In case you missed the Super Bowl last night – and based on the ratings, you didn’t – the broadcast beat the 1996 Super Bowl with 97.5 million viewers.
The game eclipsed the previous Super Bowl record of 94.08 million, set when Dallas defeated Pittsburgh in 1996. The final “M-A-S-H” episode, which drew 106 million viewers in 1983, is the only other show in American broadcast history watched by more people.
Sunday’s game had almost all the ingredients Fox could have hoped for: a tight contest with an exciting finish involving a team that was attempting to make history as the NFL’s first unbeaten team since 1972.
Glad FOX made more money last night.
