Ratings

CBS SPORTS’ COVERAGE OF SUPER BOWL 50 IS MOST-WATCHED PROGRAM IN TELEVISION HISTORY AS 167.0 MILLION VIEWERS WATCH ALL OR PART OF GAME

            The CBS Television Network’s coverage of SUPER BOWL 50 featuring the DENVER BRONCOS’ 24-10 win over the CAROLINA PANTHERS on Sunday, Feb 7 (6:39-10:22 PM, ET) was watched in all-or-part* by a record 167.0 million (Persons 2+) viewers, making it the most-watched single broadcast in television history on an all-or-part basis according to Nielsen’s Fast Total Audience Estimates.

The previous high was CBS’s coverage of Super Bowl XLVII in 2013 (164.1 million; Baltimore Ravens-San Francisco 49ers).  

The 167.0 million viewers is a television-only number and does not include online and mobile streaming.

            *(Watched at least six minutes of the telecast)

 

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