Fox‘s popular game show The Floor received quite a nice boost from Super Bowl LIX on Sunday.
The network says that the Season 3 premiere, which aired directly after the Eagles claimed victory, drew 14M viewers, which is easily a series-high audience. While The Floor has had some promising same-day audiences, it averaged 2.2M same-day viewers per episode in Season 2.
The episode also averaged a 3.7 live + same-day rating among adults 18-49, making it the highest-rated and most-watched unscripted entertainment series telecast in two years.
Post-Super Bowl programming always benefits from a nice lift, as viewers tend to hang around after the big game. For context, last year CBS debuted Tracker after the Super Bowl to about 18M viewers. The last time Fox hosted the Super Bowl, Next Level Chef‘s Season 2 premiere got the coveted slot and managed 15.5M viewers.
This is a pretty noteworthy win for Fox, given the game was a near blowout and the Eagles dominated from the first snap of the ball. Last time these two teams met each other in the Super Bowl, which was also the last time it aired on Fox, it was a much closer game. According to Fox, Super Bowl LIX’s audience peaked in the second quarter, and the halftime show drew the night’s biggest audience with 133M tuning in.
Fox also declared victory with the Monday night debut of Extracted, which delivered Fox’s highest-rated debut in just over a year, excluding post-NFL, with a 0.3 among adults 18-49. The episode generated 1.7M viewers, which is Fox’s best unscripted debut in a little more than a year as well.
