Why is football so popular?

 All time most watched TV...

Broadcast	Average viewers (in millions)	Date	Network(s)
1	Apollo 11 Moon landing	125–150[6][7][8]	July 20, 1969	multiple
2	Super Bowl LVII	115.1	February 12, 2023	Fox
3	Super Bowl XLIX	114.4	February 1, 2015	NBC
4	Super Bowl LVI	112.3	February 13, 2022	NBC
5	Super Bowl XLVIII	112.2	February 2, 2014	Fox
6	Super Bowl 50	111.9	February 7, 2016	CBS
7	Super Bowl XLVI	111.3	February 5, 2012	NBC
	Super Bowl LI		February 5, 2017	Fox
9	Super Bowl XLV	111.0	February 6, 2011	Fox
10	Richard Nixon's resignation speech	110.0[7]	August 8, 1974	multiple
11	Super Bowl XLVII	108.7	February 3, 2013	CBS
12	Super Bowl XLIV	106.5	February 7, 2010	CBS
13	M*A*S*H ("Goodbye, Farewell and Amen")	105.9[9]	February 28, 1983	CBS
14	Super Bowl LII	103.4	February 4, 2018	NBC
15	Super Bowl XXVII Halftime Show (Michael Jackson)	102.0 [10]	January 31, 1993	NBC
16	Super Bowl LIV	100.4	February 2, 2020	Fox
17	Roots ("Part VIII")	100.0[11]	January 30, 1977	ABC
	The Day After		November 20, 1983
19	Super Bowl XLIII	98.7	February 1, 2009	NBC
20	Super Bowl LIII	98.2	February 3, 2019	CBS
21	Super Bowl XLII	97.4	February 3, 2008	Fox
22	Police pursuit of O.J. Simpson	95.0[12][13]	June 17, 1994	multiple
23	Super Bowl XXX	94.1	January 28, 1996	NBC
24	Super Bowl XLI	93.2	February 4, 2007	CBS
25	Super Bowl XX	92.6	January 26, 1986	NBC
26	Super Bowl LV	91.6	February 7, 2021	CBS
27	Super Bowl XXVII	91.0	January 31, 1993	NBC
28	Super Bowl XL	90.7	February 5, 2006	ABC
29	Leon Spinks vs. Muhammad Ali II	90.0[14][15]	September 15, 1978	ABC
30	Super Bowl XXVIII	90.0	January 30, 1994	NBC