Ratings Analysis: The Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals faced off, hip-hop royalty took the stage during the halftime show, and viewers tuned in by the millions for NBC's broadcast of 'Super Bowl LVI'. The 56th 'Super Bowl' posted a colossal 29.47 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic, putting it a solid 11% above the 2021 game (
26.48). In terms of total viewers, the 99.2 million it posted in that category was over 7 million more than the previous year's figure (
91.6 million). At 10, the 'Post-Game' (16.94) rose by 10% from the year-ago edition (
15.46). The '2022 Winter Olympics' (5.61) was the direct lead-out to this event and was also 10% higher than what 'The Equalizer' (
5.08) posted in this timeslot in 2021. CBS foolishly decided to air an original episode of 'Celebrity Big Brother' (0.26,
-0.16) against the 'Super Bowl', causing the spinoff series to plummet to its lowest rating to date. The 7PM '60 Minutes' (0.15) was also negatively impacted by the game. From there, the Tiffany network aired reruns of 'The Equalizer' (0.11) and 'SWAT' (0.18). For the third year in a row, ABC scheduled reruns of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (0.17/0.17) and 'Shark Tank' (0.10/0.18) against the main attraction. Fox went with reruns of 'The Simpsons' (0.12), 'Bob's Burgers' (0.12), more 'Simpsons' (0.13), 'The Great North' (0.09), more 'Bob's' (0.08), and 'Family Guy' (0.10). The CW barely even registered at all with repeats of 'March' (0.02) and 'Two Sentence Horror Stories' (0.01/0.01).
Time | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (mil) | Network |
| 7 PM | Super Bowl LVI | 29.47/100 | 99.18 | NBC |
| America's Funniest Home Videos (R) | 0.17 | 1.70 | ABC |
| 60 Minutes | 0.15 | 2.20 | CBS |
| The Simpsons (R) | 0.12 | 0.40 | Fox |
| 7:30 PM | Bob's Burgers (R) | 0.12 | 0.40 | Fox |
| 8 PM | Celebrity Big Brother | 0.26 | 1.50 | CBS |
| America's Funniest Home Videos (R) | 0.17 | 1.60 | ABC |
| The Simpsons (R) | 0.13 | 0.40 | Fox |
| March (R) | 0.02 | 0.10 | The CW |
| 8:30 PM | The Great North (R) | 0.09 | 0.30 | Fox |
| 9 PM | The Equalizer (R) | 0.11 | 1.40 | CBS |
| Shark Tank (R) | 0.10
| 0.80 | ABC |
| Bob's Burgers (R) | 0.08 | 0.40 | Fox |
| Two Sentence Horror Stories (R) | 0.01 | 0.10 | The CW |
| 9:30 PM | Family Guy (R) | 0.10 | 0.40 | Fox |
| Two Sentence Horror Stories (R) | 0.01 | 0.10 | The CW |
| 10 PM | Super Bowl Post-Game | 16.94/74 | 54.07 | NBC |
| Shark Tank (R)
SWAT (R) | 0.18
0.18 | 1.20
1.70 | ABC
CBS |
| 10:30 PM | 2022 Winter Olympics | 5.61/38 | 21.28 | NBC |
Key:
(R) = repeat
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