Super Bowl XLVI set a new historic record
Pasted in the night from Sunday to Monday Super Bowl XLVI set a new record in the history of American television. Sports game has been watched by 111.3 million viewers, it is better to achieve the former by 300 thousand. It is noteworthy that the audience of the final is growing for the seventh consecutive year. Rating in the category 18-49 was 40.5.
The peak of spectator interest, of course, came in the last half hour, when the decisive moments in a match watched 117.7 million viewers. A half-hour break of Madonna's performance has been watched by 114.0 million viewers.
The most successful programs to date is as follows:
• 111.3 million - Super Bowl XLVI, NBC
• 111.0 million - Super Bowl XLV, Fox
• 106. 5 million - Super Bowl XLIV, CBS
• 106.0 million - M.A.S.H. Finale, CBS
• 98.7 million - Super Bowl XLIII, NBC
Following the Super Bowl NBC channel put the second season premiere of The Voice this year. Reality show last year has suddenly become popular, so it was entrusted with this important timeslot. The program did not disappoint, saving 37.6 million viewers. Rated in the category 18-49 (16.3) ahead of it, and Glee (11,1) and the premiere of reality Undercover Boss (16,2), but has not held up a little Grey's Anatomy (16,5) in 2006.
We should also mention the fact that during the NBC advertising actively promoting its new Smash, showing a lot of different spots. The series is shown on Monday and goes right after the “The Voice”, so the expectations from the ratings should be highest.