12.3 million fans tuned in -- up 40 percent from 2009
Most-watched all-star game in cable history
Following a record-setting regular season and playoffs, the NFL posted the most-watched in a decade.
The 2010 , shown by ESPN on Sunday, was watched by an average of 12.3 million viewers, the most since the 2000 game (13.2 million viewers on ABC) and a 40 percent increase from last season (8.8 million viewers on NBC).
The 12.3 million viewers also represent the largest viewership for any all-star game ever on cable television.
This year, for the first time, the was played in the city the week before the . The at Sun Life Stadium in Miami drew 70,697 fans -- the highest attendance for the game in more than 50 years (1959).
