We have the numbers from CBS. Super Bowl XLVII did not set a viewership record, ending a three year streak that ended with last years Super Bowl that averaged 111.3 million viewers. Still, the average viewership for this years Big Game resulted in an astounding 108.41 million people who watched the contest between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers (A quick aside, your humble blogger predicted yesterday that viewership would be 108.2 million. I pat myself on the back).
CBS also requested Nielsen to delete the period when the blackout hit the Superdome in between 8:41 p.m. ET and 9:11 p.m. So overall, the fast national rating was 46.3 with a 69 share, again lower that last years numbers of 47.0/71.
CBS will take those numbers as nothing else can come close to an audience of over 100 million viewers. Rather impressive numbers despite being down from the last two Super Bowls. Heres the press release.