BOWL RATINGS INCONCLUSIVE
Overnight ratings for Sunday’s Super Bowl telecast on CBS were inconclusive as to whether it would be the most-watched football game ever, a network spokesman said Monday.
The 13-city ratings showed that the New York Giants’ 39-20 victory over the Denver Broncos drew a 47.8 rating and a 68 share. The full Nielsen ratings for the nation will not be released until today.
In New York, the Super Bowl drew a 53.4 rating and a 72 share. In Denver, the game registered a 55.7 rating and a huge 84 share.
CBS spokesman Doug Richardson said Super Bowl XXI should be among the top three or four most-watched Super Bowls.
“We don’t know whether the numbers will push it to the most-watched ever,” he said. “We could have done a little better if the second half hadn’t turned out so one-sided.”
In the overnight ratings, Super Bowl XXI drew its lowest numbers in Los Angeles and Houston. Both cities drew a 43.2 rating.
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