I didn't have a lot of interest in the Super Bowl so my viewing was more checking in every so often to see what the score was.  Seems like not much happened until the last quarter.
 
Did watch some of the new commercials that played on CTV.  And also looked in at the half time show with Bad Bunny.  I didn't mind him or the music, but thought the set up was strange. 

The stage area was small and narrow and the wall of grass surrounding the set would impede the people seeing much in the lower levels. The people that paid $30,000 or whatever for a seat in the first few rows from the sides would be looking at grass.  These fans in expensive seats could only watch the stadium screens, even though Bunny was just feet away.   Best to be sitting up about 20 or 30 rows or higher to get a better view.

What I saw NBC did a great job, but the consensus seems to be that the game itself was pretty boring.  Didn't watch much of Craves new series Borderline.  Nice photography of cottage country but opted to watch the news and Olympics instead.   

RadioActive wrote:

I wonder what the numbers are for Canada.

No, not the ratings, the people who didn't go in to work on Monday.

According to a firm that tracks such things, the figures in the U.S. prove there are likely a lot of no-shows on the first day back to the office on this side of the border, too. 

• 13.1 million plan to take a pre‑approved day off, compared to 12.9 million in ’25 and 10 million in ‘24; 
• 6.5 million plan to swap shifts with a co-worker, compared to 4.8 million in ‘25; 
• 3.3 million intend to call out sick despite not being ill, similar to 3.2 million in ‘25; and 
• 1.6 million plan to ‘ghost’ work without notifying their employer, compared to 3.2 million in ’25. 

 It doesn’t end at missing work, either: Approximately 4.9 million workers plan to go into work late without letting their manager know in advance." 

Back-to-back Records: 26.2 Million U.S. Employees May Miss Work on Super Bowl Monday, According to UKG  

"year after year, without fail, fans of the sporting event have wanted the event moved to Saturdays..."   https://www.king5.com/article/sports/nfl/superbowl/why-super-bowl-always-on-sunday/507-cf6e34d1-1866-46ab-9681-907ede6bbf8c#:~:text=Credit%3A%20AP-,Super%20Bowl%20Saturday%20sounds%20great%2C%20but%20it'll%20probably%20never,it%20was%20on%20a%20Saturday.&text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%94%20The%20Super%20Bowl%20isn,game%E2%80%94it's%20America's%20biggest%20party.

Can't imagine many in Canada missing work on Monday because of the Super Bowl.  Maybe if Buffalo got to the playoffs and won you would have some in Southern Ontario, but beyond that not many.

The Weed wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

The best part of the Super Bowl, to me, is that the season is finally over and it hopefully ends the delay of primetime programming on CBS every damn Sunday. Has a football game ever, ever, ever ended on time? My DVR will be very happy to not have shows start at 9:47 PM.

You're forgetting CBS carries Golf - which sometimes doesn't end on time either.

Yes, I know. But it usually doesn't run quite as far over as football. I'll say this for the NFL - at least it has a clock that eventually runs out. Golf doesn't and can go on until it gets dark. So yes, it can be an irritant, too. But somehow it's not as bad as the pigskin people.

Maybe because it's mostly in the summer, a lot of shows are in reruns - and I'm in a better mood because winter is my lifelong sworn enemy!

They've re-acquired Major League Baseball to air Sunday nights, after ESPN bowed out of the bidding. And they recently added the NBA. Maybe that's what you're thinking of. 

Had to laugh (or cry) at tRump's Lies social website where he lashed out at Bad Bunny saying  nobody could understand what he was saying.
That's right Donald, nobody speaks Spanish.
 

RadioActive wrote:

They've re-acquired Major League Baseball to air Sunday nights, after ESPN bowed out of the bidding. And they recently added the NBA. Maybe that's what you're thinking of. 

You might be right about
Baseball and NBA, but
NBC Sunday night football also shows up in this ad: (& no golf)




 

paterson1 wrote:

Can't imagine many in Canada missing work on Monday because of the Super Bowl.  Maybe if Buffalo got to the playoffs and won you would have some in Southern Ontario, but beyond that not many.

Greg Brady noted on AM640 Tuesday that next year's Super Bowl Sunday just happens to occur on Valentine's Day - which should make for some interesting interactions amongst couples. 

But it also has a bonus you rarely see. The Monday after is President's Day in the U.S. and Family Day in Ontario. So there will be a lot of people who don't have to go to work the following morning. Hopefully that won't lead to an increase in people driving home drunk. But it might be a factor in how long SB parties go on. 

RadioActive wrote:

paterson1 wrote:

Can't imagine many in Canada missing work on Monday because of the Super Bowl.  Maybe if Buffalo got to the playoffs and won you would have some in Southern Ontario, but beyond that not many.

Greg Brady noted on AM640 Tuesday that next year's Super Bowl Sunday just happens to occur on Valentine's Day - which should make for some interesting interactions amongst couples. 

But it also has a bonus you rarely see. The Monday after is President's Day in the U.S. and Family Day in Ontario. So there will be a lot of people who don't have to go to work the following morning. Hopefully that won't lead to an increase in people driving home drunk. But it might be a factor in how long SB parties go on. 

That is the plan in future. Super Bowl to be held on the Sunday before President's Day which will match up nicely with the league plans to go to an 18 game schedule. The owners always get what they want. Players will get more money, a second bye week and preseason games will be reduced again. While the current television contract runs until 2033. the NFL can open bidding discussions in 2029. Amazon will likely outbid CBS or FOX  for one of the Sunday packages.

Speaking of ratings, the game did boffo numbers on CTV and its various offshoots.

Super Bowl LX reaches nearly 16M Canadian viewers


 

RadioActive wrote:

It turns out, perhaps because of all the controversy and his own fame, that Bad Bunny's halftime performance may have set a Super Bowl ratings record.

Did Bad Bunny Have The Most Viewed Super Bowl Halftime Show In History?

Trump was against it. 

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And by the way, Donald, what language is Mar A Lago?  Could it be, oh I dunno....SPANISH for Sea to Lake?
You're such a bad bunny, Donald.
 

I'm hoping it's a one off. But I've pledged that if this vine starts to grow out of control again, the thread will be locked. It's the only way I know to stop it from spreading like an out of control virus. 

Again, to be clear, I am no fan of that horrible man down south. It's just that, unless it's something broadcast related like cutting funding to NPR and PBS, it's doesn't really belong here. 

Binson Echorec wrote:

The worst part is I don't think I even realized the political implications of what I had posted.

My bad. I'm usually pretty apolitical but pointing out the nonsense is an easy (and partisan) trap to fall into.

It wasn't your comment that was the issue. It was the one that followed that was flat out political and had nothing to do with TV or radio. At least yours was about something broadcast related. 

RadioActive wrote:

It turns out, perhaps because of all the controversy and his own fame, that Bad Bunny's halftime performance may have set a Super Bowl ratings record.

Did Bad Bunny Have The Most Viewed Super Bowl Halftime Show In History?

Not according to Sports Media Watch. The Bad Bunny halftime show averaged 128.2M in the 8;15 quarter hour, down from last year's 133.5M for Kendrick Lamar and 129.3M for Usher two years ago. According to SMW, that 135M number appears to have been a made up social media post.