Super Bowl sets record with 111.3 million viewers

Bests last year by 300,000, the third straight year the game has set an all-time best mark. Peaks with 117.4 million in fourth quarter.

Early numbers: Third-best Super Bowl ever

Averages a 47.8 metered-market household rating, just 0.1 behind last year's record-setting game. 'Voice' debut averages a 19.4.

Milwaukee: Flat rates and lots of inventory

The state primary is two weeks off yet political ads are not clogging airwaves, though conditions have tightened for news

Halftime shocker: M.I.A. gives the finger

Other shorts: Crunch time: Doritos is early ad winner - Super Bowl sets a tweets-per-second record - Fox revamps Tuesdays - Weekend overnights

So, how do you rate the Super Bowl ads?

Were they as good as you expected? Were they better than last year's? Which was the best commercial of the lot? The worst?

'Smash,' old-fashioned drama that works

New NBC series builds on all the familiar characters and themes about Broadway musicals, and the cast is able and well-chosen

The quiet revolution reshaping local media

Big changes are sweeping though the nation's media markets, with more to come. Learn all about it in this webinar, set for Feb. 14. Sign up here.

For NBC's 'Voice,' a hard act to follow

Last year's surprise hit returned in the cushiest of timeslots, post-Super Bowl. Now it gets tough, competing on Mondays at 8.

'Bang' beats 'Idol' in shared timeslot again

CBS sitcom averages a 5.4 to Fox reality show's 5.0 during the 8 p.m. half hour. But 'Idol' grows to a 5.8 in second half of show.

Early upfront outlook: A merry May

Forecast: Big Four broadcast networks will see 8 percent CPM gains over last year, with total sales coming in flat to last year

Super Bowl ads getting the most buzz

Tops on the list is VW's 'Little Darth' sequel, 'The Dog Strikes Back.' Also in the top 10: Ads from Acura, Century, Audi and H&M.

Madonna, Madonna, all across the sky

Talk about timing: Pop star's new video will debut on seven Clear Channel digital billboards leading up to her Sunday Super Bowl gig

Study: Second screens big this Super Bowl

Other shorts: Super Bowl ad targets distressed Green Bay fans - More new shows to pump Nick ratings - Kodak wants out of theater sponsorship

'Napoleon Dynamite,' more like a bomb

Fox animated series mangles the 2004 feature film from which it's adapted, substituting mindless action for the original's satire

Rachel, I need to mend some fences

The writer is estranged from someone she worked for at the beginning of her career and wants advice on how to reconnect with her

Best tube bets this weekend

Friday: Knicks vs. Celtics on ESPN; Saturday: Super Bowl Fan Jam on CMT; Sunday: Super Bowl and 'The Voice' on NBC