SKEDBALL: Super Bowl Ratings Charts

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Considering it was the third-worst blowout in Super Bowl history, the early ratings in the 56 markets with local Nielsen meters are very good and in line with the last four years.  National ratings will be available later today.  The 47.6 household rating in the metered markets for last night’s game will translate to a slightly lower household rating in the nationals.

Complete round-up of Super Bowl Sunday (pre-game and post-game), as well as other sports over the weekend, now added below.

The official estimate of the number of people watching in an average minute is 115.3 million people (of any age), setting anew record by 200,000 people.  We don’t have the “Total Audience” figure yet (the number of people who tuned in for at least a few minutes).  FOX is not releasing it yet, meaning there was nothing to boast about.  Still given how awful the game was, it is amazing the average audience number did not choke as badly as the Denver Broncos did.

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 1 and Sunday February 2, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.

NFL: Super Bowl Sunday

11.0 rating FOX 4:00-5:00 Pre-Game (+33% from 8.3 last year on CBS)
15.0 rating FOX 5:00-5:30 Pre-Game (+30% from 11.5 last year on CBS)
19.6 rating FOX 5:30-6:00 Pre-Game (+15% from 17.1 last year on CBS)
32.6 rating FOX 6:00-6:30 Kickoff (+7% from 30.6 last year on CBS)
47.6 rating FOX 6:30-10:00 Super Bowl 48 (-1% from 48.1 last year on CBS)
29.2 rating FOX 10:00-10:30 Post-Game (-15% from 34.4 last year on CBS)

College Basketball

1.1 rating 1:00 pm Saturday CBS Kentucky-Missouri
2.88 rating 6:30 pm Saturday ESPN Duke-Syracuse OT
1.5 rating 1:00 pm Sunday CBS Michigan-Indiana

PGA Golf: Phoenix Open

2.0 rating CBS 3:15 pm Saturday 3rd Round (-5% from 2.1 last year on NBC)
2.6 rating CBS 3:00 pm Sunday Final Round (-21% from 3.3 last year on NBC)

NHL

0.84 rating NBC 12:30 pm Sunday Detroit-Washington OT

Soccer: English Premier League

0.23 rating NBCSN 7:45 am Saturday Sunderland-Newcastle
0.47 rating NBCSN 10:00 am Saturday Manchester United-Stoke
0.28 rating NBCSN 8:30 am Sunday Liverpool-W Brom
0.37 rating NBCSN 11:00 an Sunday Crystal Palace-Arsenal