Sunday evening’s Super Bowl ratings are in.  Here’s a brief rundown:

• Per final numbers, Fox’s telecast of Super Bowl XLVIII scored a 34.4 rating in the 18-49 demo and was seen by 111.5 million viewers, which tops last year's 108.4 million viewers to become the most watched Super Bowl--and broadcast--ever.  This is much higher than what the preliminary numbers had suggested.
• The post-game broadcast of Fox’s comedy New Girl performed extremely well, notching a series high 11.1 rating and 25.8 million viewers.  That’s a rise of 42% ratings-wise from last year’s post-game Elementary episode and up 23% in total viewers.  It now stands as the highest rated scripted entertainment telecast on broadcast TV in 3 years, since the post-Super Bowl Glee episode.
• The post-post-game showing of the very funny Brooklyn Nine-Nine earned decent if not spectacular ratings, hitting a series high 6.7 rating and scored 14.8 million viewers.
• Directly opposite the Super Bowl, PBS’ Downton Abbey (read Allison’s recap here) did just fine with 6.8 million viewers, up from last year’s Super Bowl night episode’s 6.6 million viewers.