CBS Sports' Super Bowl 50 coverage creates TV history with 167 mn viewers

CBS Sports' Super Bowl 50 coverage creates TV history with 167 mn viewers

CBS Sports

MUMBAI: The CBS Television Network's coverage of Super Bowl 50 featuring the Denver Broncos’ 24-10 win over the Carolina Panthers on 7 February was watched in all-or-part by a record 167 million viewers, making it the most-watched single broadcast in television history on an all-or-part basis according to Nielsen's Fast Total Audience Estimates. These include those who watched at least six minutes of the telecast.

The previous high was CBS’s coverage of Super Bowl XLVII in 2013 (164.1 million; Baltimore Ravens-San Francisco 49ers).

The 167 million viewers is a television-only number and does not include online and mobile streaming.