NBC sets viewership record for once!

[KML0224]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/super-bowl-sets-records-111-3-million-tv-202205652.html

The overnights show a new viewership record for NBC, as Super Bowl XLVI averaged 111.3 million viewers. It was a tenth of a ratings point behind FOX for last year. WHDH-TV (NBC) channel 7 in Boston also set a record rating number for the Boston/Worcester DMA.

;D THANK YOU GIANTS!! ;D

 

[JayR]

From the article linked above:

Most-watched programs in U.S. television history

1. Super Bowl XLVI, NBC | 111.3 million
2. Super Bowl XLV, Fox | 111.0 million
3. Super Bowl XLIV, CBS | 106.5 million
4. "M.A.S.H." Finale, CBS | 106.0 million
5. Super Bowl XLIII, NBC | 98.7 million

This is great! M*A*S*H* was finally displaced out of the top three.

Bye bye bye!

8)

;D THANK YOU GIANTS!! ;D

I'm with you.

;D

 

[landtuna]

In all seriousness....just what does one isolated event mean? I can't think anyone in the biz would be duped into thinking this means an upward movement for NBC. They'll be right back in the dumper as we speak.

 

[1069_KIFR]

Did those numbers transfer over to "The Voice"?

 

[Yeziknoradio]

Did those numbers transfer over to "The Voice"?

I'm guessing not, but the Voice will most likely hold onto respectable numbers of some sort.

 

[johnnya2k6]

Did those numbers transfer over to "The Voice"?

I'm guessing not, but the Voice will most likely hold onto respectable numbers of some sort.

And it poses to be good news for both The Voice and Dancing With The Stars when the latter returns in March, as ratings for American Idol continue to slip.

Besides, The Voice also has something that Idol doesn't: Singer/actress Christina Milian as their "social media correspondent" (Alison Haislip of G4 -- another NBCUniversal property -- held that role last season). Don't get me wrong, but she is more appetizing than that other Christina they already have on there.

 

[FreddyE1977]

Now if they can just get the NFL to expand to five nights a week for 46 weeks...

 

[JayR]

Now if they can just get the NFL to expand to five nights a week for 46 weeks...

Humor duly noted.

 

[Nate Wesley]

Did those numbers transfer over to "The Voice"?

I'm guessing not, but the Voice will most likely hold onto respectable numbers of some sort.

The post-SB46 Voice pulled in more than 37 million viewers, while a follow-up Monday night edition pulled in just over 17 million:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/02/the-voice-post-super-bowl-top-ratings.html
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.c...-super-bowl-momentum-smash-results-are-mixed/

For what its worth (as the NY Times blog piece notes), that 17+ million was a bigger audience than the one tuned into the premiere of Fox's The X-Factor. NBC has to be markedly enthused toward that and how mega-hyped Smash did.