Super Bowl Is Second-Most-Watched TV Program in History
PHOENIX--The New York Giants' upset of the New England Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl was the second-most-watched television program in history.
The game drew an average of 97.5 million U.S. viewers.
It's the most-watched Super Bowl ever and among all TV programs, ranks only behind the final episode of M*A*S*H. That drew 106 million viewers in 1983.
By Mark Maske |
February 4, 2008; 5:26 PM ET
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Posted by: Jimmy the Geek | February 5, 2008 2:48 PM
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Mark, you can shut me out of your chat, but you can't stop a blog post. Now let's roll the tape from last week's NFL Insider chat:
Washington, D.C.: Given the perfect conditions will allow the Patriots to air it out, how do do see the Giants secondary covering Moss and Stallworth?
Mark Maske: I think we'll see the Patriots score 35 points or more.
Hmmm. The low end of your range was off by 21 points. Missed it by THAT much. But even worse, you said over and over again that any team beating New England had to take chances offensively and score a ton of points because you could book the Pats for 30 no matter what. In fact, the Giants were careful and balanced on offense (26 runs versus 34 passes) and won the game on defense. In other words, the exact opposite.
Now I'm certain you'll say that all the smart, insider guys saw the game the same way. Wrong. Keith Olbermann forecast a Giants win, via an Eli Manning comeback no less.
I'm trying not to get personal here, honest. But if you're going to continuously put these wrongheaded predictions out there, I'm going to continue to call you on them. Goes with the territory of being a ubiquitous media celebrity.