Super Bowl television ratings and shares, including network (both NBC and CBS televised the first Super Bowl). The rating represents the percentage of televisions tuned in to a program. The share is the percentage of televisions on at the time that watched:
| Year, Network | Rating | Share |
| 2012 NBC | 47.0 | 71 |
| 2011 FOX | 46.0 | 68 |
| 2010 CBS | 45.0 | 68 |
| 2009 NBC | 42.0 | 64 |
| 2008 FOX | 43.2 | 65 |
| 2007 CBS | 42.6 | 64 |
| 2006 ABC | 41.6 | 62 |
| 2005 FOX | 41.1 | 62 |
| 2004 CBS | 41.3 | 63 |
| 2003 ABC | 40.7 | 61 |
| 2002 FOX | 40.4 | 61 |
| 2001 CBS | 40.4 | 61 |
| 2000 ABC | 43.2 | 62 |
| 1999 FOX | 40.2 | 61 |
| 1998 NBC | 44.5 | 67 |
| 1997 FOX | 43.3 | 65 |
| 1996 NBC | 46.1 | 72 |
| 1995 ABC | 41.3 | 63 |
| 1994 NBC | 45.4 | 66 |
| 1993 NBC | 45.1 | 66 |
| 1992 CBS | 40.3 | 61 |
| 1991 ABC | 41.8 | 63 |
| 1990 CBS | 39.0 | 63 |
| 1989 NBC | 43.5 | 68 |
| 1988 ABC | 41.9 | 62 |
| 1987 CBS | 45.8 | 66 |
| 1986 NBC | 48.3 | 70 |
| 1985 ABC | 46.4 | 63 |
| 1984 CBS | 46.4 | 71 |
| 1983 NBC | 48.6 | 69 |
| 1982 CBS | 49.1 | 73 |
| 1981 NBC | 44.4 | 63 |
| 1980 CBS | 46.3 | 67 |
| 1979 NBC | 47.1 | 74 |
| 1978 CBS | 47.2 | 67 |
| 1977 NBC | 44.4 | 73 |
| 1976 CBS | 42.3 | 78 |
| 1975 NBC | 42.4 | 72 |
| 1974 CBS | 41.6 | 73 |
| 1973 NBC | 42.7 | 72 |
| 1972 CBS | 44.2 | 74 |
| 1971 NBC | 39.9 | 75 |
| 1970 CBS | 39.4 | 69 |
| 1969 NBC | 36.0 | 71 |
| 1968 CBS | 36.8 | 68 |
| 1967 NBC | 18.5 | 36 |
| 1967 CBS | 22.6 | 43 |
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AP | By The Associated Press Posted: 01/25/2013 1:39 pm EST | Updated: 02/02/2013 12:00 pm EST