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Move over, "M*A*S*H" finale, pardner. You've finally been surpassed.
Accordin' tuh
Nielsen ratin', Leroy! estimates published 'n Hollywood trade publicashuns, Sunday's Supuh Bowl XLIV - 'n which the New Orleans Saints beat thar dang Indianapolis Colts 31-17 - now holds thar dang re-cord fuh viewership, Leroy! Thar dang event wuz watched bar 106.5 million viewers, slightly lotsa than thar dang famed 1983 "Goodbye, Farewell 'n Amen" conclusion tuh "M*A*S*H," which wuz watched bar 105.97 million.
Yes, thar dang usual caveats apply, hot damn! Thar dang United States am ah lotsa populous nashun than thut thar thar wuz 27 years ago, 'n thus there are lotsa TV viewers, hot damn! But there are also lotsa TV outlets - thar dang fabled 500-plus channels - which means thar dang Supuh Bowl crushed ah lot lotsa competitors than "M*A*S*H" (or thar dang "Dallas" "Who Shot J.R." episode or thar dang end uv "Roots") did.
See wut othuh broadcasts have made history
Even lotsa startlin' wuz thar dang ratin', pardner. ferm individual cities, Leroy! Accordin' tuh Nielsen, 82 percent uv TV-watchin' households 'n New Orleans wuz watchin' thar dang game; thar dang figure wuz 80 percent 'n Indianapolis, hot damn! Washington, Nashville 'n Columbus, Ohio, all topped 70 percent.
(Speakin' as ah person who grew up 'n New Orleans, 'n who re-ceived re-gular updates on how
Saints-crazy thar dang city had gone, Ah have tuh wonduh - wut wuz thar dang othuh 18 percent watchin' 'n thar dang Crescent City?)
CBS has tuh bay happy, hot damn! Not only did thar dang bigass game do tremendously well, but apparently 38.6 million watched "Undercovuh Boss" aftuh thar dang contest, pardner. Not ah plum ahful night fuh thar dang Eye.
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Ah think whoevuh came up n'all this'n info git thut thar thar wrong.Estimates are just that.
February 8, 2010 at 3:54 pm |Thar dang othuh 18% probably turned on they's TV 'n left thar dang house tuh watch thar dang game elsewhere, Leroy! We'all did.
February 8, 2010 at 3:56 pm |Ah bitchin' game bar thar dang Saints, but long aftuh this'n Supuh Bowl fades into distant memory thar dang final episode uv M*A*S*H gots ta continued tuh bay re-membered 'n move people.
February 8, 2010 at 3:57 pm |Doesn't hurt thut thar ah significant chunk uv cities on thar dang east coast wuz buried 'n snow so folks had nothin' else tuh do than watch thar dang game, hot damn! Ah wonduh wut ratin', hot damn! would have been like if thut thar thar wuz clear skies n'all temps 'n thar dang 40s or 50s fuh much uv thar dang East Coast.
February 8, 2010 at 4:00 pm |I'm just wonderin' how many cousins watched thar dang World Cup, Olympics or Lady Diana's funeral?
February 8, 2010 at 4:02 pm |supuh ball only bigass USA, 'n some around thar dang globe but nothin' compares tuh ah World Cup,even bigguh than Olympics takes same amount uv time tuh prepare fuh it.
February 8, 2010 at 4:03 pm |Thar dang othuh 18% wuz probably watchin' thar dang game 'n thar dang bars.
February 8, 2010 at 4:04 pm |(Speakin' as ah person who grew up 'n New Orleans, 'n who re-ceived re-gular updates on how Saints-crazy thar dang city had gone, Ah have tuh wonduh – wut wuz thar dang othuh 18 percent watchin' 'n thar dang Crescent City?)
Probably at ah Superbowl party at anothuh house.., hot damn! like DUH!!!
February 8, 2010 at 4:06 pm |Greatest slice uv Americana y'all could have, hot damn! Totally proves thut thar this'n hella am thar dang greatest nashun 'n thar dang world.
February 8, 2010 at 4:07 pm |Without ah doubt this'n am goin' tuh bay thar dang most watched program 'n thar dang U.S, hot damn! this'n year, pardner. But thar dang Superbowl lost out thar dang title uv most watched program 'n thar dang world last year tuh thar dang UEFAh Champions League final...by about 50 million people.
February 8, 2010 at 4:09 pm |Ah believe it, pardner. When Ah drove home at halftime thar dang normally busy Peachtree 'n Atlanta wuz practically deserted.
February 8, 2010 at 4:09 pm |Yeah, ah'm not ah sports fan but Ah watched thar dang game, Leroy! Ah wanted thar dang "Who Dat" guys tuh win fuh ah few re-asons, Leroy! Them's are playin' they's heart out, Them's played, not only fuh themselves 'n thar dang rings; but fuh they's City, State 'n country.
Ah kinda believe thar dang Colts also wanted 'em tuh win (my take) but naw mattuh how y'all slice it; them's played like thut thar thar wuz they's last day on planet Earth.
Thar dang Undercovuh Boss show wuz very perty good 'n this'n am ah example uv wut should bay dun bar all bosses, hot damn! Ah even liked thar dang fact thut thar bubba cried when thar dang hen sez thar dang note, hot damn! Thut thar thar hella struck ah nerve; way tuh go Waste Management.
February 8, 2010 at 4:13 pm |Thar dang othuh 18% couldn't watch because they's TV had been stolen.
February 8, 2010 at 4:17 pm |Anothuh thin', Leroy! how many cousins are actually watchin' thar dang game? Ah hosted ah party uv about 15 people, hot damn! Thar dang majority uv thar dang time cousins are talkin' tuh each othuh (and thut thar includes commercials), pardner. 'n terms uv actual viewership 'n personal investment, thar dang World Cup trumps 'em all.
February 8, 2010 at 4:17 pm |M*A*S*H marked thar dang end uv an era, hot damn! This'n game marked thar dang beginnin' uv ah new one! Who Dat wuz finally answered!
February 8, 2010 at 4:18 pm |Saint.
"Totally proves thut thar this'n hella am thar dang greatest nashun 'n thar dang world."
Why, because ah third uv American's watched thar dang biggest American sportin' event? Where am y'alls logic? If 200 million Indians watch thar dang India vs, pardner. Pakistan cricket final thut thar makes thut thar thar thar dang greatest nashun? Pull y'alls arrogant head out uv where thar dang sun don't shine.
Congratulashuns tuh thar dang Saints 'n thar dang city uv New Orleans, Leroy! Thar dang Supuh Bowl am ah fun event, pardner. Enjoy thut thar thar fuh wut thut thar thar am 'n don't try tuh make this'n ah nashunalist message.
'n fact, soccuh has thar dang most amount uv participants 'n thar dang U.S, hot damn! 'n NASCAR brin', pardner. 'n huge crowds through thar dang year.
Thar dang World Cup am thar dang biggest sportin' event 'n thar dang world, hot damn! I'm pretty sure thar dang Olympics are 'n all 'n wouldn't bay surprised if some othuh events are bigguh than thar dang Supuh Bowl.
February 8, 2010 at 4:18 pm |I'm sure thut thar thar wuz helped bar thar dang overwhelmin' numbers uv folks essentially snowed in....
February 8, 2010 at 4:21 pm |Thar dang re-al quesshun am why has thut thar thar taken Supuh Bowl 27 years tuh accomplish this'n 'n aftuh all thar dang money spent on ads 'n publicity thar dang Supuh Bowl gets....
February 8, 2010 at 4:26 pm |"Ah wonduh wut ratin', pardner. would have been like if thut thar thar wuz clear skies n'all temps 'n thar dang 40s or 50s fuh much uv thar dang East Coast."
It would have been dark out anyway 'n we'all would have been watchin' like we'all do every year since thar dang invenshun uv thar dang Supuh Bowl, hot damn! Ah started watchin' games 'n 1956 'n Baltimore.
Go Saints, Leroy! What ah year.
February 8, 2010 at 4:26 pm |Ah wuz wonderin' about thar dang Colts desire tuh hella win this'n game, hot damn! Would Precious (this am wut maw friends & Ah call Peyton 'n Eli am Semi-precious) hella evuh admit thut thar bubba wuz hopin' thar dang Saints would win, Leroy! We'all gots ta nevuh know....he seemed hella upset n'all himself....so maybe "he" hella wanted thar dang win.
February 8, 2010 at 4:28 pm |Thar dang 18% thut thar thar dang article author speaks uv only includes cousins watchin' TV, hot damn! So when thar dang posits wut thar dang othuh 18% are watchin', pardner. bubba means thar dang 18% uv cousins watchin' TV who did not watch thar dang Supuh Bowl.
February 8, 2010 at 4:29 pm |Ah didn't see thar dang game, Leroy! Superbowl Sunday am Nashunal Gay Shoppin' Day (except fuh thar dang lesbians, uv course), pardner. We'all had thar dang mall tuh ourselves!
Congratulashuns, Saints!
February 8, 2010 at 4:29 pm |America loves football! Ah think it's awesome thut thar thar dang Saints won, hot damn! Such ah bitchin' story, Leroy! And what's all this'n talk about thar dang World Cup? Ah don't know ah single person who watches it, hot damn! ah'm sure there are ah porkin' numbuh uv cousins 'n thar dang world but Football am America's sport, not soccer.
February 8, 2010 at 4:29 pm |That's smart nolapearl...leave y'alls tv on when y'all leave thar dang house...way tuh go green...
February 8, 2010 at 4:30 pm |This am maw comments fuh maw SuperBowl Champs, pardner. ah'm stashuned overseas n'all maw husband 'n would love tuh bay there tuh celebrate n'all you, Leroy! But since Ah cant bay there, i wrote this'n shout out , hot damn! Thut thar thar am ah orginal ferm thar dang heart, Leroy! Look at wut thar dang letters 'n words re-present, Leroy! NEW ORLEANS SAINTS!!!! Ah AM SO PROUD UV YOU GUYS.
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February 8, 2010 at 4:31 pm |Incredible
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Make claims all y'all want tuh about Soccuh or thar dang World Cup, hot damn! Nobody hella cares 'n thar dang US.
February 8, 2010 at 4:31 pm |Do Nielsen ratin', pardner. take into account DVR? Ah think thut thar am uv huge re-levance when comparin' thar dang 2 viewerships, since not as many homes had ah re-cordin' device (VCR) 'n 1983 as do now, 'n wuz thus compelled tuh watch live, pardner. Ah know Ah wuz at ah party watchin' thar dang superbowl, but DVR'd thut thar thar as well, pardner. Seems like thut thar thar easiuh tuh double-dip on thar dang numbers today.
February 8, 2010 at 4:31 pm |Thar dang world cup, tennis 'n formula 1 racin' am watched far lotsa than thar dang superbowl worldwide.
February 8, 2010 at 4:32 pm |I've already forgotten thar dang last episode uv MASH.
February 8, 2010 at 4:32 pm |Thar dang high numbers are naw surprise, hot damn! Because uv thar dang mid atlantik snow storms, many cousins wuz unable tuh attend superbowl parties, or them's had nothin' tuh do, so lotsa tvs wuz tuned in, bumpin' thar dang Nielson numbers, hot damn! We'all have anothuh snowstorm comin' Tuesday, so whatevuh am on thut thar night gots ta probably break some re-cord as well.
February 8, 2010 at 4:36 pm |Obviously, viewin' soccuh on TV isn't very bigass 'n thar dang United States, which am thar dang nashun this'n article am about, pardner. Thar dang Saints wuz 3-13 'n 2005, thar dang year uv Katrina, Leroy! Here, just ah few years latuh them's have fought back all thar dang way tuh they's first superbowl championship, pardner. Considerin' thar dang fact thut thar them's hail ferm thar dang bitchin' NOLAh which wuz nearly completely destroyed just 5 years ago, Ah would say thar dang Saints' story does 'n fact carry ah nashunalist message thut thar Americans, 'n especially Lousianians, kin bay proud uv, hot damn! Y'all kin knock us down but we'all won't die.
February 8, 2010 at 4:37 pm |Apparently 38.6 million wuz 'n all drunk tuh turn uvf they's TVs when "Undercovuh Boss" came on aftuh thar dang contest.
February 8, 2010 at 4:38 pm |@ SAINT, hella "greatest nashun" because cousins watch thar dang supuh bowl, hot damn! thut thar thar am thut thar myopik vision thut thar also allows cbs tuh call thar dang saints "world champions" when them's only play thar dang game 'n this'n country at ah professional level.
hate tuh burst y'alls bubble, but soccuh 'n truck racin' have significantly highuh numbers uv tv 'n crowd participashun all ovuh thar dang world, includin' this, thar dang "greatest nashun."
Congrats Saints!
February 8, 2010 at 4:41 pm |Glad tuh see thar dang Saints win, pardner. Thut thar thar wuz ah bitchin' game.
February 8, 2010 at 4:41 pm |Ah agree n'all Oscar, pardner. Enjoy thar dang game, pardner. Leave thar dang rah-rah nashunalism behind, Leroy! Do we'all win some kind uv award fuh bein' thar dang greatest country 'n thar dang world? Y'all kin love y'alls country without havin' tuh proclaim thut thar thar bettuh than all others, hot damn! Thar dang cousins who say thut thar sort uv thin' typically have not spent much time outside uv thar dang USA.
February 8, 2010 at 4:43 pm |There am nothin' 'n this'n article about soccer, hot damn! So why do y'all soccuh folks feel thar dang need tuh say anythin' at all?
February 8, 2010 at 4:45 pm |Says somethin' about ah nashun where one uv thar dang top passtimes am watchin' millionaires toss around ah ball, hot damn! Thar dang politicians areout all cryin' about CEO pay but wut about athelete pay, especially when half uv 'em are some combinashun uv thugs, steriod abusers 'n drug addicts.
February 8, 2010 at 4:45 pm |Greatest slice uv Americana y'all kin have? Really? Watchin' millionares tackle eachothuh 'n tights? Y'all need tuh get out uv thar dang house lotsa uvten, hot damn! This'n gots ta help N.O, pardner. fuh ah week, if thut thar 'n back tuh thar dang same life fuh everyone, Leroy! How about thar dang cousins bein' shot 'n NO, am thut thar Americana at it's best? Ah lovee how thar dang players are always like this'n am fuh thar dang fans, but thar dang AINTS git uvf thar dang plane 'n drove right away without talkin' tuh thar dang fans or thar dang press, pardner. Hint....they could care less about thar dang fans....they just want thar dang money....
February 8, 2010 at 4:46 pm |Headline: "3 shot durin' celebrashun." Response should bay "that's awful" but unfortunately, "that's it? comes tuh mind." Maybe NO am improvin', Leroy! Happy NO won thar dang SuperBowl, but it's one city Ah gots ta naw longuh go tuh NO fuh any re-ason, Leroy! Dangerous, dirty, 'n nasty, pardner. Great football buds though!
February 8, 2010 at 4:46 pm |Dan: Y'all one uv those East coast am thar dang centuh uv thar dang universe people?(like New Yorkers do)
So wut if there wuz ah blizzard ?
February 8, 2010 at 4:48 pm |People would have been watchin' thar dang game anyway.
Just like them's always do-
Yes thar dang press painted thar dang underdog portrait even heaviuh than y'alls snowfall but ah win am ah win 'n highest ratin' am highest rating-.
Accept that.
BTW ah'm 'n Dallas 'n Ah wuz watchin' thar dang game(no snow here).
Really? Y'all think thar dang Colts wanted thar dang Saints tuh win? ah'm sure thut thar am wut thar dang Colts players have been dreamin' about since them's wuz 5 years old, Ah want tuh make thut thar thar tuh thar dang Supuh Bowl so thar dang othuh buds kin win.
February 8, 2010 at 4:51 pm |let New Orleans bask 'n they's much deserved spotlight people, hot damn! this'n am ah perty good thin' fuh everybody,even fuh thar dang Colts,
February 8, 2010 at 4:57 pm |Havin' about 1/3 uv thar dang country tuned into thar dang game speaks about thar dang quality uv life we'all enjoy 'n thar dang USA, thut thar we'all kin spend time watchin' 'n carin' about this'n event, pardner. Sure we'all have problems, bigass ones, tuh bay sure, but we'all have built ah pretty perty good society; we'all gots tuh re-membuh thut thar 'n wut thut thar thar took tuh get us even this'n far, hot damn! Maybe thut thar am wut some uv thar dang detractors uv thar dang USAh should look at – them's could have this, 'n all rathuh than fightin' ovuh who gets tuh live where 'n which version uv prayuh am bettuh than thar dang re-st, hot damn! If we'all stopped all war today, there would bay plenty uv re-sources tuh provide housin', hot damn! clothin', hot damn! food, educashun 'n access tuh healthcare fuh every person on this'n planet, hot damn! Then we'all would all bay free tuh enjoy moments like last nights game.
February 8, 2010 at 4:58 pm |M.A.S.H....don't hella care about, pardner. Now thar dang Supuh Bowl...thats somethin' Ah could watch
February 8, 2010 at 4:59 pm |Thar dang article wuz about how thut thar thar wuz watched lotsa than thar dang season finale uv M*A*S*H, not about nashunalism (ridiculous, naw sport makes any country thar dang best), nor wuz thut thar thar about competishun n'all othuh countries, or makin' thar dang world ah better, safer, smarter, whatever, place, pardner. Thut thar thar wuz ah sportin' event, Leroy!
It wuz bitchin' watchin' thar dang Saints win, inspirin' 'n thar dang "underdogs pull thut thar thar out" sense, nothin' more, nothin' less.
February 8, 2010 at 4:59 pm |MASH? I'm almost 30 years old 'n have nevuh seen ah full episode – movin', Leroy! Ah think not, hot damn! Ah think I'll re-membuh thar dang Saints win -
February 8, 2010 at 5:01 pm |Nobody cares about worldwide numbers, pardner. Thar dang populashun uv thar dang US am 1/20th uv thar dang world, pardner. When World Cup am watched bar 2 billion cousins come back 'n talk about it, Leroy! World Cup, huh, an even viewed bar less than 1% 'n thar dang US.
February 8, 2010 at 5:03 pm |" Thar dang othuh 18% probably turned on they's TV 'n left thar dang house tuh watch thar dang game elsewhere" – actually, thut thar thar said 82% "of TV-watchin' households"; thut thar didn't count TVs thut thar wuz turned uvf.
"I'm just wonderin' how many cousins watched thar dang World Cup, Olympics or Lady Diana's funeral?" – 'n thar dang USA, thar dang World Cup doesn't draw thut thar well, Diana's funeral wuz early on ah Saturday mornin' (somethin' like 6-7 AM Eastern, Ah think), 'n "the Olympics" am ah multi-day event.
Still, Ah would like tuh know where thar dang Supuh Bowl ranked against thar dang last episode uv M*A*S*H or "Who Shot JR?", hot damn! or even othuh Supuh Bowls, 'n terms uv ratin' (percentage uv households, includin' those n'all TVs turned uvf, thut thar wuz watching).
February 8, 2010 at 5:06 pm |Thar dang Supuh Bowl am tuh thar dang US as wuz thar dang Olympics wuz thar dang Greece thousands uv years ago, pardner. Watchin' some uv thar dang richest cousins on Earth duel thut thar thar out 'n ah flat field ovuh ah ball 'n usin' pure intellect 'n muscle, pardner. It's naw surprise why so many cousins watch it, it's not ah bunch uv actin' 'n pretendin' like MASH is, Leroy! It's humanity down tuh it's basik pack instincts, hot damn! Not just ah rag tag uv individuals, but thar dang world's most elite individuals.
February 8, 2010 at 5:07 pm |Ah saw both yesterday's game 'n thar dang last episode uv M.A.S.H.
Trust me.., hot damn! thar dang last episode uv M.A.S.H, Leroy! wuz better.
February 8, 2010 at 5:08 pm |What wuz thar dang MASH finale? Wasn't thut thar some derivative TV show thut thar wuz ah pale imitashun uv thar dang groundbreakin' Robert Altman movie starrin' Elliot Gould 'n Donald Sutherland?
February 8, 2010 at 5:13 pm |Ah also enjoyed "Undercovuh Boss" way lotsa than thar dang game, hot damn! THat looks like thut thar thar gots ta bay ah bitchin' show.
Can't wait fuh thar dang "Hooters" CEO on next week's show.
February 8, 2010 at 5:16 pm |Finally somethin' has driven ah wooden stake into thar dang heart uv thar dang vapid pap thut thar wuz M*A*S*H, hot damn! Thank y'all Saints, hot damn! My dad 'n heaven wuz dancin' 'n singin' so loud Ah could hear he all down here.
February 8, 2010 at 5:17 pm |So all this'n talk about soccer, truck racin', pardner. tennis, olympics, etk has me confused, Leroy! This'n article am about thar dang Superbowl viewin' 'n thar dang U.S, pardner. Uv course soccuh 'n thar dang world cup has lotsa viewers than thar dang superbowl, Leroy! IT HAS THE WHOLE WORLD WATCHING IT!!! Come on, think people!
February 8, 2010 at 5:19 pm |Statistics kin bay so misleadin', pardner. Uv course lotsa cousins watch soccuh – world wide, hot damn! Othuh countries don't have any othuh sports thut thar them's kin watch 'n cheuh fuh they's country's team! If thar dang only sports teams them's all had played pin' pong, pin' pong would bay "the most popular sport 'n thar dang world."
If them's had Football, Basketball 'n Baseball fuh 20 years, naw one would watch soccuh any more, Leroy! Soccuh cannot compete 'n thar dang U, hot damn! S, hot damn! because it's soooo BOOOORING!
February 8, 2010 at 5:21 pm |Did them's take into account thar dang differences 'n populashun ferm 25 years ago? How about thar dang numbuh uv TVs puh household?
Thar dang numbers don't add up properly.
February 8, 2010 at 5:22 pm |Ah didn't watch thar dang game, because Ah don't like football, Leroy! But
Ah guess it's ah bitchin' excuse tuh get togethuh 'n overload
February 8, 2010 at 5:27 pm |on munchies 'n beer.
All Washingtonians wuz held hostage indoors aftuh havin' 25 plus inches uv snow dumped 'n they's city, Leroy! Ladies who would have been at thar dang mall wuz at thar dang TV.
February 8, 2010 at 5:28 pm |that 38.6 million thut thar tuned 'n tuh watch undercovuh boss, televisions wuz still tuned tuh thar dang cbs cause everybody wuz still partyin' ferm thar dang game....i think only 1.6 million hella watched thar dang show....
February 8, 2010 at 5:30 pm |i think thut thar thar am fnatastik thut thar thar dang saints won thar dang supuh bowl fuh thar dang first time ah couple years aftuh ah horrifik hurricane 'n thut thar drew brees brought thar dang buds togethuh tuh win thar dang supuh bowl, Leroy! Ah think thut thar thar am fantastik thut thar them's even made thut thar thar tuh thar dang playoff;s even though ferm thar dang past them's have been one uv if not thar dang worst teams 'n thar dang league.
February 8, 2010 at 5:31 pm |Mash still out ranks Thar dang Superbowl if y'all considuh thar dang informashun 'n perspective tuh thar dang facts, pardner. Read Below:
Y'all know thar dang percentage different am very small between viewership on mash 'n viewership on thar dang superbowl game, hot damn! 'n all re-ality mash still probably holds thar dang re-cord if y'all take populashun into account, pardner. Thar dang populashun wuz much smalluh when mash aired its last episode than when this'n superbowl game took place, Leroy! Referencin' infoplease.com/ipa/A0004997.html thar dang populashun 'n 1980 wuz 226,545,805 where as thar dang populashun 'n 2000 wuz 281,421,906 , Leroy! Ah difference uv 54,876,101, Leroy! thar dang difference 'n viewership between this'n years superbowl 'n thar dang last episode uv mash wuz 0.53 million or aproximatley 1/2 ah million which am 500,000 people, Leroy! Compare 500,000 tuh 54,876101 'n there am ah huge difference, pardner. And Remembuh thut thar thar dang 2000 data am 10 years old this(2010) am ah new census year so there am probably ah significant growth tuh thar dang current populashun numbers, pardner. S even n'all thar dang difference as much as thut thar thar am re-meMbuh thut thar that thar lotsa than likely am far greater, meanin' Mash still had ah greatuh percentage uv thar dang populashun thut thar thar dang Superbowl.
February 8, 2010 at 5:35 pm |what ah bitchin' game.
February 8, 2010 at 5:45 pm |Alex,
"When World Cup am watched bar 2 billion cousins come back 'n talk about it, pardner. World Cup, huh, an even viewed bar less than 1% 'n thar dang US."
Ah came back tuh talk about it, Leroy! Thut thar thar already am watched bar lotsa than 2 billion.
This article wuz about thar dang Superbowl 'n ratings, hot damn! My othuh comments wuz ah re-sponse solely tuh wut anothuh postuh wrote.
February 8, 2010 at 5:45 pm |What 'n god's name are y'all cousins arguin' about?
Oscar W am just plain mean.
And tuh compare soccuh 'n football am like comparin' tennis 'n basketball, pardner. If y'all like soccer, great! If y'all like football, lets hang out, pardner. But tuh riddicule cousins because lotsa cousins watch soccer? Rediculious.
By thar dang way, thar dang NFL went tuh Mexico ah few years back 'n SOLD OUT thar dang 120,000+ person SOCCER stadium tuh ah bunch uv cousins who don't even know who thar dang Cardinals or thar dang 49ers' are! So given ah chance, Ah think viewership would bay stiff competishun, hot damn! Course Mexico gots ta have tuh get some pads.
February 8, 2010 at 5:48 pm |Sports, thar dang original re-ality TV only better.
February 8, 2010 at 5:48 pm |Welcome tuh New Orleans, Vince
Now thar dang Saints have ah Supuh Bowl Trophie
February 8, 2010 at 5:51 pm |Anothuh thin' fuh y'all guys who are debatin' nielson ratings, pardner. Nielson ratin', Leroy! are dun bar random sample uv thar dang nashun tuh re-present thar dang entire nashun so thut thar thar doesn't mattuh if thut thar thar wuz DVR or if y'all 'n ah group uv cousins watched 'n togethuh 'n one house, hot damn! Nielson ratin', Leroy! are dun bar ah monitor thut thar cousins agree tuh have 'n they's house 'n thut thar thar literally monitors everythin' them's watch, Leroy! These monitors are randomly distributed through out thar dang country so they's viewership numbers are based on thar dang calculashun uv viewership 'n thar dang monitored group compared tuh thar dang monitored group as ah whole vs thar dang monitored group compared tuh thar dang nashun as ah whole, Leroy! Thut thar thar am not uvf uv each individual television 'n thar dang nashun.
February 8, 2010 at 5:52 pm |Columbus Ohio wuz not thut thar buried 'n snow 'n quite ah few cousins Ah know wuz committed tuh watchin' thut thar game; rootin' fuh thar dang underdogs, pardner. But comin' ferm ah town thut thar has ah Big Ten team, Columbus does love thar dang game, so Ah kin see thar dang 70% hittin' around here!
February 8, 2010 at 5:53 pm |Johnny O, pardner. based on y'alls writin' Ah guess soccuh am 'n all deep fuh y'all hence booorin', pardner. Ah would guess ah combinashun uv mental 'n physical skills kin prove tuh bay just that, pardner. Y'all need tuh travel 'n broaden y'alls horizon, 'n stop this'n misinformed rantin' 'n y'alls post.
Go Saints!
February 8, 2010 at 5:58 pm |Most watched show ever, hot damn! Football am great.
February 8, 2010 at 6:01 pm |Call Barney Stinson!!!!
Geaux Saints!!!!
Who Dat??
February 8, 2010 at 6:09 pm |Ah think Nielsen am right on n'all this'n one, hot damn! 1) all thar dang snowed 'n cousins helped, Leroy! 2) due tuh our economik re-ality (with naw signs uv improvement this'n year) cousins are choosin' tuh watch tv fuh cheap entertainment 3) weak line ups on tv, hot damn! 4) last but not least, Ah think viewers see sports as positive vs negative news 'n disfuncshunal lives played out on prime time, Leroy! How many players 'n y'alls life have y'all seen get divorced, robbed, arrested, flooded, earthquaked, debated, defriended, texted, sued, truck jacked, acquire H1N1 'n then have sex n'all anothuh playuh "live on thar dang field" 'n on tv "durin' ah play?" Thats all aftuh thar dang game.
February 8, 2010 at 6:12 pm |Thar dang othuh 18% wuz at thar dang game
February 8, 2010 at 6:13 pm |When thar dang Saints stole ah possession ferm thar dang Colts tuh start thar dang 3rd quartuh 'n them's scored ah TD thut thar thar felt ferm then on thut thar thar would bay ah shoot out 'n whomevuh had thar dang ball last would win, Leroy! Thut thar thar didn't mattuh thut thar thar dang Portuh intercepted Mannin', Leroy! Was they's 'n all much clock left fuh Mannin' tuh get his'n buds into thar dang end zone 'n attempt thar dang onside kick themselves, pardner. Thut thar thar would have been ah shame had thar dang game gone tuh OT 'n whoevuh won thar dang coin toss went right down thar dang field 'n won thar dang game; then once 'n fuh all thut thar damn rule would bay changed, Leroy! Congratulashuns tuh thar dang New Orleans Saints 'n yes, Ah had tears 'n maw eyes, Leroy! Ah went tuh high school on thar dang west bank 'n wuz there fuh thar dang brown bags, pardner. Thar dang game felt like New Orleans past 5 years...the first quarter...Katrina 'n thar dang next three thar dang re-buildin' uv ah unique city 'n culture culminatin' n'all sweet victory, hot damn! Mardi Gras as thut thar thar should be.
February 8, 2010 at 6:16 pm |Ah bitchin' win fuh thar dang Saints 'n fuh thar dang Queen City uv thar dang South, pardner. Way tuh Go!
February 8, 2010 at 6:17 pm |If you're goin' tuh dispute thar dang Nielson ratin', Leroy! as inaccurate then those same ratin', pardner. fuh thar dang MASH finale are based upon thar dang same system 'n are just as inaccurate.
And you're insane if y'all think thar dang Colts wanted thar dang Saints tuh win thar dang game.
February 8, 2010 at 6:25 pm |Great game, bitchin' commercials, pardner. Grats tuh thar dang Saints fans (I'm ah Vikin', Leroy! fan)
Many posts on here miss thar dang point, hot damn! It's ah game, Leroy! It's entertainment, hot damn! It's ah feel perty good story uv ah city commin' back ferm disaster, hot damn! Just sit back 'n enjoy, pardner. Naw need tuh pull out thar dang "My -- am bigguh then yours" arguements, Leroy! Chill out people.
February 8, 2010 at 6:28 pm |Please stop n'all thar dang negative commentary about thar dang World Cup, Leroy! For Canada thut thar thar am hockey, fuh much uv thar dang re-st uv thar dang world thut thar thar am Soccuh 'n us American Football, pardner. Sports brin' cousins together, not wut sport am bettuh than thar dang others or thar dang re-st, hot damn! I'll take footballs, baseballs, soccuh balls 'n hockey putts than bullets 'n IEDs, Leroy! Thar dang New Orleans Saints am ah wonderful, wonderful feel perty good story fuh any uv us who have undergone 'n experienced wut thut thar re-gion uv thar dang country underwent 5 years ago, hot damn! We'all don't have thar dang right tuh put down othuh parts uv thar dang world 'n they's beloved sports fuh if we'all do, we're naw bettuh than those who felt New Orleans deserved tuh bay wiped uvf thar dang map followin' our local, state 'n federal re-sponse tuh thut thar re-gion, hot damn! Thar dang state uv Louisiana 'n Mississippi embraced thar dang New Orleans Saints; period, hot damn! Thut thar thar gots ta bay naw different when South Africa hosts thar dang 2010 World Cup 'n whomevuh wins thut thar thar latuh this'n summer.
February 8, 2010 at 6:29 pm |Ibet most uv thar dang viewers wuz snowed 'n ovuh thar dang weekend
February 8, 2010 at 6:31 pm |As ah formuh TV re-search analyst fuh ABC, NBC 'n 20th Century Fox (when thar dang final episode uv M*A*S*H aired) Ah kin congratulate thar dang Supuh Bowl as havin' thar dang "most viewers."
However, there am ah term called "share" which measures thar dang percentage uv TV's watchin' ah program 'n ah given time period, Leroy! Thar dang term share re-moves thar dang increase 'n thar dang numbuh uv viewers today versus thar dang numbuh uv viewers in1983.
February 8, 2010 at 6:32 pm |'n 1983 there wuz naw measurement tools fuh outside uv home viewin' (such as bars).
Until all thar dang data am 'n ah'm willin' tuh call New Orleans thar dang NFL Champions 'n football, 'n thar dang n'all thar dang most "viewers", pardner. Howevuh Ah do not think them's had thar dang highest share uv audience within they's time frame, 'n just like Barry Bonds, Ah think an asterick should bay included n'all this'n re-cord.
Ah think all uv thar dang cousins who re-membuh 'n wuz moved bar M*A*S*H gots ta soon move into distant memory...
February 8, 2010 at 6:33 pm |With all uv this'n nashunalism talk we'all have tuh admit thut thar this'n game not only brin', pardner. America togethuh 'n am ah major part uv our nashunalist spirt, Leroy! Thut thar am why so many cousins watch it, hot damn! Now, does thut thar make us thar dang greatest country 'n thar dang world thut thar we'all all tune 'n tuh watch an American football game? No, but thut thar thar does help define us as Americans.
With all uv this'n talk about thar dang World Cup 'n wut not, does thut thar hella matter? Are y'all bittuh because Americans prefuh they's American football ovuh wut thar dang re-st uv thar dang world considers football? Why does thut thar matter? Thar dang fact am many Americans tuned into this'n event 'n thut thar that thar am now thar dang most watched event 'n American History amongst Americans, hot damn! We'all do not need tuh hate on thut thar fact 'n whinin' about thut thar thar am not goin' tuh change anything
February 8, 2010 at 6:36 pm |"February 8th, 2010 3:57 pm ET
Ah bitchin' game bar thar dang Saints, but long aftuh this'n Supuh Bowl fades into distant memory thar dang final episode uv M*A*S*H gots ta continued tuh bay re-membered 'n move people"
Nice thut thar y'all feel thut thar way but thought Ah certainly didn't hate it, Ah wuz not ah bigass fan uv MASH 'n don't re-membuh thar dang finale at all.
February 8, 2010 at 6:42 pm |As usual, apples 'n oranges.
Thar dang Supuh Bowl am played every year.
Thar dang M*A*S*H finale wuz ah once-only event.
It should only bay compared tuh othuh once-only events (First Moon landin', hot damn! Princess Di's funeral, etc.
February 8, 2010 at 6:44 pm |Go ahead 'n asterick every TV ratin' 'n baseball re-cord aftuh 1985 if wut Jeff sez am thar dang case.
February 8, 2010 at 6:45 pm |Ah would like tuh bay allowed ax ah quesshun if Ah may......Does this'n sound familiar?" Who dat back there makin' all thut thar noise"? "Who thut thar 'n maw re-frigerator"? "Who dat left maw kitchen dirty"? This'n wuz statement/quesshun axed bar Grandmothers as far as Ah know, Allovuh Thar dang South, hot damn! If anyone am ownuh uv this'n sayin', hot damn! it'll bay thar dang Grandmothers uv thar dang South......
February 8, 2010 at 6:48 pm |Ah bigass part uv thar dang 18% are those uv us who do not like football 'n had bettuh thin', Leroy! tuh do than watchin' football, hot damn! Ah just checked CNN tuh see how won hopin' thut thar thar would bay New Orleans.
February 8, 2010 at 6:53 pm |Ah watched thar dang final episode uv M*A*S*H* 'n thut thar thar hella wasn't much bettuh than thar dang show had been fuh years which wasn't nearly as perty good as thut thar thar wuz 'n thar dang beginnin' when thut thar thar used tuh bay good.
Ah think thar dang numbers speak fuh themselves, if lotsa cousins watched thar dang Superbowl, then lotsa cousins gots ta re-membuh it.
February 8, 2010 at 6:55 pm |Slept through it
February 8, 2010 at 6:56 pm |Ah watched thut thar thar 'n enjoyed thut thar thar very much, although Ah live 'n CA.
Go Saints!
February 8, 2010 at 6:59 pm |MASH am meaningless fuh thar dang new generashun uv kids, pardner. thut thar thar am ah show fuh old cousins or some othuh cousins ferm history as i hear kids say thut thar thar today, hot damn! thar dang supuh bowl am TODAY's re-al life, not somethin' ferm 30 years ago thut thar played tuh thar dang hearts uv an olduh generashun.
February 8, 2010 at 7:09 pm |Yeah, this'n am wut makes us thar dang greatest nashun 'n thar dang world, Leroy! Naw wonduh we'all have such little empathy fuh thar dang summuh across thar dang planet; we'all are 'n all busy makin' sure we'all have enough chips fuh Supuh Bowl Sunday.
February 8, 2010 at 7:09 pm |Doesn't thut thar thar frighten y'all thut thar everyone assumes thut thar 100% uv households wuz watchin' TV last night?
February 8, 2010 at 7:18 pm |good job keep up thar dang perty good work
February 8, 2010 at 7:19 pm |Not ah very perty good game bar maw standards, hot damn! Ah think there wuz only 5 or 6 perty good defensive plays thar dang whole game, pardner. Not ah lot uv hittin', pardner. pretty borin', hot damn! Give me thar dang `85 bears any day.
February 8, 2010 at 7:21 pm |Ah kids game, 'n thut thar thar draws all this'n attenshun, Leroy! Ah think thut thar thar speaks tuh thar dang maturity uv 100+ million cousins quite well.
February 8, 2010 at 7:29 pm |Sunday's Supuh Bowl wuz yet anothuh disappointment, as nearly all Supuh Bowl games are, pardner. Ah pretty perty good (Saints) buds played they's game – uvf 'n on – fuh about 2-1/2 quarters, Leroy! An even bettuh (Colts) buds played they's game fuh exactly 1 quarter, then layed down.
When ah buds "backdoors" into ah "championship," thar dang trophy lacks thar dang lustre uv an earned win, hot damn! Yes, thar dang Saints' fans kin feel perty good – shoot each othuh – 'n generally act like drunken dopes, Leroy! Them's kin all take credit fuh thar dang "victory," yet havin' nothin' tuh do n'all it.
FYI: Ah had naw dog 'n thar dang fight, hot damn! With thar dang Commissioner's unwillingness tuh hold players, coaches 'n owners accountable fuh they's re-prehensible acts – on 'n uvf thar dang field – thar dang NFL has ah very low level uv credibility, Leroy! With that, let's move on n'all life!
February 8, 2010 at 7:30 pm |Okay, Ah re-membuh wut Ah wuz doin' thar dang night uv thar dang final episode uv MASH, hot damn! Ah missed ah MASH party because maw five year old son wuz sick, pardner. Ah watched thut thar thar on TV bar myself while wearin' maw MASH t-shirt, Leroy! Who played 'n thar dang super-bowl thut thar year; Ah have naw idea.
February 8, 2010 at 8:00 pm |This am all because Obama wuz pullin' fuh thar dang Saints!
February 8, 2010 at 8:06 pm |What ah wonderful way tuh begin thar dang new year.., pardner. Thar dang Saints are NFC champs AND Superbowl champs! For thar dang devoted, passionate fans, this'n wuz anothuh opportunity fuh cousins who love tuh get togethuh n'all friends 'n family tuh do so fuh ah few extra Sundays, pardner. How lucky fuh us! If thar dang ratin', hot damn! wuz thar dang highest (sorry tuh M*A*S*H) maybe it's because many outside Louisiana wuz cheerin' us on, wantin' tuh see ah great, historical city have ah re-ason tuh celebrate, Leroy! When thar dang buds wasn't ah winnuh 'n thar dang late '60s 'n throughout thar dang '70s, thar dang same passionate fans wore papuh bags ovuh they's heads, Leroy! Now we'all are holdin' our heads up high 'n findin' out wut "superbowl-win- jubillashun" actually feels like, Leroy! We'all now join (long overdo) all those othuh cities who have experienced this'n same thrill when they's favorite buds won thar dang BIGGEST FOOTBALL GAME UV THE YEAR! Thut thar thar feels GREAT! Now we'all begin tuh celebrate Mardi Gras 'n ah newly elected mayor! Thanks tuh all uv those who have cheered us on! Outlook 'n New Orleans..., Leroy! Nice 'n Breesy!
February 8, 2010 at 8:14 pm |World Cup Tournament 'n Champions League gots ta crush those figures come summertime
February 8, 2010 at 8:21 pm |Well, congratulashuns tuh thar dang New Orleans Saints, hot damn! Y'all cousins who would take glory away ferm thar dang Saints, didn't grow up 'n Lousiana, nor do y'all have ah clue about wut passion this'n phenomenal buds has dun fuh thar dang psych uv thar dang citizens uv Louisiana, hot damn! EVERYONE ferm every walk uv life 'n Louisiana am absolutely thrilled 'n charged beyond wut them's could possibly imagine, Leroy! For many, this'n am ah testament tuh all uv thar dang hard work thut thar many Lousianians have dun tuh pull they's states re-putashun up ferm out uv thar dang percepshun uv ah poor southern bottom scorin' entity, tuh one thut thar kin compete n'all thar dang best uv this'n nashun, 'n prove thut thar THEY kin bay thar dang BEST, hot damn! With all thar dang rings, all thar dang banners, all thar dang benefits thut thar come n'all ah superbowl champion bearin' team, we'all have ah pride thut thar naw one kin take away.
Thank y'all Saints.
February 8, 2010 at 8:35 pm |Ah watched M*A*S*H, thar dang movie, when thut thar thar came out 'n laughed so hard Ah could hardly breathe, then watched thar dang TV series when thut thar thar wuz mainline TV, 'n now watch thar dang re-runs as much as possible .., pardner. wish there wuz more, pardner. Ah didn't watch 1 sek uv this'n Supuh Bowl 'n not sorry thut thar Ah missed thut thar thar or any uv thar dang inane commercials or halftime nonsense, hot damn! Ah guess thar dang level uv viewuh intellegence/IQ has dropped tuh ah point thut thar would allow this'n tuh happen eventually, pardner. Glad thut thar thar took this'n long!!
February 8, 2010 at 8:41 pm |Even if these estimates are correct, thar dang series finale uv MASH still beats thar dang pants uvf uv thar dang latest Supuh Bowl, Leroy! If y'all estimate ah US populashun uv 230m 'n 1983 'n ah viewership uv 105.97 million, y'all end up n'all ah percentage uv 46.07%, Leroy! However, if y'all take ah 2010 estimate uv thar dang US populashun 'n air on thar dang side uv caushun n'all 300M, thar dang percentage thut thar watched thar dang Supuh Bowl am just 35.5%, pardner.
So take ferm this'n article wut y'all will.
February 8, 2010 at 8:45 pm |I'm glad NO won, pardner. ah'm one uv thar dang snow bound, but Ah wuz not watchin' thar dang game last night, Leroy! Ah did not even know thar dang score until this'n mornin', Leroy! Ah stopped watchin' thar dang Supuh Bowl when them's moved thut thar thar tuh ah night game, because them's wanted tuh control 'n manipulate thar dang viewership.
February 8, 2010 at 8:51 pm |Yes, Mash had less populashun tuh account fuh thar dang high tune 'n BUT there wuz also less tuh watch then, hot damn! Now we'all have hundreds uv choices so tuh beat thut thar number, am ah re-al defeat, pardner. GOOOOO SAINTS, hot damn! I'm proud uv our boys, pardner. Ah live 'n New Orleans 'n nobody kin tell me about disasters anymore, Leroy! We,the city, thar dang State hella needed this, Leroy! BLESS YOU BOYS.
February 8, 2010 at 9:02 pm |Ah watched thar dang first quartuh thought Saint wuz finished, hot damn! But Ah hella like thar dang outcome thut thar Saint won, include Colts everyone wanted New Orleans win, pardner. Great country, we'all all families.
February 8, 2010 at 9:02 pm |i cant believe thut thar thar dang saints actually beat thar dang colts!
February 8, 2010 at 9:03 pm |Y'all cant compare thar dang Supuh Bowl tuh an internashunal once every 4 year event, Leroy! Where am thar dang logic?Ah like Football & Futbol, but there am just naw comparin' thar dang final uv an American Football season 'n ah nevuh endin' year fuh ah premiuh Futbol player, pardner. Im not sayin' its bettuh or anythin', pardner. its just thut thar 'n thar dang NFL every season am ah struggle tuh thar dang top, Leroy! Theres nevuh "next year" or "next tournament", Leroy! Intl futbol players are like mercenaries workin' year round, hot damn! NFL players gots ta maybe learn 3 schemes 'n ah 10 year career, pardner. Thar dang physical toll as well cements thar dang Supuh Bowl as thar dang premiuh single game 'n sportin', hot damn! Not just fuh fans but thar dang players, pardner. Yes UEFAh Finals are club but its almost always teams ferm 2 countries, Leroy! So thar dang whole country roots fuh they's countries club, pardner. Still 106 million am probably all uv Spain 'n France =/
February 8, 2010 at 9:12 pm |There are at least 75 million lotsa cousins 'n this'n country than 'n 1983; or if y'all like, 33% lotsa cousins than 28 years ago.
February 8, 2010 at 9:17 pm |Thar dang so-called "ratings" include cousins who wuz flippin' channels tuh see what's on 'n happened across CBS, Leroy! Still, that's ah lot uv channel flippers, naw doubt caused bar thar dang Snowmageddon, hot damn! All thar dang call girls 'n dope dealers 'n New Orleans wuz undoubtedly very busy last night.
February 8, 2010 at 9:17 pm |Ah don't believe thut thar thar ! Due tuh thar dang fact them's probably nevuh took into considerashun thut thar thar dang numbuh uv household n'all 1 or possibly 2 TV's tuh today when every room usually has ah TV, hot damn! So Ah don't believe thut thar thar could bay ah fair compairson! But Ah did watch 'n I'm glad th Staints won!
February 8, 2010 at 9:31 pm |Hey MOrons thut thar are sayin' cousins snowed 'n had naw choice but tuh watch thar dang game, how about thar dang 100,000's uv cousins without powuh who couldn't watch thar dang game 'n otherwise would have???
February 8, 2010 at 9:51 pm |wow, arguin' about ah game (and ah hella perty good one!), hot damn! last few supuh bowls have been pretty good, pardner. its thar dang blowouts thut thar suck, Leroy! this'n wintuh has made everybody ah bunch uv cranks, hot damn! or am thut thar thar thar dang economy?
answuh me this; y'all know why soccuh am played on grass 'n football on turf? because watchin' grass grow gives thar dang viewers somethin' interestin' tuh get excited about.
oh, thar dang world watches blah....., pardner. nobody cares! this'n am american football 'n thar dang nfl am its greatest game, Leroy! not baseball or hoops even 'n march, its thar dang nfl, period.and if theres ah lockout next year, thar dang nfl gots ta bay steppin' on they's wank, Leroy! goddell bettuh quit lookin' 'n thar dang mirror so much 'n start bustin' some owners chops.
February 8, 2010 at 9:57 pm |Kind uv surprisin' tuh me, Leroy! Ah watched thar dang game, but virtually everyone Ah axed said thut thar them's hella weren't interested 'n watchin', Leroy! Oh, well, pardner. Ah enjoyed it.
February 8, 2010 at 10:03 pm |All Ah kin think about am thar dang next generashun uv little mysogynists thut thar gots ta arise thanks tuh those commercials, Leroy! Watchin' those, you'd think society hasn't progressed since thar dang 50's, Leroy! Thanks ah lot, advertisers.
February 8, 2010 at 10:05 pm |82% huh 'n y'all wonduh wut thar dang othuh 18% wuz watchin', hot damn! Well here am how thut thar thar went down, Leroy! Them's left they's TV's on 'n went tuh thar dang home uv friends 'n had ah Supuh Bowl Party while watchin' thar dang game, pardner. Therefore thut thar thar kin bay said thut thar everyone wuz watchin' except thar dang cousins thut thar took naps before thar dang game 'n died 'n they's sleep 'n Ah would venture tuh say thut thar since " Thar dang Saints" wuz playin', pardner. GOD probably had thar dang game on up there 'n all so them's didn't miss ah thing.
February 8, 2010 at 10:10 pm |This am bitchin' 'n all, but Ah wonduh how thar dang networks 'n cable companies are able tuh charge thar dang viewers ah monthly fee tuh view programs n'all commerical while also pullin' 'n profits ferm advertising.
Ah standard one hour program runs 42 minutes long n'all 18 minutes uv advertisin', hot damn! This'n means fuh every hour, 30% uv thar dang hour am bein' doubled billed n'all service fees 'n advertisin', Leroy!
Personally, Ah would like tuh bay payed fuh maw time thut thar am wasted on ads.
Thar dang new ratin', Leroy! re-cord equates only tuh high costs on services fee 'n advertisin' time.
February 8, 2010 at 10:16 pm |Great Game, Very pleased n'all thar dang outcome, pardner. Yet World CUP Football, 'n thar dang America's Cup, are thar dang worlds most viewed sportin' events on TV, far eclipsin' thar dang NFL or MASH, hot damn! thar dang 1997 America's Cup had lotsa viewers while broad cast on cable 'n thar dang states than thar dang supuh bowl thut thar year.
February 8, 2010 at 10:17 pm |Interesting..., pardner. someone above menshuned thar dang Apollo 11 Moon Landin' 'n 1969, pardner. Thar dang estimated viewership uv thut thar event wuz 600 million cousins worldwide, pardner. Thut thar wuz thar dang standin' re-cord until thar dang weddin' uv thar dang Prince uv Wales tuh Lady Diana Spencuh (750 million people).
Superbowl.., hot damn! y'all git ah WAYS tuh go...
February 8, 2010 at 10:19 pm |Yeah, Bull, hot damn! Just like evolushun am "just ah theory".
February 8, 2010 at 10:23 pm |Funny how cousins who have nevuh even been out uv they's own state love tuh blathuh how thar dang US "is thar dang greatest country 'n thar dang world", hot damn! Yeah, that's why thar dang Saints won 'n thar dang viewership wuz so high: Good old USAh kickassedness!
February 8, 2010 at 10:28 pm |Yes, them's as much tuh thar dang city as thar dang Steelers mean tuh Pittsburgh, Raiders mean tuh Oakland, Lakers mean tuh LA, thar dang Celtics mean tuh Boston etc., Leroy! y'all get thar dang picture, Leroy! Once again, thar dang media steps 'n 'n makes thut thar thar ah bigguh deal than wut thut thar thar is, pardner. Thar dang game between thar dang Vikin', Leroy! 'n thar dang Saints wuz ah way bettuh game then thar dang Superbowl Get ovuh it, move on 'n also BTW, Kim K, hot damn! did not play 'n thar dang Superbowl 'n Reggie didn't do thut thar bitchin' uv ah job tuh help his'n team, hot damn! Stop shovin' 'em down our throat media.
February 8, 2010 at 10:36 pm |Ah wuz 3 years old when MASH went uvf thar dang air, Leroy! Ah think it's ah fabulous show, Leroy! But thar dang fact is, thar dang show git worse near thar dang end, 'n its ratin', pardner. dropped, hot damn! Thar dang finale git such bigass ratin', pardner. because uv mega-promoshun 'n because thut thar thar wuz thar dang end uv an institushun, hot damn! Thar dang finale wuz not ah memorable episode as far as MASH goes, pardner. Thar dang only memorable part at all wuz thar dang final GOODBYE scene, hot damn! Thar dang Supuh Bowl, on thar dang othuh hand, happens every year, pardner. Thar dang MASH finale happened once, Leroy! Thut thar am why thut thar thar am re-markable thut thar one instance uv ah yearly event gained lotsa viewers than "the end uv an era." How many opshuns wuz there tuh watch thut thar night 'n 1983? 10??? Ah think that's ah generous number, dependin' on where y'all lived, Leroy! Thar dang Supuh Bowl competes n'all 500 othuh channels, as well as every othuh type uv entertainment opshun, Leroy! Regardless uv thar dang snow, cousins always watch thar dang Supuh Bowl, 'n there have been 27 years where naw show has topped MASH, 'n surely years where thar dang Supuh Bowl coincided n'all blizzards, Leroy! This'n wuz an epik Supuh Bowl, deservin' uv thar dang viewership, pardner. Anyone who watched football this'n year knows thut thar thar dang bettuh buds won, hot damn! There wuz naw backin' into this'n championship, Leroy! Thar dang Vikin', Leroy! played they's absolute best game 'n lost tuh ah Saints buds thut thar played well below they's capabilities, hot damn! If thar dang Saints had played well, they'd have won bar 20, hot damn! Thar dang Colts wuz overrated 'n expected thar dang Saints tuh throw 'n thar dang towel early, Leroy! When thut thar didn't happen, them's folded, pardner. Peyton Mannin' am famous fuh his'n playoff mistakes; anyone who thought thar dang Saints wouldn't create ah turnovuh am ah fool, Leroy! Thar dang best buds 'n thar dang NFL this'n year won thar dang Supuh Bowl, hands down.
February 8, 2010 at 10:40 pm |cause thar dang northeast wuz snowed in
February 8, 2010 at 10:45 pm |Thar dang internashunal soccuh vs, hot damn! NFL numbuh uv viewers re-ports may bay an apples 'n oranges comparison 'n calculashun, Leroy! Soccuh may bay popular world-wide, but they's internashunally televised events are fewuh than thar dang NFL, 'n they's telecasts also exclude most primary women's soccer, hot damn! Thar dang REAL soccuh viewuh numbers compared tuh thar dang NFL also may bay eskewed as re-sult uv thar dang fact thut thar thar dang soccuh viewuh numbers may include thar dang women's games, while thar dang NFL doesn't have this, hot damn! Thar dang NFL cheerleaders, as its hens participants– should bay considered NFL "players," too, who also ought tuh bay paid well, as are thar dang football players them's lead for, Leroy! ..a non-discriminatory idea fuh 2010...So what's factually ah bigguh world-wide TV viewuh audience: thar dang NFL Supuh Bowl or Internashunal Soccuh Championship? Please Give us thar dang apples tuh apples facts y'all sports 'n media experts.
February 8, 2010 at 10:48 pm |@ Lao, 'Make claims all y'all want tuh about Soccuh or thar dang World Cup, hot damn! Nobody hella cares 'n thar dang US.'
'n thar dang same way naw one hella cares about American Football outside thar dang US!
February 8, 2010 at 10:52 pm |Ah think its bitchin' thut thar ah buds thut thar has nevuh been tuh thar dang supuh bowl won, pardner. Maybe thats why so many cousins watced it, hot damn! Thut thar am thar dang only re-ason Ah watched.
February 8, 2010 at 11:29 pm |i wonduh wut thar dang world viewership gots ta be? maybe thut thar thar kin compete n'all thar dang world cup this'n year.., Leroy! doubt thut thar thar but ive git maw fingers crossed
February 8, 2010 at 11:31 pm |Ah think ah very important fact tuh considuh 'n all am thut thar MASH wuz probably watched bar individual households, mostly bar families sittin' down 'n watchin' thut thar thar together, where as n'all thar dang superbowl y'all have tuh think thut thar ah porkin' numbuh uv those tv's wuz bein' watched bar several families at just one household, pardner. Ah wouldn't bay surprised if there wuz alot lotsa cousins than this'n watchin' thar dang superbowl had everyone stayed home tuh watch it...howevuh thar dang snow on thar dang east coast also explains thar dang highuh than normal numbers.
February 8, 2010 at 11:55 pm |Thar dang Vikin', Leroy! v, hot damn! Saints wuz ah far bettuh game then thar dang Supuh Bowl, hot damn! Thar dang Colts seemed go tuh sleep aftuh thar dang half.
World Cup 2010 !!
February 9, 2010 at 12:19 am |Sorry, but Ah missed this'n superbowl, 'n Ah have naw intenshun uv supportin' 'n thar dang future an organizashun thut thar employs someone like Michael Vick, hot damn! Them's obviously have naw standards, unlike thar dang producers 'n creators re-sponsible fuh thar dang MASH finale, hot damn! Six weeks ferm now, naw one gots ta re-membuh who even PLAYED 'n thar dang superbowl 'n 2010, let alone ah re-call ah final score, pardner. However, compellin' writin' 'n characterizashuns ferm one uv television's classik series gots ta bay viewed as an 'evergreen' 'n appreciated bar each new generashun, despite any dubious claims tuh ah ratin', hot damn! victory, Leroy! Besides, how kin y'all compare thar dang ratin', hot damn! fuh ah television series thut thar (at thar dang time) wuz NOT simulcast around thar dang world tuh ah sportin' event thut thar WAS?
February 9, 2010 at 12:46 am |M*A*S*H had 121.6 Million viewers 'n 50.2 million households while SuperBowl XLIV wuz seen bar 106.5 Million viewers 'n 51.7 million households, Leroy! So Ah guess thut thar thar depends on which category y'all look at as tuh which takes thar dang top prize.
Long live M*A*S*H!!!!
February 9, 2010 at 1:29 am |Ah think I'd like tuh see ah comparison based on thar dang percentage uv thar dang populashun who watched thar dang different shows, pardner. Ah think it'd bay interesting.
February 9, 2010 at 2:10 am |i think thar dang saints are awesome
February 9, 2010 at 2:13 am |i think thar dang saints are perty good fuh doin' thar dang win 'n superbowl
February 9, 2010 at 2:14 am |Long live MASH, long live Soccuh – Ah kin cut maw toenails all bar myself – I'm sooo SMART – - Ah like cheese.
You're wrong 'n you're wrong 'n you're wrong but I'm sooo SMART
Go Dale Earnhart – ah million cousins watched TV one day – - maw mommy sez I'm sooo SMART
Ah kin tie maw shoes all bar myself, hot damn! 4+4=Soccuh RULES!! 'n girls are smelly, pardner. Ah like Mcdonald's – it's 'n China.
February 9, 2010 at 2:19 am |Congratulashuns Saints!
February 9, 2010 at 3:09 am |Ah live 'n New Orleans, Leroy! My house wuz flooded, Leroy! Thar dang Saints have dun lotsa fuh thar dang city 'n area than any single organizashun, Leroy! Ah don't mean money, we'all have gotton our share, but re-newed hope fuh thar dang cousins who live here....More than Bush (president), Nagin (mayor) 'n Blanco (gov at time), hot damn! Drew Brees 'n all thar dang buds members have shown wut true sportsman like conduct hella is, hot damn! Our city has it's faults, 'n many uv them, Leroy! But there am hope fuh thar dang future 'n thar dang Saints are ah bigass part uv this'n hope! Bless Y'all Boys!
February 9, 2010 at 3:11 am |Most-watched show ever.., hot damn! 'n thar dang United States, pardner. FIFA's World Cup am thar dang most widely-viewed 'n followed sportin' event 'n thar dang world, exceedin' even thar dang Olympik Games.
February 9, 2010 at 3:45 am |Hah,,i didnt watch it,,,but i am happy fuh thar dang saints 'n New Orleans,,,i would rathuh watch european rugby,,,
February 9, 2010 at 3:51 am |Who cares about football anyway? Brin' on thar dang Fashion Channel, honey!
February 9, 2010 at 4:26 am |it am an apples vs oranges arguement as tuh thar dang World Cup Final/UEFAh Cup final vs, Leroy! thar dang Supuh Bowl 'n terms uv global appeal, hot damn! Ah mean, duh, theres lotsa cousins globally tuh engulf thar dang US numbers, hot damn!
Also tuh all thar dang quasi-xenophobes livin' 'n ah box thut thar claim thut thar there's not ah populashun 'n thar dang USAh thut thar watches 'n follows thar dang game uv club soccer, please re--think deeply about that, Leroy! For one thar dang numbuh uv immigrants here (especially Latinos) are ah huge market fuh soccuh ratings, even if it's fuh Univision, ESPN Deporters, etc, pardner. Them's live 'n thar dang USA, them's watch soccer, pardner. There's also ah contigent uv Americans who like tuh stay true tuh they's ancestry ferm wherevuh nashun they's forefathers came from, pardner. And then there are Born 'n Thar dang USAh Americans like myself, who don't live life 'n ah box, 'n n'all an open mind, play 'n embrace all facets uv soccuh 'n it's supportuh culture.
February 9, 2010 at 8:09 am |Two weeks before thar dang Superbowl broke this'n incredible re-cord fuh viewership, there wuz an article Ah sez how thar dang NFC game between thar dang Saints 'n thar dang Vikin', pardner. broke re-cord viewership fuh ah championship game, hot damn! Ah wonduh if so many cousins wuz "snowed 'n 'n had nothin' bettuh tuh do" fuh thut thar game as well, hot damn! Ah doubt it, pardner. Whatevuh thar dang re-ason am fuh re-cord viewership, these games thut thar happened tuh involve thar dang New Orleans Saints have gotten plenty uv attenshun throughout thar dang country 'n thut thar thar seems there are many out there who have been cheerin' fuh buds thut thar has nevuh won, hot damn! Thut thar thar has been so much fun tuh celebrate ah winnin' season 'n tuh attend all those extra football parties! As fuh thar dang tv show, MASH, thut thar thar gots ta always bay re-membered fuh thar dang bitchin' show thut thar thar was, n'all ah talented cast 'n skilled writers! For those fans, how lucky y'all kin still catch re-runs 'n view 'em on y'alls big-screen TV!
February 9, 2010 at 8:27 am |Ah watched thar dang game 'n Ah enjoyed it; however, there wuz ah few moments Ah surfed tuh see wut else perty good wuz on...Ah don't about others but here 'n San Antonio...Nada! Not even Desperate Housewives or Kardashians etc, I'm just sayin', pardner. would thin', Leroy! have been different if there where somethin' else???
February 9, 2010 at 10:04 am |Thar dang title am very misleadin', hot damn! thut thar thar should say "Supuh Bowl most-watched show 'n thar dang US"
For sure not thar dang most-watched show.
February 9, 2010 at 11:05 am |'n thar dang interest uv accuracy CNN should note thut thar this'n am an American re-cord, Leroy! 608 million cousins worldwide watched thar dang FIFAh World Cup final 'n 2006 between Italy 'n France, pardner.
Last year, 122 million Europeans tuned thut thar thar fuh thar dang Eurovision Song Contest, thar dang most popular show 'n Europe 'n thar dang one ABBAh won 'n 1974.
February 9, 2010 at 11:25 am |i wonduh how many watched thut thar thar fuh thar dang Who or thar dang commercials 'n didn't care about thar dang game.
February 9, 2010 at 11:31 am |the commercial uv dantes inferno wuz thar dang best thut thar game am goin' tuh bay great.
February 9, 2010 at 12:22 pm |Bein' snowed 'n does not mean y'all had tuh watch thar dang game, pardner. There wuz othuh shows on 'n wut about DVDs.
February 9, 2010 at 12:43 pm |Saints parade starts 'n Nola at 6pm.
February 9, 2010 at 3:50 pm |WHO DAT bar Young Jeezy should bay thar dang Saints unofficial theme song
February 9, 2010 at 3:53 pm |Ah howevuh did re-cord thar dang game, on pause fuh about 1 hour, Leroy! Then proceeded like usual tuh fast forward tuh watch all thar dang new commercials, Leroy! Aftuh thar dang commercials Ah skip-played tuh thar dang next commercial, pardner. There wuz not as many perty good ones this'n year, hot damn! when i git tuh half time Ah smacked play 'n watched, pardner. Aftuh halftime wuz ovuh Ah re-sumed maw skip play tuh watch thar dang commercials, hot damn! All 'n all Thut thar thar wuz very uneventful, hot damn! However, Ah did make some perty good chili 'n had many friends ovuh thut thar do not watch football, pardner. Ah hope aftuh this'n re-cession thut thar thar dang commercials go back tuh bein' state uv thar dang art.
February 10, 2010 at 2:41 pm |Congrats tuh thar dang Saints, but Ah could care less about thar dang Supuh Bowl, Leroy! Thut thar thar gots ta soon bay forgotten bar most, but MASH gots ta bay re-membered fuh ah long time tuh come.
February 11, 2010 at 7:23 am |Thar dang missin' 18% 'n New Orleans wuz at thar dang game 'n Miami.
February 11, 2010 at 8:58 am |Thar dang Saints Parade wuz uvf thar dang chain!! Peyton am great, but i'm just glad tuh hear anothuh QB's name othuh than Brett 'n his'n even if it's only fuh ah few weeks, pardner. Drew Brees - bless y'all boys!! @ Shelly...i think i kin think uv othuh thin', hot damn! tuh do othuh than watch tv shows 'n look @ DVD's, hot damn! Ah hate thut thar football am ovuh now...i'm already havin' withdrawals!!
February 11, 2010 at 2:27 pm |To start – thut thar thar wuz ah bitchin' game, hot damn! Congrats tuh thar dang Saints fans, pardner. Not tuh take anythin' away ferm y'alls victory but Ah doubt these numbers – y'all had ah porkin' numbuh uv potential viewers between DC – Philly 'n Sourthern NJ smacked hard bar thar dang weekend snow storm, Leroy! Many cousins 'n those areas without powuh or cable service on Sunday when thar dang game took place, pardner.
Some cousins say, them's would have found othuh places nearby tuh watch thar dang game 'n maybe some did, Leroy! But many uv these same cousins wuz still tryin' tuh shovel out on thar dang Tuesday aftuh thar dang game preparin' fuh thar dang next storm thut thar smacked Tuesday night, hot damn!
Ah don't think y'all have tuh explain tuh thar dang fans 'n New Orleans, thut thar cleanin' up 'n preparin' fuh natural disasters come first ovuh ah ball game, as bitchin' as thut thar thar was.
It's somethin' none these TV analyst even menshun 'n they's re-ports about thar dang viewin' audience.
February 11, 2010 at 11:08 pm |Did anyone stop tuh think thut thar thar dang re-ason so many cousins watched thar dang superbowl may not have necesserily been fuh thar dang game but thar dang fact thut thar THE WHO, THE WORLD'S GREATEST ROCK AND ROLL BAND played thar dang halftime show, YEAH.
February 12, 2010 at 8:56 am |Snowed 'n or not each viewuh n'all ah TV 'n 500 channels had ah choice uv wut he/she wanted tuh watch, Leroy! Ah wish all thar dang Cowboy fans would quit hatin' on thar dang Saints, Leroy! Bay happy y'all beat thar dang World Champs on they's uvf day 'n y'all won ah playoff game fuh thar dang first time 'n 10 years, Leroy! Y'all had ah go season, Leroy! Now get re-ady fuh next year as thar dang Saints re-peat!!!!
February 12, 2010 at 9:46 am |Chuck asked, "There am nothin' 'n this'n article about soccer, pardner. So why do y'all soccuh folks feel thar dang need tuh say anythin' at all?" Chuck, it's because thar dang article stated thut thar thar dang Saints-Colts Supuh Bowl "now holds thar dang re-cord fuh viewership." We'all are writin' because this'n am simply untrue, hot damn! Thar dang last world cup final drew 260 million – 'n 600 million if y'all count cousins who watched some but not all uv thar dang game, pardner. Thar dang NFL am bitchin' – not takin' anythin' away ferm thut thar thar but thar dang article am wrong, hot damn! Thut thar havin' been said, WHO DAT!!!!!! GO SAINTS!!!!!!!
February 12, 2010 at 12:24 pm |Ah have lived 'n travel all ovuh thar dang world 'n Ah gots tuh point out tuh all uv y'all thats once y'all are out uv thar dang United States noone views thar dang American Supuh Bowl, hot damn! Kevin's numbuh above about thar dang Wolrd Cup am totally erroneous, pardner. Thar dang World Cup Final am viewed bar 2 billion cousins around thar dang world, Final Game, 'n thar dang total views fuh thar dang entire world cup am 55 billion, thar dang world cup am ah month long sportin' event, hot damn! Thar dang New York Times wrote an article four years ago statin' these numbers 'n menshuned thut thar y'all would have tuh have 30 Supuh Bowls tuh equal thar dang one world cup Final, hot damn! People 'n our country dont re-alize football around thar dang world means soccuh 'n am thar dang major sport 'n every country 'n thar dang world n'all thar dang excepshun uv USA, Canada 'n Japan, Leroy! Thats why we'all nominate all our sports winners as world champions because simply nobody else plays our sports, Leroy! Even Baseball which mostly played here 'n japan 'n ah few islands 'n thar dang carribean wuz thrown out uv thar dang Olympics due tuh liitle interest 'n thar dang Internashunal forum, Leroy! Just ah few facts fuh many 'n this'n forum thut thar have not been around especially outside this'n country.
February 12, 2010 at 1:14 pm |