records. an average of 111.5 million viewers held on during the broadcast. it hardly declined as the game went on. obviously seattle turned it into a blowout, but viewership dropped only by 5% in the fourth quarter. the champs managed to get out of town just fine. the cheers came from the 12th man. but the big party, of course, is going to be wednesday. the championship parade will start at 11:00 a.m. local time in downtown seattle. a story that s trending, a furniture store in houston, texas last $7 million because the seahawks won the big game. it was a promotion that they ran. anyone who spent $6,000 or more in the previous two weeks got a full refound because the seahawks beat the broncos.
bruno mars also set a new high with 115 million viewers. that beat out last year s performance by beyonce by 5 million viewers and takes the top spot from madonna. the sports with richard lui. i wonder if it sets a record for the number of people who turned it off. did i not call the seahawks winning? i sure did. yes, ma am. yes, ma am. i think i better start talking here. the seahawks, back home after winning the super bowl for the first time in franchise history and out the plane window the 12th man flag being waived. the parade is wednesday. no fan areas were provided to welcome them. only airport workers with their green pompoms. seattle s malcolm smith was not with the team. he was at disney world. that s what you do when you win the super bowl. that s what you do when you are the only third defensive player ever to win the super bowl mvp.
they re wrong. time and time and time again. but we appreciate the negativity because all that does is ad add a chip to the shoulder. didn t need another chip. i was when you re there, you can actually watch the receivers. nobody was open. ever. say whatever you want about peyton and his performance. there was nowhere to go. and the fans were loud. i ve never been to a super bowl i ve been to a lot of super bowls because fox holds them. never one that loud. it was like a giants home gail. the 12th man, respect, respect. absolutely. that s it. right before the game yesterday, before we got on jersey transit, our phones were going off about the death of philip seymour hoffman. which happened here in new york city. and we have learned so much more today. the information is sad and disturbing. we ll get it to you.
it s very disappointing. and it s not an easy pill to swallow, but eventually, we have to. record-setting year for peyton, fifth mvp award, but now all anyone s going to remember is them laying an egg in the super bowl. wow. andy, what do you think happened? how could they come out so flat? so, i think once they fell behind it just snowballed, because the seahawks, what are they really good at? pass defense. and they knew the broncos would have to try to pass to get back in the game and they were just teeing off on those broncos receivers and peyton just never got into that rhythm. how do you stop peyton manning? get him out of rhythm. he never found it this entire game. the crowd was interesting, into. people have been deriving this as the corporate crowd, you had to have major bucks to get into the game, but they were loud. that s why they call them the 12th man. thank you, andy. while the seahawks were piling on the broncos, hillary clinton apparently decided to join i
this fast moving snowstorm is only in first quarter. what al roker promises will be a week of mystery, we second the today show gang, can we file a complaint with punxsutawney phil? that groundhog was right. i m going to finds him and smack his momma. the relentless defense dominated from the first snap as broncos championship dreams and peyton manning s come back slipped through their fingers on their very first play. talk about the 12th man in seattle look how this game starts. peyton manning is come to the line to make a protection check or change the play. down and out. it was a bad weekend in the garden state for someone other than peyton manning from former port authority aide difd wildstein s memo and chris christie s political battles just got tougher.