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02-06-2017, 08:48 PM
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tv-ratings-24-legacy-fox-super-bowl-1201979546/

TV Ratings: Late Start Dents Super Bowl Send Off for ’24: Legacy’
by Oriana Schwindt

The first overtime game in Super Bowl history made for a late start
for Fox’s “24: Legacy,” (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/53211-s01e01-1200-noon-100-pm/?do=getLastComment) which narrowly edged out ABC’s 2003 airing of
“Alias” as the lowest-rated entertainment programming to follow the
NFL’s big game.

“24: Legacy” opened to 17.6 million viewers and 6.1 rating in adults
18-49, a modest showing given the 111.3 million who turned out to
watching the New England Patriots stage a near-miraculous comeback in
the second half to prevail over the Atlanta Falcons.

Despite the Super Bowl’s coattails, “24: Legacy” didn’t begin until
the ungodly hour of 11 p.m. on the East Coast. Only “Alias” in 2003
and CBS’ “Elementary” in 2013 started their post-Super Bowl episodes
later, at 11:15 ET, and both suffered mightily, with “Alias” being the
nadir at 17.4 million viewers.

Putting a positive spin on the situation, Fox noted that “24: Legacy”
marks the highest-rated broadcast series debut since CBS’ “2 Broke
Girls” in September 2011. That sitcom bowed on the heels of 28.7
million viewers tuning in to watch Ashton Kutcher’s introduction on
“Two and a Half Men,” following Charlie Sheen’s highly publicized
firing from the show.