“About 106.5 million tuned into CBS’ telecast of Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday, making it the most watched TV program in the United States ever and topping the series finale of that network’s legendary wartime sitcom “MASH,” which drew 106 million viewers in 1983, according to Nielsen.” Joe Flint at The L.A. Times an interesting story about what the rating mean for media and how social media impacted the viewership.

PBSNewsHour talks about the Saints going home to New Orleans and “reawakening” the region. “It’s Mardi Gras 10 times over.”

Gregg Easterbrook of Tuesday Morning Quarterback on ESPN.com talks about the boldness of the Saints as being key to their victory, “Boldness was the key to the New Orleans victory — not just the onside kick to open the second half, but also Sean Payton’s decision to try for a touchdown on fourth-and-goal at the Colts’ 1-yard line, trailing 10-3. Though that play failed, the failure was a tremendous success — fortune favors the bold!” Read more here.

Oh yes, don’t forget the ads. CNNMoney put together a mash up of ads (you know how we love our mashups here at FanSnap). YouTube has them all here.

USA Today’s The Huddle is already talking Super Bowl XLV, “BetUS.com has released odds for the 2011 Super Bowl champion and the same Colts that lost just yesterday are the early favorites… They are followed by San Diego (8-1), New Orleans (9-1) and New England (10-1).”

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Christian

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