NBC and CBS split the Saturday victory, while FOX (obviously) won Sunday via 'Super Bowl XLVIII.'
Speaking of the "Big Game," it scored a 39.3 18-49 demo rating, down ever so slightly from last year's 39.7. However, the 43-8 blowout did succeed in setting a new all-time audience record of 112 million total viewers.
Lucky lead-out 'New Girl' performed to the tune of an 11.4 demo rating, and drew in over 26 million viewers. This quite obviously represents series highs in both measures for the comedy. Freshman sitcom 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' actually underperformed a tad, losing a good 40% of 'New Girl's inflated audience.' The Andy Samberg vehicle earned a 6.9 demo number, and drew about 15 million total viewers. Again, both are obviously series highs.
Not wanting to compete against the juggernaut that is 'The Super Bowl,' every other network decided to sit Sunday out. For the record, the highest rated shows not on FOX included reruns of ABC's 'Shark Tank,' CBS' 'NCIS,' and the Ben Stiller film 'Little Fockers.'
Key: Broadcast Network - Show Name - 18-49 Rating - 18-49 Share - Total Viewers In Millions
Saturday
8PM
NBC - Best of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (R) - 0.9 - 3 - 3.86
FOX - NFL Honors (N) - 0.9 - 3 - 3.15
CBS - 2 Broke Girls (R) - 0.6 - 2 - 2.82
ABC - Blades of Glory (Movie) - 0.6 - 2 - 2.15
8:30PM
CBS - Mom (R) - 0.7 - 2 - 2.94
9PM
CBS - 48 Hours (R) - 0.8 - 3 - 4.54
10PM
NBC - Saturday Night Live (R) - 1.2 - 4 - 3.81
CBS - 48 Hours (N) - 0.8 - 3 - 5.29
ABC - 20/20 (N) - 0.8 - 2 - 2.95
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Sunday
7PM
FOX - Super Bowl XLVIII - 39.3 - 77 - 112.19
CBS - 60 Minutes (R) - 0.4 - 1 - 3.52
NBC - Dateline (R) - 0.4 - 1 - 2.33
ABC - America's Funniest Home Videos (R) - 0.4 - 1 - 2.23
8PM
ABC - America's Funniest Home Videos (R) - 0.6 - 1 - 2.78
CBS - The Good Wife (R) - 0.3 - 1 - 2.51
9PM
NBC - Little Fockers (Movie) - 0.7 - 2 - 2.43
ABC - Shark Tank (R) - 0.6 - 1 - 2.22
CBS - The Mentalist (R) - 0.4 - 1 - 2.87
10PM
FOX - Super Bowl Postgame - 25.5 - 53 - 65.78
ABC - Shark Tank (R) - 1.1 - 1 - 3.70
CBS - NCIS (R) - 1.0 - 2 - 6.84
10:30PM
FOX - New Girl (N) - 11.4 - 27 - 26.30
11PM
FOX - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (N) - 6.9 - 18 - 15.07
Source: Nielsen Media Research