Superbowl XLIV becomes most watched US TV Program

The poor weather Stateside increased the number of viewers, this Superbowl now takes the 27 year old record for the most watched TV Programme away from the M*A*S*H finale.

It attracted 106.5M Viewers according to Nielsen Ratings.

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(thought this worth a special thread rather than losing it in sport)

Be interesting to know what the combined global viewing figures are.

I doubt they'll be much more. Last year 106m watched world wide, but 98m of those were in the States, so I doubt it'll be much more than 110m.

I wouldn't have.

I wonder how much the BBC got?

You probably wouldn't even give your own mother a funeral , judging by your previous posts here.

What a ridiculous comment.

Was that a line on tonight's EastEnders?

Not quite sure how to reply to that. I just feel this isn't something that can be turned into much of a discussion** and is something that doesn't really fit into what the forum is about, however I'm probably going to proved wrong.

And for the record please don't take anything I say on the forum to heart, I usually don't mean it.

**EDIT: Also worth pointing out the person wanting us to discuss it, doesn't discuss it himself.

There's no real way to collate such a figure

Beyond finding out how many viewers it got in each country in which it was shown, of course, which shouldn't actually be that difficult for anyone who can be bothered to do the research.

But the accuracy of audience research is going to differ from country to country.