2016 Super Bowl: 111.9 million viewers in the US on free-TV channel CBS (-2.2% compared to 2015)

The 2016 Super Bowl (the final of the NFL) between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers (24-10) drew 111.9 million viewers on average in the United States on CBS on 07/02/2016. The kick-off of the 50^th edition of the Super Bowl, played at Levi's Stadium (68,500 seats) in Santa Clara (California, USA) -- the stadium of the San Francisco 49ers -- was 18:30 on the East Coast United States on Sunday 07/02/2016 ()0:30 CET on 08/02/2016).

This figure allowed the US free-TV channel to achieve the third best audience for a Super Bowl since its first edition on 15/01/1967. Super Bowl 2015, played on 01/02/2015 and broadcast by the US free-TV channel NBC, was watched by 114.4 million viewers on average, making it the most watched programme in the history of American television, according to figures released by the institute for American TV audience Nielsen on 02/02/2015.

The audience, in the US, of the 2016 edition fell by 2.5 million viewers compared to 2015, a decrease of 2.2%. 111.9 million viewers means that 34.7% of the US population watched the game (United States population…