After averaging a 44.6 rating in its first half-hour and a 48.0 in the second, Super Bowl XLIX topped a 50 rating in each half hour from 8 p.m. ET to the game’s conclusion, peaking with a 52.9/73 from 10 to 10:15 p.m. ET.The Katy Perry-led halftime show did roughly a 50.8/73 in the overnights from 8 to 8:30 p.m. ET, up from a 48.6/71 for Bruno Mars’ concert a year ago on Fox.
Super Bowl XLIX was a good night for Katy Perry and her halftime show too. The “Roar” singer’s 8 – 8:30 PM ET performance with Missy Elliot and Lenny Kravitz snagged 118.5 million viewers. That’s a solid more than 3 million viewer jump over the record breaking 115.3 million that Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers got last year. The previous halftime champion was Madonna’s 2012 performance with M.I.A and Nicki Minaj and more. That halftime show had an audience of 114 million watching.
