Giants and Patriots draw record Super Bowl audience
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A record number of Americans watched Sunday's Super Bowl on Fox between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, helping justify the millions of dollars advertisers spent on commercials during the game.
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American football's Super Bowl is watched by 97.5m viewers, making it the second most-viewed show in US TV history.
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During Thursdayâs opening round of the FBR Open at the T.P.C. Scottsdale, a record crowd of 83,657 topping the capacity of the 73,000-seat University of Phoenix Stadium, the site of Sundayâs Super Bowl.
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Lawrence Maroney's 1-yard touchdown run gave the New England Patriots a 7-3 halftime lead over the New York Giants in the Super Bowl. The Giants kept the heavily favored Patriots in check with a clock-chewing ground game and relentless pressure on New England quarterback Tom Brady, who was sacked three times and hit often.
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The New England Patriots know beating the New York Giants in Sunday's Super Bowl means more than a perfect 19-0 season -- it could be the defining moment of their careers.
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Advertisers couldn't have asked for much more out of the Super Bowl XLII on Sunday. A nail-biting 17-14 victory by the New York Giants over the New England Patriots likely kept most of the audience glued to the television -- and the commercials -- until the final seconds.
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The New England Patriots play for a place in Super Bowl history on Sunday against a Philadelphia Eagles team who are just glad to finally be there.
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Fox swept prime-time television  ratings last week, thanks to Sunday's broadcast of the New York  Giants' dramatic victory in Super Bowl XLII, the most-watched  sporting event in U.S. history.
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More than 100 million people in the  United States are expected to tune in to the Super Bowl on  Sunday, and many of them will be watching the game on brand new  big-screen television sets.
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The New England Patriots may be more than seven months removed from their Super Bowl XXXVIII victory, but there is apparently no escaping the fanfare that comes with winning big.
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The New England Patriots take on the New York Giants in the NFL's showpiece game in Arizona.
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The Giants surprised even their most ardent fans with their Super Bowl victory. On Tuesday, the new N.F.L. champions were the ones left awestruck.
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The New England Patriots' Super Bowl victory over the Philadelphia Eagles was seen by an estimated 86.1 million people, down 4 percent from last year's game, Nielsen Media Research said Monday.
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Based on the time zone adjusted fast nationals, The New York Giants versus the New England Patriots on Super Bowl XLII on Fox Sunday averaged a whopping 97.5 million viewers -- the most-watched Super Bowl ever. Comparably, it was the highest rated in eight years among adults 18-49 (37.6 rating) and second most-watched telecast ever in total viewers behind the series finale of MASH on Feb. 28, 1983. Lead-out House benefited, with a record 29.0 million viewers and a 12.8 rating among adults 18-49 -- Fox's highest rated telecast among adults 18-49 since The X-Files on Nov. 23, 1997.
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom  Brady said he will be ready to face the New York Giants in the  Super Bowl on Sunday after a week of speculation about his  fitness.
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The New England  Patriots earned a place in NFL history by completing a perfect  16-0 regular season with a 38-35 victory over the battling New  York Giants Saturday.
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Very preliminary findings from 49 of the nation's biggest markets showed that ratings for the New York Giants' thrilling Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots were up 9 percent over last year's big game, according to Nielsen Media Research on Monday.