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Super Bowl scores biggest audience since 2017, most-streamed ever

SportzPower Team
Feb 14, 2023 20:02

FOX Sports’ presentation of Super Bowl LVII drew 113 million average viewers across its linear and digital channels as Patrick Mahomes lead the Kansas City Chiefs to a 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, the US network revealed.

The massive average audience comes from preliminary Nielsen Media Research Fast National data with final totals expected on Tuesday.

FOX Sports' presentation of Super Bowl LVII is set to finish as the largest Super Bowl audience in six years and the most-watched Super Bowl since 2017 on FOX.

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