Super Bowl LI Ranks Third Historically in the Household Overnights

As a reminder, overnight rating results for any live sporting event are always approximate. With that in mind, Fox Sports is reporting a 48.8 rating/72 share in the metered market household overnights for the New England Patriots’ stunning victory over the Atlanta Falcons on “Super Bowl LI” from 6:45 p.m.-10:30 p.m. ET. Comparably, this ranks as the third-highest rated “Super Bowl” in the overnights historically, just behind the “Super Bowl” on NBC in 2015 (Patriots/Seahawks: 49.7 rating/72 share on 2/01/15) and the “Super Bowl” on CBS in 2016 (Broncos/Panthers: 49.0/72 on 2/7/16). And this is now Fox’s highest-rated “Super Bowl” to-date, with the prior overnight record at a 47.6/70 on Feb. 2, 2014 (for the Seahawks/Broncos match-up).

The premiere/preview episode of Fox’s “24: Legacy,” which debuts in its regularly scheduled time period this evening, scored at estimated 10.7 household rating from 11 p.m.-12 a.m. ET.

What follows are the metered market household results by half-hour for Sunday, Feb. 5:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 1.8/ 3 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Safe Haven”: 0.8/ 1 (#4)
Fox – “Super Bowl LI”: New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons”: 46.2/71 (#1)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 2.0/ 3 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Safe Haven”: 0.8/ 1 (#4)
Fox – “Super Bowl LI”: New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons”: 48.0/72 (#1)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 1.3/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 1.8/ 3 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Safe Haven” (R): 0.8/ 1 (#4)
Fox – “Super Bowl LI”: New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons”: 50.0/73 (#1)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 1.2/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 2.1/ 3 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Safe Haven” (R): 0.8/ 1 (#4)
Fox – “Super Bowl LI”: New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons”/Half-Time Show: 49.4/72 (#1)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 1.0/ 1 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 2.1/ 3 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Ride Along”: 0.5/ 1 (#4)
Fox – “Super Bowl LI”: New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons”: 49.1/71 (#1)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 1.0/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 2.1/ 3 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Ride Along”: 0.6/ 1 (#4)
Fox – “Super Bowl LI”: New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons”: 49.8/71 (#1)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 1.0/ 1 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 2.0/ 3 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Ride Along” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#4)
Fox – NBC – “Super Bowl LI: (New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons): 5.2/1/72 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 1.5/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 2.8/ 5 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Ride Along” (R): 1.2/ 2 (#4)
Fox – NBC – “Super Bowl LI Post game: 31.5/50 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research