Weekend Ratings (2/1-3/08) Super Bowl Ratings (UPDATED)

Super Bowl is of course the #1 television event of the year. Just how big was it this year, though? The results, along with the rest of the weekend ratings, a click away.

New York Giants vs. New England Patriots scored 97.5 million viewers, up from 93.18 million that the Colts vs. the Bears generated for CBS one year ago. This was not only the highest rated Super Bowl ever, but also the second highest rated telecast in the history of the United States. The first was of course the 1983 series finale of M*A*S*H with 105.9 million. Last night's game however peaked between 9:30 and 10:00pm with 105.7 million viewers.

"House" held on to about one third of that audience pulling in almost 38 million viewers. Last year's post-Super Bowl episode of "Criminal Minds" scored a little over 26 million viewers. Expect the final "House" numbers to go a little down, as these results include only the first half of the episode.

The most successful competing program airing against Super Bowl was CBS' veteran newsmagazine "60 Minutes" with 4.99 million viewers. Over 12 million people were watching non-Super Bowl network programming.


FRIDAY:


ABC:
8:00pm Grey's Anatomy (R) (4.13 million)
9:02pm Desperate Housewives (R) (3.64 million)
10:02pm 20/20 (6.75 million)

CBS:
8:00pm Ghost Whisperer (R) (7.31 million)
9:00pm Moonlight (R) (5.91 million)
10:00pm NUMB3RS (R) (6.89 million)

NBC:
8:00pm 1 vs 100 (7.87 million)
9:00pm Friday Night Lights (5.64 million)
10:00pm Las Vegas (6.86 million)

Fox:
8:00pm Bones (R) (5.59 million)
9:00pm House (R) (7.83 million)

CW:
8:00pm Friday Night Smackdown! (4.23 million)


SATURDAY


ABC:
8:00pm War of the Worlds (R) (5.71 million)

CBS:
8:00pm Ghost Whisperer (R) (4.30 million)
9:00pm 48 Hours Mystery (5.10 million)

NBC:
8:00pm American Gladiators (R) (3.50 million)
9:00pm Law & Order: SVU (R) (5.53 million)
10:00pm Law & Order (R) (6.53 million)

Fox:
8:00pm Cops (6.46 million)
9:00pm America's Most Wanted (6.32 million)


SUNDAY:


ABC:
7:00pm Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (R) (3.29 million)
8:00pm America's Funniest Home Videos (R) (4.17 million)
9:00pm Meet the Fockers (R) (4.12 million)

CBS:
7:00pm CBS Reports (3.37 million)
8:00pm 60 Minutes (4.99 million)
9:00pm Shark (R) (4.25 million)
10:00pm Cold Case (R) (6.06 million)

NBC:
7:00pm Biggest Loser (R) (2.30 million)

Fox:
7:00pm Super Bowl XLII (97.5 million)
9:30pm Super Bowl Post Game Show (68.32 million)
10:15pm House (38 million)

CW:
7:00pm CW Now (349,000)
7:30pm Aliens in America (R) (435,000)
8:00pm Life Is Wild (749,000)
9:00pm Crowned (727,000)


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