Super Bowl overnight U.S. TV ratings tie record

The Green Bay Packers' 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers earned a 47.9 market rating in 56 metered U.S. markets, an increase of 3 percent over last year's game on CBS and tying it with Super Bowl XXI in 1987, according to News Corp's Fox. Last year's Super Bowl victory by the New Orleans Saints over the Indianapolis Colts set the record for largest U.S. TV viewing audience at 106.5 million, which topped the 106 million who watched the finale of the comedy "M*A*S*H" in 1983. For the first time ever, an NFL game was the most-watched show among all programs in each of the season's 17 weeks, and league games accounted for the 19 most-watched TV shows among all programing last fall as well as 28 of the top 30.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/07/us-superbowl-ratings-idUSTRE7163GS20110207

Craig Wilson