The Saints’ victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was seen by more than 106 million people are free from the 1983 finale of “M * A * S * H” to be the most watched program in U.S. television history, announced Nielsen Co. Monday.
New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl victory over the Indianapolis Colts not only completed 42 seasons in football pointlessness of the permission, also shattered one of the TV industry’s most storied records.
Approximately 106.5 million tuned to CBS ‘telecast of Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday, and is the most watched TV program in the United States ever, tops the series finale of that network’s legendary wartime sitcom “MASH”, which drew 106 million viewers in 1983, according to Nielsen.
The viewer’s rough calculation obliterated the preceding record audience for a Super Bowl – last year’s game between Arizona and Pittsburgh. This game was watched by 98.7 million people, “says Nielsen.
A tight game, feel-good story of the saints, and a fierce blizzard in the country’s mid-Atlantic region, which kept people inside did not hurt ratings. But the huge spectators for the Super Bowl are also a sign of strength big event training and increase the power of social media in an era of media disintegration.
