Super Nielsen rating for Super Bowl

Overnight rating for Super Bowl just shy of record

Eli Manning, as New York Giants quarterback, posing with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl XLVI
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Posted: 02/06/2012

By: Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- The overnight rating for the New York Giants' Super Bowl win over New England was less than 1 percent shy of the record tied last year.

New York's 21-17 victory Sunday night on NBC received a 47.8 rating and 71 share, Nielsen Media Research said Monday. It trailed the 47.9/71 overnight for Green Bay's 31-25 victory over Pittsburgh last year on Fox and the 47.9/68 for the Giants' 39-20 win over Denver in 1987.

The game began with a 43.3/69 for the first half hour from 6:30-7 p.m. EST and peaked at a 51.8/73 from 9:30-10 p.m., when the Giants rallied in the fourth quarter.

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