Last night’s Super Bowl XLVI, in which the Giants defeated the Patriots, was seen by 111.3 million people and received a 40.5 in the 18-49 demo, making it the most-watched television event in United States history. That rating is only slightly higher than the last Super Bowl which stands at 111 million overall but the demo is a 16-year best.
The Voice bolstered a 16.3 18-49 rating and 37.5 million viewers overall overnight rating which is 27% higher than Fox’s post-Super Bowl Glee episode last year (11.1/1), according to NBC.
That’s the best a post-Super Bowl show has done since Grey’s Anatomy in 2006 (16.5) but, of course, falls way behind NBC’s last best Friends in 1996. Yes, it even beat Undercover Boss from two years ago.
Once again, tonight is the true test for NBC’s success with The Voice and Smash‘s premieres.
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I don't think that Super Bowl will help The Voice to have a record season. My guess is that the viewers will quickly get bored with it as they did with season one. On the other hand NBC doesn't have any other strong shows that could've filled that spot last night... The Office is losing viewers and all other scripted shows are doing bad/dreadful.