Last night's sloppy Super Bowl 50—which featured four fumbles and two interceptions—also might have caused CBS to fumble away its chance to have the highest-rated telecast of all time.
According to Nielsen's fast national ratings, the Denver Broncos-Carolina Panthers game was watched by an average of 111.9 million viewers, which makes it the third most-watched Super Bowl—and third most-watched U.S. program—in history.
CBS said viewership peaked between 8:30 and 9, when 115.5 million tuned in. CBS' Super Bowl livestream also attracted an average of 1.4
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