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Super Bowl LIII hits 10 year low

Just for fun I danced around the TV morning show dial looking for opinions today and found pretty much everyone agreed with me for a change (with the exception of CBS naturally who puffed up the game commentary by Tony Romo). The Big Game was a disaster from every aspect (unless you poor unfortunate viewers live somewhere in the Northeast).

The game was miserably boring. I would have thought time travel had bumped me back to Super Bowl IV, VII, IX or XI and was watching the MN Vikings bore me to death. "Brady is Great! Brady is Great! Brady is Great!" kept being bleated leading into the game. I didn't see it. Average performance at best and at times not nearly that good. If it weren't for the two offensive heros of the game, Gronk and Edelman, the game could have easily gone into multiple OT's tied at 3. Edelman easily deserved MVP and there wasn't any second place.

And then there was the much discussed half time show. What a miserable mess! Musically a disaster. The fireworks were the stars of the show. 'Moron 5' has no musical talent whatsoever and what was the disrobing of the lead singer? Looks like a tatted mess who's been on the Keto diet far too long. And don't forget Big Boi who 'arrived' in pimpmobile style and single handidly verified every Black ghetto neighborhood stereotype instantly. The only question I have is, where did they get the mindless bobbleheads jumping up and down in front of the stage? Most were neither in sync with the music nor was there any reason for their excitement. Elvis had left the building.

Back to football. This was the first Stupid Bowl I've watched in several decades; mostly because I wanted to see the Rams move the Pats off their pedestal. They didn't. They didn't even come close. Time to rename that team from El A the Lambs. Their vaunted defense was only occasionally stout but generally had more leaks than the White House. Perhaps they should move some defensive players to the O-line so that poor Goff could see some of the game standing on his feet.

I think next year I will stop at the NFL quarter and semi-finals. Those were a hell of a lot more fun to watch. Too bad the wrong teams won and left another Stupid Bowl a national calamity.
 
Still name something else that can get 87 million people to tune in. And a 71 share is also pretty impressive at a time when it's usually single digits.
 
TheBigA said:
Still name something else that can get 87 million people to tune in. And a 71 share is also pretty impressive at a time when it's usually single digits.
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Any old train wreck in a storm. Come to think of it, given the monumental intellect of young adults and their siblings today perhaps Lady Gaga doing a striptease in Macy's window might be a big draw too. She's gotta be a better draw than Cartoon Adam.
 
Let's see...... Inflate-gate, intercepting another team's calls, yea, The New England CHEATERS
deserve to be in the Super Bowl.... Once a cheat, it is hard to forget.....
 
Prescott Joe said:
Let's see...... Inflate-gate, intercepting another team's calls, yea, The New England CHEATERS
deserve to be in the Super Bowl.... Once a cheat, it is hard to forget.....
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That's absurd. People used to hate the Yankees for winning all the time. New England has played in 9 Super Bowls since 2001. They've won 6 and haven't had a losing season since 2000. That's amazing in the era of parity. Jealousy breeds haters. New England has earned their success through excellence.

The ratings decline is likely due to Patriots fatigue. Also, the backlash over the Saints loss in the Championship game. That horrible non call that went against New Orleans led many to say "the fix was in". LA is the #2 TV market in the country, so the ratings should have gone up theoretically. It didn't happen...
 
Could we have seen a totally different SB with Tom Brady vs. Drew Brees? Potentially a 100-million + fest like last year? Should've would've could've.
 
Atlanta (#9 DMA), where the game was played, drew better than Los Angeles did (ATL 49.1, L.A. 44.6).

I passed on the halftime show. I have to listen to crappy music at work as it is (Iggy Azalea, Katy Perry, country pop, etc.) so I certainly didn't need it during what is supposed to be a diversion.
 
crainbebo said:
Could we have seen a totally different SB with Tom Brady vs. Drew Brees? Potentially a 100-million + fest like last year? Should've would've could've.
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There were way over one hundred million if you include streaming. Comparisons that don’t include new media are just not relevant to today’s changes in distribution methods.
 
According to Bloomberg (via Kantar Media Research), CBS raked in $382 million in ad sales which was down from the $408 million NBC took in last year and $419 million for Fox in 2017. Of the 91 ad spots during the game, 32 were promos for CBS themselves. Two spots were for the NFL.
 
Ccook55 said:
According to Bloomberg (via Kantar Media Research), CBS raked in $382 million in ad sales which was down from the $408 million NBC took in last year and $419 million for Fox in 2017. Of the 91 ad spots during the game, 32 were promos for CBS themselves. Two spots were for the NFL.
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Those numbers would be sending up major red flags for me if I were in network management.
 
Considering the rapidly changing demographics of the USA I wonder if the NFL will live long enough in its current form to again become the premier sport following one or two decades of 'immigrant preferred sports'. Games like the Super Bowl sure don't seem to help the possibilities.
 
landtuna said:
Considering the rapidly changing demographics of the USA I wonder if the NFL will live long enough in its current form to again become the premier sport following one or two decades of 'immigrant preferred sports'. Games like the Super Bowl sure don't seem to help the possibilities.
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Ummmm, when did soccer -- the obvious "immigrant preferred sport" -- overtake American football as this country's premier spectator sport? Yes, in participation it vastly outranks football, but then, so does basketball. But when it comes to watching, football is No. 1 and it's not really close. As far as dull "Stupid Bowls" go, what's your answer? Hire Vince McMahon's staff to script all the finishes?
 
tbolt909 said:
That's absurd. People used to hate the Yankees for winning all the time. New England has played in 9 Super Bowls since 2001. They've won 6 and haven't had a losing season since 2000. That's amazing in the era of parity. Jealousy breeds haters. New England has earned their success through excellence.

The ratings decline is likely due to Patriots fatigue. Also, the backlash over the Saints loss in the Championship game. That horrible non call that went against New Orleans led many to say "the fix was in". LA is the #2 TV market in the country, so the ratings should have gone up theoretically. It didn't happen...
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It helps to have the Bill, Jets, and Dolphins in your division. Face it, the Patriots have 6 wins built in by default every year.
 
Not surprised by the LA numbers, they couldn't care less about football in Los Angeles. I bet the only city that had lower numbers was St Louis.
 
The Hollywood Reporter says that although ratings were down for the Super Bowl, the game actually hurt viewership on Netflix:

"Sunday's low-scoring Super Bowl also scored the lowest ratings in more than a decade, down 5% from last year and averaging 98.2 million viewers. The game still managed to affect Netflix's usual Sunday viewing, which was down 32% during the telecast."
 
Don CT said:
It helps to have the Bill, Jets, and Dolphins in your division. Face it, the Patriots have 6 wins built in by default every year.
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Not the Patriots fault that their division foes are mediocre. New England still has to play a first place schedule every year and win Playoff games. They won a road game in Kansas City in the AFC Championship.

The dip in this years ratings is not dramatic. Still, the NFL has suffered some credibility issues. The incoherent replay system and dubious officiating has drawn criticism. The "spectacle" of the Super Bowl has made the game an afterthought anyway...
 
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