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Thirty-second spots during Super Bowl XLVII were sold for an average of $3.8 million, with some as high as $4 million. (up .3 million from 2012)

The Super Bowl XLVII was broadcast on CBS from New Orleans on Feb. 3, 2013. The game was interrupted by a half an hour due to a blackout of the lights and partial power failure in an piece of equipment that was designed to prevent such a thing from occurring.

Beyonce headlined the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show. It was a huge success and many believed she stole the show. She was joined onstage for a reunion with members of Destiny's Child. The weeks earlier she was under fire after admittedly lip-syncing the National Anthem during President Obama's Inauguration.

Fourteen-time Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys performed the longest version ever of National Anthem on the piano. Also before the game, Jennifer Hudson performed "America the Beautiful" with the 26-member Sandy Hook Elementary School chorus.

Neilsen Ratings 2013

According to results from The Nielsen Company, the broadcast of Super Bowl XLVII on CBS had an average audience of 108.4 million viewers, which fell short of last year’s Super Bowl, which was the most watched television program of all time. The game had a 48.1 rating with a 71 share in the 56 major markets, meaning that 48.1 percent of the nation’s TV households were tuned to the game at any moment and 71 percent of sets in use at any given time were tuned to the Super Bowl.