Tom Brady

Tom Brady’s latest Super Bowl victory drew bigger ratings in Boston than Tampa

The rating in Boston was higher than all but one of the broadcasts for the six Super Bowls he won with the Patriots.

Tom Brady passes in the first quarter of Super Bowl LV.
Tom Brady passes in the first quarter of Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

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Tom Brady’s seventh Super Bowl victory came as the quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday night. But he remains a bigger television draw in the place where he won his first six.

Per Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand, NBC’s broadcast of the Buccaneers’ 31-9 win over the Chiefs Sunday drew a 57.6 rating in the Boston market. That was higher than the rating in the Tampa market (52.3).

That rating in Boston was higher than all but one of the broadcasts for the six Super Bowls he won with the Patriots. The only one to draw a higher rating was the Patriots’ 28-24 win over the Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX, which got a 61 rating locally.

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The Patriots’ most recent Super Bowl victory, a 13-3 win over the Rams in February 2019, got a 57.4 rating in Boston.

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Chad Finn

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Chad Finn is a sports columnist for Boston.com. He has been voted Favorite Sports Writer in Boston in the annual Channel Media Market and Research Poll for the past four years. He also writes a weekly sports media column for the Globe and contributes to Globe Magazine.

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