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Super Bowl Draws Largest TV Audience of All Time

February 13, 2024 Buck Banks

123.4 million

An average 123.4 million viewers watched the Super Bowl across all platforms, making it the most watched broadcast in the history of television. Meanwhile, movies had a rough weekend, taking in $40 million—the lowest box office for a Super Bowl weekend in more than 30 years (not counting 2021, when most cinemas were closed).

Super Bowl Political Ads Finished at Bottom of USA Today’s Ad Meter Poll

February 4, 2020 Buck Banks

60th and 62nd

The two political ads that aired during the Super Bowl broadcast, from the campaigns of Michael Bloomberg and Donald Trump, finished 60th and 62nd out of 62 commercials, respectively, in USA TODAY’s Ad Meter, which ranks Super Bowl ads by consumer rating with voters giving each ad a score from 1 to 10.

Even Their Fans are Tired of the New England Patriots Playing in the Super Bowl

January 19, 2015 Trish

$2,879

The average price of a 2015 Super Bowl ticket, which is 20 percent cheaper than last year. The decrease is blamed on the New England Patriots, whose fans have watched their team in the big game six out of the past 14 years, and who might not want to shell out yet again for what no longer seems like a rare opportunity.

De Blasio Fumbles the Furball

February 4, 2014 Buck Banks

But obviously I know how Peyton Manning feels at this point.

— New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), quoted by Politicker, on dropping his city’s Groundhog Day groundhog yesterday.

Maybe the Recession Really Is Over

October 29, 2010October 29, 2010 Trish

$2.8 – $3 million

The amount advertisers will pay for a 30-second spot on the 2011 Super Bowl on Fox. The figure is up from this year’s game, when the same ad went for $2.5 to $2.9 million. The 2011 spots are sold out.

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Super Bowl Draws Largest TV Audience of All Time

123.4 million

Super Bowl Political Ads Finished at Bottom of USA Today’s Ad Meter Poll

60th and 62nd

Even Their Fans are Tired of the New England Patriots Playing in the Super Bowl

$2,879

De Blasio Fumbles the Furball

But obviously I know how Peyton Manning feels at this point.

— New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), quoted by Politicker, on dropping his city’s Groundhog Day groundhog yesterday.

Maybe the Recession Really Is Over

$2.8 – $3 million

The amount advertisers will pay for a 30-second spot on the 2011 Super Bowl on Fox. The figure is up from this year’s game, when the same ad went for $2.5 to $2.9 million. The 2011 spots are sold out.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rick Wilson

— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the “resign or be fired” ultimatum from the GOP’s Freedom Caucus just 174 days into his tenure as sp[eaker, reported by Punchbowl News.

“Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head droops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.”

— Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial.

— Jonathan Last

“He’s f**king crazy! The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And I’ll say it this way: I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution. But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!”

— New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), quoted by the Associated Press two years ago. Sununu is now backing Trump for president.

Numerati

$71.1 million to $45.2 million

56% to 37%

270,000

50 of 96

New York Times: “Of the 96 possible jurors brought into the room, more than 50 raised their hands to say they couldn’t be fair. They were immediately excused.”

20%