The 2008 Super Bowl telecast was the most watched Super Bowl of all time, with an average of 97.5 million viewers in the United States and 148.3 million total viewers watched some part of the game. The broadcast achieved its highest Nielsen ratings (43.3) for the game since Super Bowl XXXIV. It was also the second most-watched TV program of all time in the United States.
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So far, the most viewed Super Bowl was the Super Bowl XLIV (44) between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints, which on CBS had 153.4 million viewers in the US. It was the most viewed TV show in American history.
Super Bowl XLV, in which the Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25, was the most-watched American television show in history. The February 6th FOX telecast averaged 111 million viewers, which surpassed the previous record of 106.5 million set in 2010 by CBS' telecast of Super Bowl XLIV. That contest, in which the New Orleans Saints pulled off a 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts, broke the record of 105.9 million, set in February 1983 by the final episode of "M*A*S*H".