Not even Chiefs fatigue or an Eagles blowout may cease the NFL’s momentum.
On Monday, Fox Sports activities shared the monster, historic viewership numbers for Tremendous Bowl LIX, reporting 126M viewers tuned in for Philadelphia’s 40-22 romp in New Orleans on the Caesars Superdome.
In keeping with Fox Sports activities, the viewers peaked at 135.7M viewers within the second quarter because the Eagles turned a 7-0 lead after one quarter right into a 24-0 blowout by halftime.
Per Sports Media Watch, final yr’s Tremendous Bowl LVIII, a Chiefs 25-22 additional time win over the 49ers, drew an viewers of 120.25M to set the earlier viewership document.
With Kansas Metropolis in its third consecutive Tremendous Bowl and fifth in six seasons, there have been questions on whether or not informal and impartial followers would watch.
That concern was legitimate. In 2004, for instance, the Patriots reached the Tremendous Bowl for the third time in 4 seasons, and their 24-21 win over the Eagles had three million viewers lower than their triumph in Tremendous Bowl XXXVIII towards the Panthers a yr earlier.
Tremendous Bowl LV, the final blowout within the massive recreation, a 31-9 Buccaneers win over the Chiefs, drew 95.2M viewers in Feb. 2021, the Tremendous Bowl’s lowest since Tremendous Bowl XLI in 2007.
Whether or not it was as a result of viewers wished to glimpse Kansas Metropolis’s demise or be sure that they did not miss Kendrick Lamar’s unimaginable halftime efficiency, Tremendous Bowl LIX drew a bigger viewers than most anticipated it might.
For these needing proof that the NFL is indestructible, look no additional. If there had ever been a season to anticipate Tremendous Bowl scores to say no, it might have been this yr.
As an alternative, the league proved as soon as once more how well-liked it’s. Not even a blowout within the Tremendous Bowl can sluggish its roll.
