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Super
Bowl
LVIII
/
Patrick
Mahomes
So,
despite
all
the
people
claiming
they
were
not
going
to
watch
this
year’s
Super
Bowl
LVIII
for
many
reasons
*coughs*
Taylor
Swift,
it
turns
out
this
year’s
edition
of
the
big
game
was
the
most
watched
ever.
ESPN
reports
a
record
number
of
eyes
were
in
front
of
their
television
screens
to
see
the
Kansas
City
Chiefs
defeat
the
San
Francisco
49ers,
Usher’s
brilliant
Apple
Music
Halftime
show,
and
less
than
a
minute
of
Taylor
Swift.
Per
ESPN:
According
to
Nielsen
and
Adobe
Analytics,
the Kansas
City
Chiefs’ 25-22
overtime
victory versus
the San
Francisco
49ers on
Sunday
averaged
123.4
million
viewers
across
television
and
streaming
platforms.
That
shattered
last
year’s
mark
of
115.1
million
for
Kansas
City’s
last-play
victory
over
the Philadelphia
Eagles with
a
7%
increase.
Nielsen
also
says
a
record
202.4
million
people
looked
at
some
part
of
the
game
across
all
networks
at
one
point,
which
was
a
10%
jump
over
the
previous
year’s
183.6
million.
It
also
eclipses
the
2016
Super
Bowl
between
the
Denver
Broncos
and
Carolina
Panthers
on
CBS,
which
had
112.34
million
viewers.
It
was
only
the
second
Super
Bowl
to
go
into
overtime
and
the
second
straight
event
to
average
over
100
million
viewers.
Possible
Reasons
For
This
Year’s
Super
Bowl’s
Ratings
Success
On
top
of
the
thrilling
game
that
saw
the
Chiefs
need
overtime
to
send
the
San
Franciso
49ers
back
to
the
bay
without
the
Lombardi
trophy,
again,
there
was
also
the
added
hoopla
of
Taylor
Swift
being
in
the
building
and,
of
course,
highly
anticipated
halftime
performance
from
Usher.
Leading
up
to
the
game,
the
extreme
MAGA
crowd
somehow
managed
to
link
Taylor
Swift,
President
Joe
Biden,
and
Super
Bowl
LVIII
in
some
ridiculous
conspiracy
theory.
Following
the
game’s
result,
President
Biden
even
mocked
them,
using
the
infamous
“Dark
Brandon”
meme
with
the
caption,
“Just
like
we
drew
it
up.”
We
will
be
tuned
in
again
next
year.
