SBXLII Most-Watched Super Bowl Ever
February 4, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under N.Y. Giants, New England Patriots, Super Bowl XLII
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
According to Nielsen Media Research, the New York Giants’ upset win over the New England Patriots yesterday was the most-watched Super Bowl ever, with 97.5 million viewers. The game topped the previous Super Bowl record of 94.08 million when Dallas beat Pittsburgh in 1996. More people watched yesterday’s game than all but one American television broadcast ever, the M*A*S*H* finale in 1983, which was seen by an incredible 106 million viewers. Super Bowl XLII 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.
