Sunday’s unbelievable game between the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons drew 111.3 million viewers per Deadline, putting it in a tie for the fourth-most watched TV program in U.S. history with Super Bowl 46 (Patriots-New York Giants). It now trails Super Bowl 50, which is in third place, and two Seattle Seahawks games:
Super Bowl XLVIII, which had 112.2 million viewers, and Super Bowl XLIX, which had 115.2 million. That game also jumped to 120.8 million viewers in the final minutes, with most of those fans being thrilled, and a small, but sad, percentage of us getting our hearts ripped out.