As painful as it might have been for Vikings fans to seeNew Orleans win the Super Bowl on Sunday, that didn't stop them fromtuning intothe game.
The Saints' 31-17 victory over the Colts had a 51 rating and 75 share on local CBS affiliate WCCO (Ch. 4). Thatplaced the TwinCities15th out of the 50-plus metered markets in the United States, an improvement from a year ago. The Steelers' victory over the Cardinals last season had a 43.4 rating and 67 share on NBC affiliate KARE (Ch. 11) to place Minneapolis-St. Paul 28th out of the 56 metered markets.
New Orleans was the top-rated market with a 56.3 rating and 82 share.
Overall, the game had a 46.4 overnight rating and 68 share, the highest-rated Super Bowl in the metered markets in 23 years.That is up10 percent from last year's 42.1/65 inthe metered markets. The national ratings arenot yet available.
The rating is the percentage of the total population of televisions tuned to a particular prorgram; share is the percentage of televisions actually in use.