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NOYB Jan 22, 6:15 pm Newsgroups: rec.boats From: "NOYB" <n...@noyb.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:15:52 GMT Local: Sun, Jan 22 2006 6:15 pm Subject: Re: Any of you east coast "jps" <t...@thedump.com> wrote in message > pinheads who think football isn't played west of the Mississippi want to > comment on the Seahawks-Panthers game or have you all gone to bed? Nobby sez:

The only two somewhat sure-things coming out of that game: 1) Seattle will win 2) It will be the lowest-rated championship game in NFL history. SO,

Wrong on both counts Nobby boy...

Pundits Were Wrong: Super Bowl Nabs Highest Ratings In 10 Years

February 6, 2006 By KOMO Staff & News Services NEW YORK - An estimated 90.7 million people watched the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks Sunday, the largest Super Bowl audience since 1996 when the Steelers last played in the title game. That was 5 percent more than the 86.1 million people who watched the New England Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles last year, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. When the Dallas Cowboys beat the Steelers in 1996, there were 94.1 million people watching. Locally, in the Seattle market, preliminary numbers show the game was seen by 924,159 households, which roughly translates to 1.6-2.3 million people, and 85 percent of all TV's turned on during the game locally were watching the Super Bowl. The Steelers beat the Seahawks 21-10, but the game wasn't really decided until the final five minutes or so, which helped keep the audience glued to the set, said Larry Hyams, ABC research executive. "The Super Bowl obviously is a national event and people are going to tune in regardless of whether the teams have national appeal," Hyams said. "It's up to the game to hold the audience." An episode of "Grey's Anatomy" that aired directly after the game on ABC (although it was held until 10 p.m. locally) was seen by 38.1 million people, the biggest audience for a post-Super Bowl show in five years, Nielsen said.

http://medialifemagazine.com/artman/publish/article_2695.asp

The game, in which the Steelers defeated the Seahawks 21-10 to take their fifth-ever NFL title, averaged a 42.1 overnight household rating, according to Nielsen. That’s down 3 percent versus a 43.4 for last year’s Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots, which also remained somewhat close until the end.

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That settled into a final rating of 41.1, down from the previous year’s 41.4 on CBS. Overall, Super Bowl ratings have hovered between a 40.4 and a 41.4 the past five yeas, with overnight ratings slightly higher.

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whoops... :>)

When I said lowest-rated championship game in NFL history, I was talking about the championship game between Seattle and Carolina. If I was talking about the Super Bowl, I'd have said "Super Bowl".