[5] [6] In fact, the Super Bowl is the American sports broadcast with the most consistent ratings, [7] and draws substantially higher ratings than other sports events, including the NBA Finals and World Series. [8] Ratings for the Super Bowl first peaked from 1977 to 1987, when no less than 44.4% of American households with television sets The Super Bowl ratings record remains a 49.1 for 49ers-Bengals in 1982, but the viewership record was set just this year (2024) — 123.7 million for Chiefs-49ers. While Chiefs-49ers owns the largest official Super Bowl audience on record, that is only because Nielsen did not begin including out-of-home viewing in its viewership estimates until The Apollo 11 moon landing and the Super Bowl XXVII Halftime Show are generally considered the most watched broadcasts of all time, with an estimated viewership of 125–150 million [1] and 133.4 million, [2] respectively. However, the Apollo 11 moon landing is considered a news event and not a telecast, as the major networks each produced The Super Bowl is the most-watched event on TV. The top 10 most-watched telecasts are all Super Bowls. Out of the top 20 most-watched telecasts in history, the Super Bowl makes up 19 of the 20—only one episode of MASH as the only non-Super Bowl making the list. The Super Bowl has been televised in Spanish in the United States since 2014. The NFL playoffs averaged 38.5 million viewers during the first three weekends, a 9% increase over last year. Earlier Super Bowls did better when it comes to TV ratings, with the highest-rated Super Bowl being a 49.1 in 1982 between the 49ers and Bengals. Of the five highest-rated Super Bowls ever, four That included 95.2 million for the 2021 Super Bowl between Tampa Bay and Kansas City, which was the game’s lowest TV-only average since 2007. Univision averaged 2.3 million viewers, the highest Super Bowl viewership on record for a Spanish-language network. The Super Bowl has been televised in Spanish in the United States since 2014. 5 Highest Super Bowl Ratings Through History. Thanks to SportsMediaWatch, we have access to all the TV ratings since the famous Super Bowl 1.And even though there have been some unbelievable games played throughout the more than 50 years of the event, the following five were the most-watched. The ratings growth continued in the postseason—the 12 playoff games leading up to Sunday's Super Bowl averaged 38.5 million viewers on TV and streaming platforms, the Associated Press reported The audience for Super Bowl LVIII was so large that it approached the all-time most watched television broadcast in the United States set in 1969, when an estimated 125 to 150 million viewers Nielsen: Nielsen, which has been tracking Super Bowl ratings since the first game in January 1967, reports Super Bowl LVIII on CBS, Univision, Nickelodeon, Paramount+ and other digital services Whereas TV ratings (or Nielsen ratings) are a percentage of American TV households that were watching a certain program or channel. For example, Super Bowl 58 had a Nielsen rating of 42.1 and a Earlier Super Bowls did better when it comes to TV ratings, with the highest-rated Super Bowl being a 49.1 in 1982 between the 49ers and Bengals. Of the five highest-rated Super Bowls ever, four On the high end, Fox drew 27 million viewers for the Chiefs’ 28–18 victory Sunday afternoon over the 49ers, who failed to get revenge for their Super Bowl LVIII loss in February. That is the fourth-most-watched game of the season, extending Kansas City’s run of TV ratings dominance. The unbeaten Chiefs now have five of the six highest TV The highest-rated Super Bowl was Super Bowl XVI, which had a household rating of 49.1 when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, 26-21, in 1982 for the franchise’s first Super The Super Bowl has been televised in Spanish in the United States since 2014. The NFL playoffs averaged 38.5 million viewers during the first three weekends, a 9% increase over last year. Should the number hold strong, that would make this year’s Super Bowl the second most-watched NFL championship in history, second only to the aforementioned 2017 bout. Videos by ComicBook.com Here are the NFL TV ratings from the regular season, playoffs and Super Bowl LVII along with the 2023 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game. NFL TV ratings for Week 5: Cowboys-49ers game draws record number 9. Super Bowl XLIX. Coming in at number nine is Super Bowl XLIX, the fourth highest-rated Super Bowl, and the most recent one on this list. Featuring the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots (a common team to see in the Super Bowl by that point) in the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The game was an incredibly Which Super Bowls have had the best ratings? The highest-rated Super Bowl was Super Bowl XVI, which had a household rating of 49.1 when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, 26
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