NFL: Tremendous Bowl LVIII was most-watched telecast in historical past

LAS VEGAS — Whether or not it was due to the traumatic time beyond regulation ending to the sport, Taylor Swift within the stands, Usher’s halftime present, or individuals simply anticipating the adverts, one factor is for positive: individuals tuned in for the Tremendous Bowl. 

Tremendous Bowl LVIII was the most-watched in history, the NFL mentioned Monday. 

Throughout all platforms, the printed drew 123.4 million common viewers, based on early information. That is up 7% from final 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl, which held the earlier document with 115.1 million common viewers. Greater than 200 million viewers tuned in in some unspecified time in the future to observe the Tremendous Bowl this 12 months. 

The sport aired on CBS and streamed on Paramount+, with particular displays on Nickelodeon and Univision. This 12 months’s massive sport additionally had a record-setting streaming viewers on Paramount+ and greater than 2.2 million viewers on Univision, a Tremendous Bowl document for a Spanish-language community, CBS mentioned. 

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This Tremendous Bowl will possible go down as some of the memorable, given Taylor Swift’s attendance to help boyfriend Travis Kelce, and the truth that it was in Las Vegas for the first time. Throw in Kansas Metropolis profitable back-to-back titles — a uncommon accomplishment — and Patrick Mahomes’ late brilliance, and it was a traditional.

Usher shined in his halftime present, delivering a set with several highlights, together with appearances by Alicia Keys, H.E.R., Jermaine Dupri, Lil Jon and Ludacris.

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The Related Press contributed.