THE MOST-WATCHED ANYTHING EVER
02.08.10
The overnight ratings from last night are in, and it’s official: more Americans watched Super Bowl XLIV than anything that’s ever been on television. The big game drew 106.5 million viewers, breaking the record of 105.97 million set in 1983 by the final episode of “M.A.S.H.” No Super Bowl had ever drawn as many as 100 million viewers (98.7M watched last year’s Steelers-Cardinals championship). It’s a pretty big deal, right?
“It is not surprising that the Super Bowl broke viewing records,” said Bill Carroll, vp director of programming at Katz TV Group. “When you have a once-a-year event, particularly suited to HD, with little to no competition on broadcast or cable, while in this economy mostly watched from home, with a blizzard on the East Coast, it would be more surprising if the game did not set a record.” [THR]
Oh. Well then. That guy must be the life of the party wherever he goes. Thanks for the input, VP Director of Pissing in the Punchbowl.
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@Taco – I think you are thinking about last year’s Champion’s League final, not World Cup.
Speaking of Haiti I think CNN is going to leave Anderson Cooper down there till his ratings improve. Or he runs out of black t-shirts.
@ Taco Jones – although if Fox News has taught me anything it’s tough for the rest of the world to watch sporting events what with their lack of TVs, electricity and constant terrorism plots.
Didn’t the World Cup just barely beat out a Super Bowl as the most watched event in the world? Let’s see what this Super Bowl’s global numbers are before we start sucking off the World Cup.
Puppy Bowl or GTFO
….and what’s the deal with airline food?!
Whoa whoa whoa- we’re going to talk about soccer in June? Fuck that shit- I’m out.
I kid- where else would I go? I’m already banned at Deadspin and Football season is over so I can’t spend all day on KSK.
I’m also sick of America’s Birthday every year….don’t you think she is sick of being told how old she is?
yay! Tons of people got to see my team shit the bed! I’M SO HAPPY!!
//starts to eat spaghetti – cheese pizza covered with haagen das
@Truth – it often helps to, you know, READ the post and not just the headline, you little prick.
“more Americans watched Super Bowl XLIV than anything that’s ever been on television”
Everyone knows that the entire world watches the World Cup final. We can talk about that in June, okay?
Note to self: plan crime spree to occur during next year’s Super Bowl.
Bill Carroll thinks the earthquake in Haiti was a sad and all, but come on, you’ve got thousands of people living in poverty directly on top of an unpredictable fault line. It would only have been “news” if thousands of people didn’t die.
@You Suck
Totally! Brigham Young (AP #12) would have totally fucked up the Saints. And what’s with the national anthem bull shit anyway? The War of 1812 was like 200 years ago!
People don’t care about 9/11 until 9/11……It’s all CBS would talk about last night “This city deserves it”…fuck em….show us more of “Fuck Da Eagles Heather” & shut up
Yes, the most watched thing ever if you ignore the entire rest of the world. The last World Cup final drew 715 million, which kind of dwarfs the measly 106 million.
How sad is it that over 105 million people watched MASH?
@ You Suck
Yeah! And that whole Sept.11 thing was like, what? 9 years ago? Whatever! Everybody knows Haiti is the new New Orleans.
Only because Animal Planet moved up the Puppy Bowl…
NFL is the most overrated league in the country. Their trophy is gay. I’m pretty sure than any college team in the top 15 would kick New Orleans’ ass. Fuck that City too. Katrina was 5 years ago! Who gives a shit any more
with little to no competition on broadcast or cable Clearly Mr. Carrol didn’t know The Truth About Cats and Dogs was being played on Fox 25 Boston. Seriously- that was their counter-programming to the Surperbowl, but I guess someone needs to cater to the lonely over forty 10 cat having shut-in demographic.
Really? Bill Carroll got picked for VP of PinP? I, and several brides over the past few years, still say my resume is stronger.
What’s surprising is CBS missed the opportunity to have David Caruso appear during the halftime show, and thus make it awesome.