Super Bowl viewership lowest since 2009

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NEW YORK — 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.

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.

Nielsen says 103.4 million watch Super Bowl

After having Justin Timberlake back as the half time
attraction, why did anyone watch?
 
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That is a positive move. Maybe the trend will continue and the NFL will lose all TV viewership.

One can only hope ......
 
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You'd be hard pressed to find anyone outside of Philly that thought the Eagles would win. You'd be equally hard pressed to find anyone outside of Boston that wanted to see New England win again. Couple that with a younger generation that really doesn't care for 'old people' sports and would rather play their video games and you have shrinking audience.

I expect to see the NFL moving to cable and subscription channels more and more as the general public loses interest and the networks look for content appealing to a broader audience. (ie Monday Night Football.. the college networks etc)
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You'd be hard pressed to find anyone outside of Philly that thought the Eagles would win. You'd be equally hard pressed to find anyone outside of Boston that wanted to see New England win again. Couple that with a younger generation that really doesn't care for 'old people' sports and would rather play their video games and you have shrinking audience.

I expect to see the NFL moving to cable and subscription channels more and more as the general public loses interest and the networks look for content appealing to a broader audience. (ie Monday Night Football.. the college networks etc)
IMHO YMMV tax tag title sold seperately

In addition, perhaps fans, destroying things in frenzied mobs, after one's team wins, is not advisable.
 
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These stats are skewed. The live streaming of sports make an accurate account of viewership impossible. TV ratings down? Ok, but overall? Impossible to calculate.

I wonder if the folks ignoring the streaming aspect for the Super Bowl are the same ones talking about it for the SOTU.
 
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