Super Bowl LII: Ratings for football's biggest game lowest since 2009

[Tugg Speedman]

Super Bowl LII: Ratings for football's biggest game lowest since 2009
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/super-bowl-lii-tv-ratings/
An estimated 103.4 million people watched the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, the smallest audience for television's biggest yearly event since 2009. Eagles pulled off a stunning win over the Patriots, 41-33, for their first championship in history.

The Nielsen company says viewership was down from last year's audience of 111.3 million. The all-time record for Super Bowl viewing was 114.4 million for the Seattle-New England game in 2015.

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Consolation for Patriots fans: The Pats won the Super Bowl LII popular vote, 613 yards to 538 yards

[Pakuni]

Super Bowl LII: Ratings for football's biggest game lowest since 2009
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/super-bowl-lii-tv-ratings/
An estimated 103.4 million people watched the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, the smallest audience for television's biggest yearly event since 2009. Eagles pulled off a stunning win over the Patriots, 41-33, for their first championship in history.

The Nielsen company says viewership was down from last year's audience of 111.3 million. The all-time record for Super Bowl viewing was 114.4 million for the Seattle-New England game in 2015.

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Consolation for Patriots fans: The Pats won the Super Bowl LII popular vote, 613 yards to 538 yards

In other words, the 10th most watched television broadcast ever.
And, for good measure, six of the top seven (and seven of  the 10) most watched broadcasts of the last year were NFL games.

[mu_hilltopper]

Oh look, another post on how the NFL is losing viewership.

[tower912]

I blame the halftime show.    Seriously, Justin Timberlake?    Pffffft.

[GooooMarquette]

I blame the halftime show.    Seriously, Justin Timberlake?    Pffffft.

I went out for my evening walk...

[MU82]

In other words, the 10th most watched television broadcast ever.
And, for good measure, six of the top seven (and seven of  the 10) most watched broadcasts of the last year were NFL games.

This.

And that doesn't even count the yuuuge number of streaming viewers.

[tower912]

This.

And that doesn't even count the yuuuge number of streaming viewers.

Or the ever larger parties. 

[Tugg Speedman]

In other words, the 10th most watched television broadcast ever.
And, for good measure, six of the top seven (and seven of  the 10) most watched broadcasts of the last year were NFL games.

your comments work if this year is the bottom in ratings and not the start of a larger decline.  Is the two year drop in ratings over?  If so, why?

[Pakuni]

your comments work if this year is the bottom in ratings and not the start of a larger decline.  Is the two year drop in ratings over?  If so, why?

No, my comments work because they're accurate. The NFL remains massively popular and your forecasts of its impending doom continue to be light years removed from reality.
I expect television ratings for the NFL will continue to decline - just as ratings have declined for just about all other programming - because of cord-cutting and the ever-expanding means by which people can access entertainment (be it football or something else).

I suspect you already know this but are playing dumb because the reality doesn't fit your agenda. Either that or you're so blinded by your desired narrative that you can't see reality.

Either way, we've been over this ad nauseam for months now and there's nothing new or interesting to add to the discussion.

[Eldon]

Interestingly, Buffalo was the city with the highest ratings--higher than both Boston and Philly.

[Jockey]

No, my comments work because they're accurate. The NFL remains massively popular and your forecasts of its impending doom continue to be light years removed from reality.
I expect television ratings for the NFL will continue to decline - just as ratings have declined for just about all other programming - because of cord-cutting and the ever-expanding means by which people can access entertainment (be it football or something else).

I suspect you already know this but are playing dumb because the reality doesn't fit your agenda. Either that or you're so blinded by your desired narrative that you can't see reality.

Either way, we've been over this ad nauseam for months now and there's nothing new or interesting to add to the discussion.

Pakuni, we know why Heisy attacks the NFL. It's the same reason he attacks Apple.

He perceives them as left leaning organizations.

[RJax55]

Interestingly, Buffalo was the city with the highest ratings--higher than both Boston and Philly.

Not surprising. Buffalo had the highest rating last year as well. Markets outside the top 20 typically have the highest ratings for the SuperBowl. Especially cities with NFL teams, like Indy, Buffalo, Nashville, KC, etc.

[Tugg Speedman]

Sure this is not a continuing trend?