We're at predictions and overnights right now on the Super Bowl, but the current analysis from Sports Media Watch has the early predictions at a 38.2 national rating and 103.8 million on the main network and another six million otherwise. Slight upticks from last year, but still far below what usually is the situation. Watch this space for overnights...
4 PM PST MONDAY: The overnights are far better than those numbers. (Source, again: Sports Media Watch)
40 rating, 113 million viewers.
Almost 119 million for Rihanna's homage to wife-beaters (How in the fuck can any woman, in good conscience, do the Super Bowl halftime with the realities of how not only the players, but male fans, treat women ancillary to the contests?) and the like, the best halftime show since 2015.
And I literally just commented on this to JAB128, and if you want a shocking number, here it is:
Cincinnati: 45.9 rating, 77 share, the third-highest overnight city rating of cities and the highest not involved in the game. (KC: 52 rating, 87 share Philly: 46.3 rating, 77 share)
If the 113 million is correct, it would not only be the second (ESPN says third, but the 113 million would be the second-highest for Super Bowls, and the top nine, and 29 of the top 30 most-watched are Super Bowls) most-watched television program in history, but only about a million and a half away from the record, the Super Bowl eight years ago.
The ESPN figure, I find out, is because the Apollo 11 moon landing coverage in 1969 is estimated to have been between 125 and 150 million people. With 207 million people in the country then, that is nearly 60-75% of the entire US population.
Rihanna's halftime number is second to eight years ago, when Katy Perry and Left Shark were seen by 123 million people.
Far below? Maybe the rigged NFL tweets are having more of an impact than we thought (or at least I hope).
ReplyDeleteIt's, as I said, a slight bump from last year, so it's not out of line with the last couple years, but it's far below what it used to be.
ReplyDeleteWhat I will be interested in, however, in that regard, is the Cincinnati area ratings, should they come out. San Francisco won't watch as much anyway, as they're bandwagoners to begin with!
OH MY, JAB128 -- see above. And see Cincinnati's numbers...
DeleteI know. That's surprising. As for SF, that's why the old 49erhaters.com site used to call 49er fans The Bandwagon.
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