The Superbowl- Nielsen Ratings

Nielsen: 108.4 million people watched Super Bowl XLVII (47)

NEW YORK: With a partial power outage, an overly excited quarterback and a game that suddenly turned from snoozer to sizzler, CBS had its hands full at the Super Bowl.  The game fell short of setting a viewership record, but it stands as the third most-watched program in U.S. television history.

The Nielsen said an estimated 108.4 million people watched the Baltimore Ravens' 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. The most-watched events in U.S. TV history were last year's game, seen by 111.3 million, and the 2010 game, with 111 million viewers.

The full article can be found here: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-57567488/nielsen-108.4-million-people-watched-super-bowl/

 

Super Bowl XLVII: How We Watch and Connect Across Screens

According to Nielsen, Sunday's telecast of Super Bowl XLVII on CBS drew an average audience of 108.7 million viewers. The game, in which the Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers 34 to 31, was viewed in 53 million homes and had a 46.4 U.S. household rating. The in-game blackout, being reported as a separated telecast, averaged 106.6 million viewers. Separate program reporting is typically done when there are delays in live programming.

The full article is available here and features a full list of the historic viewership figures of the Superbowl: http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2013/super-bowl-xlvii-draws-108-7-million-viewers-26-1-tweets.html

Nielsen scrubs blackout, but Super Bowl ratings still drop

A power outage that plunged half the Superdome into darkness and stopped game play for 34 minutes put a damper on Sunday’s Super Bowl ratings, which came in behind the 2012 and ’11 games, making it the third most watched broadcast in TV history.

An average of 108.4 million people watched Sunday’s game, which morphed from a pre-blackout walkover into a post-blackout squeaker in which the Baltimore Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers 34-31.