Super Bowl LV: Viewership registers a 14-year low for the NFL & CBS
February 9, 2021 by:
Super Bowl LV saw Tom Brady winning his seventh Super Bowl championship as the
Tamba Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansa City Chiefs 31-9 and while a lot of history was made on Sunday, viewership was down considerably year-to-year, according to Nielsen data.
Nielsen saw unprecedented delays in getting the preliminary ratings out for this year s game. The early numbers are usually released the day following the Super Bowl but as Monday came and went, the numbers were still being tallied. As of now,
Super Bowl LV drew a total audience of 96.4 million viewers on CBS and a bundle of platforms and other outlets. There had been speculation that, due to a football season that was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, this could end up being one of the least-watched Super Bowls in history and that speculation has turned into a reality.
Sports Media Watch is reporting that the Super Bowl matchup between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs was the lowest-rated Super Bowl since 196
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