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Sunday’s Super Bowl Most-Watched Ever

Posted by Matt Loede under Super Bowl 

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It’s official.  Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup between the victorious New York Giants and New England Patriots was the most-watched big game telecast ever.  According to Nielsen Media Research, an average of more than 97-point-five-million people watched the event on Fox, up five percent from last year.  The number also beats the 94-point-one-million viewers that Super Bowl 30, featuring the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers, drew. 

Sunday’s Super Bowl also now likely comes in second when it comes to the most-watched telecast of all time, behind the M*A*S*H series finale in 1983.  That episode had an audience of 105-point-nine-million people.  Viewership for Sunday’s Super Bowl peaked between 9:30 and 10 p.m, when the Giants made their late-game comeback to 105-point-seven-million viewers.


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