Super Bowl XLVIII was watched by an average...

Super Bowl XLVIII was watched by an average audience of 111.5 million people, making it the most-watched TV show in history, said the Fox network, which broadcast the game. The previous record of 111.3 million was for NBC’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI in 2012. Three of the last four Super Bowls have set viewership records, Fox said in a news release Monday. Super Bowl XLVIII had a 46.4/69 Nielsen rating, matching the household rating and share for last year’s Super Bowl, said the broadcast network. The ratings for this year’s game “climbed through the first half and peaked at a 47.9/71” at around 7:30 to 8 p.m. ET, “as Seattle established a commanding 22-0 halftime lead,” said Fox. “Viewership remained impressively high through the fourth quarter despite the fact that Seattle had the game well in hand.” The game earned a 44/63 rating from 9:30 p.m. until it ended, “meaning that even in the closing minutes the rating was only 5 percent lower than it was for the entire game,” Fox said. Kansas City was the biggest market for the game broadcast, followed by Seattle, Indianapolis, New Orleans and Tulsa, Okla., Fox said. It also showed the game on Spanish-language Fox Deportes, where it averaged 561,000 viewers, making it “the most-watched non-soccer sports event in Spanish cable history,” Fox said. The game was also the most viewed live-stream in history, Fox said.