Re: Steelers' win most-watched Super Bowl since '96 <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>NEW YORK -- An estimated 90.7 million people watched the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks Sunday, the largest Super Bowl audience since the Steelers last played in the title game in 1996.The audience was 5 percent bigger than the 86.1 million people who watched the New England Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles last year, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research.When the Dallas Cowboys beat the Steelers in 1996, there were 94.1 million people watching.The Steelers beat the Seahawks 21-10, but the game wasn't really decided until the final five minutes or so, which kept the audience glued to the set, said Larry Hyams, ABC research executive."The Super Bowl obviously is a national event and people are going to tune in regardless of whether the teams have national appeal," Hyams said. "It's up to the game to hold the audience."The Super Bowl is traditionally the biggest television event of the year. The Academy Awards, jokingly called the Super Bowl for women, often comes in second; last year, 41.5 million people saw the Oscars.Pittsburgh had the largest Super Bowl rating (percentage of all sets, whether on or off) of any media market, with a 57.1, Nielsen said. Seattle followed directly behind with a 55.A total of 141.4 million people watched at least some part of the game, Nielsen said. The 90.7 million figured represented the game's average audience at any given moment.The 141.4 million person figure makes it the second most-viewed program in television history, according to ESPN audience research. An average of 45.9 million households is second only to the series finale of M*A*S*H, which averaged 50.1 million.</div>Not bad considering alot of people didn't want or anticipate this matchup to begin with.
Re: Steelers' win most-watched Super Bowl since '96 <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Hypnotic? @ Feb 6 2006, 08:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Not bad considering alot of people didn't want or anticipate this matchup to begin with.</div>Yeah, that's what I was gonna say. I never would have thought that so many people were watching the game. I woulda thought there were more last year cuz of all that "T.O. coming back" drama and the "Dynasty" drama and the "Eagles finally getting to the big game" all in one.There were some big stories for this game--the Bus ending his career in Detroit, Roethlisberger becoming youngest QB to win it all, Porter vs. Stevens, Alexander being the MVP and breaking the rushing TD record... but I donno I feel like all these stories were a little more minor than last years.It was a great Super Bowl, I thought, probably my favorite, ever.
Re: Steelers' win most-watched Super Bowl since '96 <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JHair @ Feb 6 2006, 08:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Hypnotic? @ Feb 6 2006, 08:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Not bad considering alot of people didn't want or anticipate this matchup to begin with.</div>Yeah, that's what I was gonna say. I never would have thought that so many people were watching the game. I woulda thought there were more last year cuz of all that "T.O. coming back" drama and the "Dynasty" drama and the "Eagles finally getting to the big game" all in one.There were some big stories for this game--the Bus ending his career in Detroit, Roethlisberger becoming youngest QB to win it all, Porter vs. Stevens, Alexander being the MVP and breaking the rushing TD record... but I donno I feel like all these stories were a little more minor than last years.It was a great Super Bowl, I thought, probably my favorite, ever.</div>Aside from the fact that I'm not a big Eagles or Pats fan, last years Super Bowl was boring to me.
Re: Steelers' win most-watched Super Bowl since '96 That was amazing that there was like 90 percentage Steeler fans at the Super Bowl. When you saw the players coming out the Super Bowl, you see all those Terrible Towels? I was like wow.
