Super Bowl Highest-Rated Ever in Metered Markets

The Super Bowl was the highest-rated ever in metered markets, scoring an overnight rating/share of 48.1/71, CBS announced Monday.

The markets refer to 56 major cities. Ratings were highest, unsurprisingly, in Baltimore, home to the winning Ravens, who beat the San Francisco 49ers 34-31. They were second-highest in New Orleans, which hosted the game.

San Francisco didn't crack the top 10 in terms of cities where the game was highest rated.

The ratings exclude the period from 8:45-9:15 ET, when a power outage delayed the game.

The metered market ratings topped those of the Super Bowl that previously fared best in the metered market ratings. The Pittsburgh Steelers-Green Bay Packers game in 2011 scored a 47.9/71.

It remains to be seen whether Sunday's game will prove to be the most-watched television show in U.S. history. The Super Bowl claimed that honor in 2010, and beat its own record in 2011 and again last year.

In another non-surprise, the game's rating/share peaked at 52.9/75 from 10:30 to 10:45 p.m., as the 49ers tried to finish a major rally after the outage by coming back to beat the Ravens.

Here are the 10 metered markets with the highest ratings for the game:

1.  Baltimore                                   59.6/83

2.  New Orleans                              57.1/77

3.  Washington, DC                        56.9/80

4.  Norfolk                                      55.8/76

5.  Dayton                                       54.6/72

 6.   Columbus, OH                           54.3/73

 7.   Indianapolis                               54.2/76

 8.   Richmond-Petersburg                53.7/74

 9.   Milwaukee                                 53.4/73

10.  Jacksonville                               53.3/70