via press release:
CBS SPORTS’ COVERAGE OF Super Bowl XLVII IS WATCHED IN ALL-OR-PART BY RECORD 164.1 MILLION VIEWERS
The CBS Television Network’s coverage of Super Bowl XLVII featuring the BALTIMORE RAVENS’ 34-31 win over the SAN FRANCISCO 49ers’ on Sunday, Feb 3 (6:32-8:41 and 9:11-10:47 PM, ET) was watched in all-or-part* by a record 164.1 million viewers, up 3% from last year’s 159.2 million for Super Bowl XLVI (N.Y. Giants-New England).
Last night’s 164.1 million (Persons 2+) is the highest number of viewers to ever watch all-or-part of the Super Bowl. The previous high was 2011’s 162.9 million for the Green Packers-Pittsburgh Steelers game.
*(watched at least six minutes of the telecast)
This was the number that I was waiting for the other one is just the average. This is the real number here. So this easily makes it the most watched Super Bowl of all-time to beat that 162.9 million from the game in 2011. I thought that would be impossible to beat.
this isnt the real number
Im confused ??
I had last year as 166,800,000.
This site even mention 166,800,000 too:
http://www.eltern-kind-forum.at/forum/babywunsch-f4/the-super-bowl-is-hot-number-of-data-created-ameri-t6809.html
Even mentioned here at tvbythenumbers:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/02/06/167-million-people-in-the-u-s-watched-at-least-part-of-super-bowl-xlvi/118868/
Can someone explain ?
What are the halftime numbers!?!?
Game Total Viewers
Super Bowl XLVI (Giants-Patriots), 2/5/12 166.8 million
NOT 162.9
I think 166.8 million might be the real number for last year. I think this number usually develops on Tuesday or Wednesday as their probably still counting the actual number of eyes watching the game.
That probably means this game is around 168 or 169
@Romo: sadly, I cannot, but I’ll see if I can find anything out. The only thing I can guess is last year NBC went with “watched at least 1 minute” and CBS went with watched at least *6* minutes.