{"id":2290311,"date":"2026-02-20T03:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2290311"},"modified":"2026-02-20T03:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:34:49","slug":"nielsen-revises-super-bowl-final-rating-to-125-6-million-viewers-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/nielsen-revises-super-bowl-final-rating-to-125-6-million-viewers-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Nielsen revises Super Bowl final rating to 125.6 million viewers | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" false=\"\">\n                                <meta itemprop=\"isAccessibleForFree\" content=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The average viewer numbers for the Super Bowl increased to 125.6 million after Nielsen released its final viewer figures on Thursday for the Feb. 8 game.<\/p>\n<p>It was a 700,000 increase from the original number of 124.9 million, which was released on Feb. 10.<\/p>\n<p>Nielsen attributed the update to a Big Data provider not properly collecting data from its devices on Feb. 8. Nielsen began using its <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nielsen.com%2Fnews-center%2F2025%2F2025-the-media-rating-council-accredits-nielsens-innovative-big-data-panel-national-tv-measurement%2F%23%3A~%3Atext%3DNielsen%2520is%2520the%2520first%2520accredited%2Csaid%2520Karthik%2520Rao%252C%2520Nielsen%2520CEO.&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJReedy%40ap.org%7Cac055d3889084538cb2108dddf367c66%7Ce442e1abfd6b4ba3abf3b020eb50df37%7C1%7C0%7C638912147302469917%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Q9UpatTN7WnANY3urUEYX%2FUUgqEtCXxdr2jcuhUvGgE%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Big Data + Panel<\/a> methodology for all events last September with the start of the current television season.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/super-bowl-seahawks-patriots-24ad67503a342a7e24348e66986250ab\">Seattle\u2019s 29-13 victory over New England<\/a> was on NBC, Peacock, Telemundo, NBC Sports Digital, and NFL+.<\/p>\n<p>That fell short of the 127.7 million U.S. viewers that tuned in for Philadelphia\u2019s 40-22 victory over Kansas City last year on Fox.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>AP NFL: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yakimaherald.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The average viewer numbers for the Super Bowl increased to 125.6 million after Nielsen released its final viewer figures on Thursday for the Feb. 8 game. It was a 700,000 increase from the original number of 124.9 million, which was released on Feb. 10. 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