NFL on CBS

<h3>2010s</h3>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true">With an average US audience of 106.5 million viewers, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XLIV%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XLIV%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XLIV%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIV" title="Super Bowl XLIV">Super Bowl XLIV</a> on CBS was the most-watched Super Bowl ever as well as the most-watched program of any kind in American television history, beating the 27-year-long record previously held by the final episode of <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22M%2AA%2AS%2AH%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22M%2AA%2AS%2AH%20%28TV%20series%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BM%2AA%2AS%2AH%20%28TV%20series%29%7CM%2AA%2AS%2AH%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" class="new" title="M*A*S*H (TV series) (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTSpBKlMqSF8oVFZfc2VyaWVzKT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">M*A*S*H</a></i>, "<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Goodbye%2C%20Farewell%20and%20Amen%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Goodbye%2C%20Farewell%20and%20Amen%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGoodbye%2C%20Farewell%20and%20Amen%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" class="new" title="Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvR29vZGJ5ZSxfRmFyZXdlbGxfYW5kX0FtZW4/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Goodbye, Farewell and Amen</a>", watched by 105.97 million viewers.<span data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20news%7Clast%3DDeans%7Cfirst%3DJames%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%5C%2Fmedia%5C%2F2010%5C%2Ffeb%5C%2F08%5C%2Fsuper-bowl-most-watched-show%7Ctitle%3DSuper%20Bowl%20ends%20MASH%20finale%27s%2027-year%20reign%20as%20most-watched%20US%20TV%20show%7Cpublisher%3D%27%27%5B%5BThe%20Guardian%5D%5D%27%27%7Cdate%3D8%20February%202010%7Caccessdate%3D8%20February%202010%20%7C%20location%3DLondon%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" class="new" title="Nielsen rating (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmllbHNlbl9yYXRpbmc/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Nielsen rating</a> of 46.4 with a 68 share, the highest for a Super Bowl since <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XX%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XX%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XX%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">Super Bowl XX</a> in 1986. The telecast drew a 56.3 rating in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22New%20Orleans%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222009%20New%20Orleans%20Saints%20season%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2009%20New%20Orleans%20Saints%20season%7CNew%20Orleans%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" href="/wiki/2009_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2009 New Orleans Saints season">New Orleans</a> and a 54.2 rating in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Indianapolis%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222009%20Indianapolis%20Colts%20season%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2009%20Indianapolis%20Colts%20season%7CIndianapolis%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" href="/wiki/2009_Indianapolis_Colts_season" title="2009 Indianapolis Colts season">Indianapolis</a>, first and fourth respectively among local markets.<span data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3DNielsenBlog%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fblog.nielsen.com%5C%2Fnielsenwire%5C%2Fmedia_entertainment%5C%2Fsuper-bowl-xliv-most-watched-super-bowl-of-all-time%5C%2F%20Super%20Bowl%20XLIV%20most%20watched%20Super%20Bowl%20of%20all%20time%5C%2F%5D%20Nielsen%20Blogs%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-NielsenBlog_1-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-NielsenBlog_1-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2224816-7805209455f3653c193e4c%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ5a9cf779638d9b94-nowiki-00000004-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E2%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2224816-7805209455f3653c193e4c%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ5a9cf779638d9b94-nowiki-00000005-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-NielsenBlog-1%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-NielsenBlog-1%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2221%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E2%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2222%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" href="#cite_note-NielsenBlog-1"><span data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[&#x200b;</span>2<span data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]&#x200b;</span></a></sup>&#x200b;</span>
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">On November 28, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222010%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222010%20NFL%20season%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2010%20NFL%20season%7C2010%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" href="/wiki/2010_NFL_season" title="2010 NFL season">2010</a>, CBS broadcast its 5000th NFL game.<span data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" 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data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Gus%20Johnson%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Gus%20Johnson%20%28sportscaster%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGus%20Johnson%20%28sportscaster%29%7CGus%20Johnson%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(sportscaster)" title="Gus Johnson (sportscaster)">Gus Johnson</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Steve%20Tasker%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Steve%20Tasker%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSteve%20Tasker%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-7805209455f3653c193e4c" href="/wiki/Steve_Tasker" title="Steve Tasker">Steve Tasker</a> on the call.
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