top 25-Largest TV Markets

How the top markets stack up Here are the nation's top markets in terms of television households from Nielsen Media Research. 1. New York 2. Los Angeles 3. Chicago 4. Philadelphia 5. San Francisco 6. Dallas-Fort Worth 7. Boston 8. Washington 9. Atlanta 10. Houston 11. Detroit 12. Tampa, Fla. 13. Phoenix 14. Seattle 15. Minneapolis 16. Miami 17. Cleveland 18. Denver 19. Orlando, Fla. 20. Sacramento, Calif. 21. St. Louis 22. Pittsburgh 23. Portland, Ore. 24. Baltimore 25. Indianapolis I always find this list interesting, because to me, a city's influence is directly related to TV market size. When sports teams are looking for a new market, they tend to look at this list first.>