
60 Minutes		CBS		January 20, 1980	40.75M		50%
CHiPs	11-99: Officer Needs Help	NBC		January 25, 1981			26%
60 Minutes		CBS		January 24, 1982			36%
The A-Team	Children of Jamestown	NBC		January 30, 1983	21.91M		39%
Airwolf	Shadow of the Hawke	CBS		January 22, 1984	27.87M		36%
MacGruder and Loud	MacGruder and Loud	ABC		January 20, 1985			38%
The Last Precinct	The Last Precinct	NBC		January 26, 1986	39.73M		25%
Hard Copy	Pilot	CBS		January 25, 1987			33%
The Wonder Years	Pilot	ABC		January 31, 1988	28.98M		31%
Brotherhood of the Rose	TV movie (part 1)	NBC		January 22, 1989			36%
Grand Slam	He Works Hard for the Money	CBS		January 28, 1990	30.77M		30%
Davis Rules	A Man for All Reasons	ABC		January 27, 1991	26.7M		25%
60 Minutes		CBS		January 26, 1992	24.82M		30%
Homicide: Life on the Street	Gone for Goode	NBC		January 31, 1993	28.12M		31%
The Good Life	The Statue	NBC		January 30, 1994	23.01M		22%
The John Larroquette Show	Eggs	NBC		January 30, 1994	17.71M		22%
Extreme	Pilot	ABC		January 29, 1995	22.59M		25%
Friends	The One After the Super Bowl	NBC		January 28, 1996	52.93M		46%
The X-Files	Leonard Betts	FOX		January 26, 1997	29.1M		29%
3rd Rock from the Sun	36! 24! 36! Dick!	NBC		January 25, 1998	33.66M		34%
Family Guy	Death Has a Shadow	FOX		January 31, 1999	22M		21%
The Simpsons	Sunday, Cruddy Sunday	FOX		January 31, 1999	22M		21%
The Practice	New Evidence (1)	ABC		January 30, 2000	23.85M		27%
Survivor	Stranded	CBS		January 28, 2001	45.37M	21.8%	39%
Malcolm in the Middle	Company Picnic	FOX		February 3, 2002	21.45M		21%
Alias	Phase One	ABC		January 26, 2003	17.36M		20%
Survivor	They're Back!	CBS		February 1, 2004	33.54M	14.9%	32%
The Simpsons	Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass	FOX		February 6, 2005	23.10M		22%
American Dad	Pilot	FOX		February 6, 2005	23.07M		22%
Grey's Anatomy	It's the End of the World	ABC		February 5, 2006	37.88M		27%
Criminal Minds	The Big Game (1)	CBS		February 4, 2007	26.31M		26%
House, M.D.	Frozen	FOX		February 3, 2008	29.05M		27%
The Office	Stress Relief	NBC		February 1, 2009	22.91M	10.6%	21%
Undercover Boss	Waste Management	CBS		February 7, 2010	38.6M
Glee	The Sue Sylvester Bowl Shuffle	FOX		February 6, 2011	26.8M	11.1%
The Voice	Blind Auditions (1)	NBC		February 5, 2012	37.61M	16.3%
Elementary	The Deductionist	CBS		February 3, 2013	20.8M	7.8%
New Girl	Prince	FOX		February 2, 2014	26.3M		20%
Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Operation: Broken Feather	FOX		February 2, 2014	15.07M		13%
The Blacklist	Luther Braxton (2)	NBC		February 1, 2015	25.72M		24%
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Show 87	CBS		February 7, 2016	20.55M		25%
24: Legacy	12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	FOX		February 5, 2017	17.576M	6.1%	22%
This Is Us	Super Bowl Sunday	NBC		February 4, 2018	26.972M	9.3%
The World's Best	The Auditions (1)	CBS		February 3, 2019	22.206M	7%
The Masked Singer	Group A	FOX		February 2, 2020	23.731M	8.1%
The Equalizer	The Equalizer	CBS		February 7, 2021	20.404M	5.08%
Winter Olympic Games	2022	NBC		February 13, 2022	21.277M	5.61%	39.5%
Next Level Chef	A Next Level Welcome	FOX		February 12, 2023	15.657M	5%	38.6%
Tracker	Klamath Falls	CBS		February 11, 2023	18.44M	3.94%
The Floor	Season 3 Kicks Off	FOX		February 9, 2024	13.938M	3.7%	22%
TBA	TBA	NBC		February 8, 2025
TBA	TBA	ABC		February 14, 2026