Fox was hoping the matchup of two top teams in the Super Bowl and a close game would lead to a record night.

Even though SundayB次元官网网址檚 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles came down to a field goal with 8 seconds remaining, Fox fell just short of its goal.

The ChiefsB次元官网网址� rally to defeat the Eagles 38-35 is on pace to become the third most-watched television show in history, with an estimated 113 million people watching, according to preliminary numbers released Monday.

Fox said the audience estimate includes the broadcasts on Fox and Fox Deportes as well as streaming on Fox and the NFLB次元官网网址檚 digital sites. The figures are via NielsenB次元官网网址檚 Fast National data and Adobe Analytics.

The 2015 game between New England and Seattle on NBC holds the record at 114,442,000 viewers (not including streaming), followed by Super Bowl 51 in 2017 on Fox between Atlanta and New England (113,668,000).

This was FoxB次元官网网址檚 10th Super Bowl since it began airing NFL games in 1994 and the second most-watched program in Fox Sports history.

It would also be a slight increase over the 112.3 million average for last yearB次元官网网址檚 Super Bowl. The Los Angeles RamsB次元官网网址� victory over the Cincinnati Bengals was broadcast by NBC and Telemundo and streamed on Peacock and NFL digital sites.

According to Adobe Analytics, this yearB次元官网网址檚 digital feed averaged a Super Bowl-record 7 million streams, an 18% increase over last year (6 million) and more than double FoxB次元官网网址檚 last Super Bowl in 2020 (3.4 million).

It was the third straight year the streaming average has surpassed 5 million. The first Super Bowl to be streamed, in 2012, averaged 346,000.

RihannaB次元官网网址檚 halftime show averaged 118.7 million viewers, making it the second-most watched in Super Bowl history. Katy PerryB次元官网网址檚 2015 performance holds the top mark at 121 million.

The Spanish-language audience average for the game was 951,000, a record for the most-watched Super Bowl game in Spanish-language cable television history. It was also the most watched non-soccer event in Spanish-language cable history.

The Spanish-language number is down from last yearB次元官网网址檚 record of 1.9 million on Telemundo, which unlike Fox Deportes has broadcast affiliates in 90 markets.

The Super Bowl has been televised in Spanish in the United States since 2014.

Final Nielsen data will be available on Tuesday, including the English-language television-only figures. After Super Bowls averaged over 100 million viewers from 2010-18, four of the five games before this year had fallen short of that number because of cord-cutting. That included 95.2 million for the 2021 Super Bowl between Tampa Bay and Kansas City, which was the gameB次元官网网址檚 lowest TV-only average since 2007.

If SundayB次元官网网址檚 number can better the 99.18 million from last year, it would mark the first time since 2015 there had been two straight years of increases.

The flood of ads during what is easily televisionB次元官网网址檚 most-watched event of the year was heavy on celebrities B次元官网网址� Ben Affleck, Ozzy Osbourne, Matt Damon, Maya Rudolph, Martha Stewart and B次元官网网址淏reaking BadB次元官网网址� cast members.

Steve Williamson, senior vice president of the market research firm GWI. said surveys show that trust in brands is down this year and companies were looking for well-known names for a boost.

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Fox also said that 15.5 million people watched the season premiere of Gordon RamsayB次元官网网址檚 competition show B次元官网网址淣ext Level ChefB次元官网网址� following the game. The spot after the Super Bowl is usually the most-coveted time slot on television.

B次元官网网址�Joe Reedy, The Associated Press