US Superbowl XLI Pulls in 93 Million Viewers

Written by charmed_dude from the blog US TV Ratings on 06 Feb 2007
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The Super Bowl Supersizes 'Criminal Minds'
Source: Nielson Media Ratings

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Yes those Americans do love thier sport and The Super Bowl is TV's Highest Rated Event. Here's the run down on Sunday's Big Game. Please note normal Sunday ratings for the other networks will be included in the Rating's Analysis which will be added soon.

Based on the fast nationals, Super Bowl XLI (Indianapolis vs. Chicago) averaged a 42.6 rating/64 share on Sunday, Feb. 4 from 6:27 PM -10:04 PM on CBS (According to Nielson Media Research). Comparably, that was up by two percent from the year-ago performance in the Super Bowl on Feb. 5, 2006 on ABC (41.6/62 on ABC, according to the final nationals from year ago performance), making it the highest-rated Super Bowl since St. Louis vs. Tennessee in 2000 which garnerd 43.3/63 demographic. Super Bowl XLI was also the second most-watched Super Bowl of all time, averaging 93.15 million viewers, and the third most-watched program in television history, behind the series-finale of MASH and Super Bowl XXX.

Comparably, Pittsburgh/Seattle in The Super Bowl last year averaged 90.72 million viewers (which, at that time, was the largest audience for a Super Bowl telecast since January 28 1995, and biggest audience for any TV show since the same date).

Ignited by The Super Bowl, a special Sunday airing of lead-out Criminal Minds hit a series-high 15.0/26 in households demographic, with 26.23 million viewers. Comparably, however, it doesn't match last years ABC’s special edition of Grey’s Anatomy post The Super Bowl last year, which was considerably higher at 38.1 million viewers. It was The Super Bowl last year which put Grey's on the rating's chart and catapulted it to Top 5 spot, constantly in competition with CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation this year.

Later in the evening, a special Sunday edition of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson post Super Bowl also reached an all-time high, with a 3.7/11 in households and 5.15 million viewers. Comparably, that is more than double its season to-date average (1.5/ 5 in households, 1.96 million viewers).

Source: Nielson Media Data Research