Super Bowl LII was a thriller, but its overall viewership? Less so.
For the third consecutive season, Nielsen overnight ratings dropped for the NFL’s premier event, despite the excitement of the Philadelphia Eagles’ 41-33 nail-biter over the defending champion New England Patriots.
Although its audience of 103.4 million puts Super Bowl LII at No. 10 on the all-time most-watched list of U.S. television, it was beaten out by the 1983 series finale of “M*A*S*H” (106.0 million). Adding in various streaming platforms such as NBCSports.com, NFL.com and the Yahoo Sports app, last night’s game was watched by about 106 million people.