Sunday Overnights: Lowest Household Overnight Average for the ‘Super Bowl’ Since 2010

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 43.1/64, CBS: 2.1/ 3, ABC: 1.3/ 2, Fox: 0.5/ 1

Note: Due to Super Bowl XLII airing last night on NBC, comparisons to the year-ago evening are excluded.

Ratings Breakdown:
It was all about “Super Bowl LII” on NBC, of course, with the Philadelphia Eagles’ 41 to 33 victory over the New England Patriots at an estimated 47.4 household rating from 6:31-10:25 p.m. ET. Comparably, this was three percent below the 48.8/56 for the “Super Bowl” in the household overnights on Fox in 2017, which translated into 111.3 million viewers (based on the Live + Same Day data from Nielsen). And it was the lowest rated based on these household overnights since 2010. Take a look at the household overnight track:

Super Bowl
2/04/18 (NBC): 47.4 rating
2/05/17 (Fox): 48.8
2/07/16 (CBS): 49.0
2/01/15 (NBC): 49.7
2/02/14 (Fox): 47.6
2/03/13 (CBS): 48.1
2/05/12 (NBC): 47.8
2/06/11 (Fox): 47.9
2/07/10 (CBS): 46.4

The adult 18-49 rating for “Super Bowl LII” was a 37.5 (based on the 25 overnight markets that monitor them.

The special edition of NBC’s “This Is Us,” which revealed how Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson died, scored an approximate 16.2 household overnight rating from 10:45-11:49 p.m. ET (with an 11.2 rating in adults 18-49). Following the late local news, that led into a 5.7 household rating for a live edition of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” from 12:24-1:35 a.m. ET.
What follows are the overnight results by half-hour for ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox.

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 1.2/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes Presents”: 2.2/ 3 (#2)
NBC – “Super Bowl LII”: Philadelphia Eagles vs. New England Patriots: 45.2/69 (#1)
Fox – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (R): 0.3/ 0 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 1.4/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes Presents”: 2.6/ 4 (#2)
NBC – “Super Bowl LII”: Philadelphia Eagles vs. New England Patriots: 46.7/70 (#1)
Fox – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (R): 0.4/ 1 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 1.3/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 1.8/ 3 (#2)
NBC – “Super Bowl LII”: Philadelphia Eagles vs. New England Patriots: 48.3/71 (#1)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 1.3/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 2.0/ 3 (#2)
NBC – “Super Bowl LII”: Philadelphia Eagles vs. New England Patriots: 48.5/70 (#1)
Fox – “Ghosted” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#4)

9:00 p.m.`
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 1.8/ 3 (#2)
NBC – “Super Bowl LII”: Philadelphia Eagles vs. New England Patriots: 48.9/69 (#1)
Fox – “Family Guy” (R): 0.8/ 1 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 1.8/ 3 (#2)
NBC – “Super Bowl LII”: Philadelphia Eagles vs. New England Patriots: 50.0/71 (#1)
Fox – “LA to Vegas” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 1.2/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 1.8/ 3 (#2)
NBC – “Super Bowl LII”: Philadelphia Eagles vs. New England Patriots: 51.1/73 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 1.8/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 2.6/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “Super Bowl LII” Post Game: 28.3/46 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research