Posted on 02/04/2019 7:45:09 AM PST by EdnaMode
The 13-3 win for the New England Patriots over the Los Angeles Rams last night wasn’t the most exciting Super Bowl ever played by any measure, but the 2019 big NFL game was sure one for the history books.
First of all, in the Patriots’ third consecutive visit to Super Bowl, the match-up in Atlanta on Sunday was the lowest scoring Super Bowl ever, a dubious honor at best. The record was previously held by Super Bowl VII, which saw the Miami Dolphins best the Washington Redskins 14-7 on January 14, 1973.
Secondly, Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady is now the first NFL player to win six Super Bowl rings with this latest triumph for the Massachusetts team. With this sixth Super Bowl win for the Patriots, the 41-year old Brady also has been in nine Super Bowls over his career, more than any other NFL player ever – which is not a record to scoff at in any way.
However, when it comes to ratings, Super Bowl LIII is not one anyone’s going to want to brag about.
Shown on CBS for the first time since 2016 and with ad spots going for around $5 million each, the Rams’ loss scored a 44.9/68 in metered market results.
To put that in the starkest light of day, that’s a dip of just over 5.2% from the big NFL battle of February 4, 2018 on NBC in the first round of ratings. On a larger playing field, that metered market result for yesterday’s game is the worst the Super Bowl has done in the early numbers since the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals on February 1, 2009.
A very tight and seamlessly flowing offering from the network, yesterday’s Super Bowl is also down a bit over 8% from the metered markets of the last time CBS had the game three years ago.
Super Bowl 50 saw the Denver Broncos top the Carolina Panthers 24-10 on February 7, 2016 in a gridiron clash that eventually resulted in 111.9 million viewers and the honor at the time of being the third most watched show in U.S. TV history.
The lowest rated Super Bowl in eight years in the early metrics, last year’s Philadelphia Eagles’ victory 41-33 over the Patriots ended up with 103.4 million viewers, a nine-year low – so far.
Last night’s post-game premiere of James Corden-fronted reality series The World’s Best pulled in a 14.0 in the metered markets according to Nielsen numbers this morning. While unscripted apples to dramatic oranges, that’s a drop of almost 14% from the special Super Bowl episode of NBC’s This Is Us that aired after last year’s Eagles’ win.
No surprise for such a low scoring game that didn’t see a single touch down for ages, Super Bowl LIII peaked near the end with a 47.3 in metered markets in the 9:30-10 PM ET slot.
As we now turn our gaze to Super Bowl LIV set for next year in Miami, we’ll update with more Super Bowl LIII numbers, including that tepid Maroon 5 halftime show and The World’s Best debut later, as more data comes in.
As we have done in the past, let’s put the latest Super Bowl in greater perspective by checking out the Top 5 Super Bowl metered market ratings ever – a list that this year’s game is certainly not a part of:
1) 2015: 49.7 – Super Bowl XLIX: New England Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks (NBC) 2) 2016: 49.0 – Super Bowl 50: Denver Broncos vs. Carolina Panthers (CBS) 3) 2017: 48.8 – Super Bowl LI: New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons (Fox) 4) 2013: 48.1 – Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore Ravens vs. San Francisco 49ers (CBS) 5) 2011: 47.9 – Super Bowl XLV: Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (Fox)
Someone at the Super Bowl party said the halftime show would have been improved by Karie Perry's "left shark" - the one with no rhthym.
“Up With People!” would have been an improvement.
Superbowl VII would still hold the record if not for the Garo Ypremium pass.
People are sick of New England
The Rams didn’t deserve to be in the game.
The game was boring.
Nuff said.
I liked the Audi commercial too. But it’s getting killed after the fact. It’s going to be a great car. Leave it to Audi to design an electric car that looks good. They make great cars. Perfect to lease because just like German WWII tanks, they are expensive to repair/maintain when they break.
had the Saints been playing (as they should have been) it would have set records.
Tainted game.....
Rigged. I said to my wife that there will be at least three bogus calls to help Boston.
1. The made up penalty early on where the Rams tackled the running back for a loss after catching a short toss from the quarterback. The refs said the Rams tackler did not allow for the pass receiver a chance to make a football move because he was tackled right as he caught the ball. It resulted in an automatic first down, helped the patriots drive to continue.
2. Fourth quarter, Rams fourth down with the play clock running and the referee standing on the ball preventing the play from starting, then releasing when there were only 4 seconds left as the Rams shifted from punt formation to run a play to try and get the first down. They could not get the play off, resulting in delay of game that took them back 5 yards and eliminated the fake punt.
3. The bogus holding call you mentioned.
3. The pass interference non-call you mentioned.
Rigged, I tell you. Rigged.
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That represents a loss of 4.74 million viewers (myself included). Pretty bad considering the highest rated games were in recent years (2015 & 2016) and the U.S. population is higher every year.
Had the Pats played the Saints, New Orleans would be hosting a parade this week instead of Boston.
We'll never know that. NO/Pats don't play each other next season. One thing's pretty sure. Tom Brady would've had to wake up during the first half if he'd been playing the Saints.
There is a message the NFL will never learn from this. All the pandering they've done to appease black racists and their apologists, including entertainment personalities, didn't have them replacing the fans who are disgusted. LA went to the SuperBowl and LA didn't care.
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