>>>>>>This is a slightly sports obsessed site so I am surprised no one has said anything yet about the Super Bowl. So here we go. I have plenty of thoughts about it but will lay back.
>>>>>
>>>>>GO PANTHERS!
>>>>>
>>>>>With that aside, I pulled for the Packers in this one.... hated both teams, but pulled for them since the Steelers have won 2 the last 6 and I want the underdog to win once in a while.
>>>>>
>>>>>Christina... what can you say? If you don't know the words, at least try to learn them, or else have a teleprompter or someone with cards there to help... .sigh...
>>>>>
>>>>>Black-Eyed Peas? I knew they were in trouble when the girls mike failed right off to start. She would've been better off if had stayed off. Harmony???? The show itself was spectacular, too bad about the singing.
>>>>>
>>>>>The Steelers? Too many mistakes to overcome.
>>>>>
>>>>>The Packers? Wow... all the injuries and still overcame them. Too bad the Panthers can't learn from them.
>>>>>
>>>>>I watched most of the game and I though it was well officiated. Can't blame the refs on this on.
>>>>>
>>>>>The commercials were forgetable except Darth Vader. Cute. Kids always win in commercials. And pets.
>>>>>
>>>>>A very good Superbowl.....
>>>>
>>>>Most watched tv show in history (not just superbowls):
>>>>
>>>>Update ( 12:10p PT) Super Bowl XLV averaged 111 million viewers to become the most-watched program ever, breaking the previous record (last year’s Super Bowl) of 106.5 million.
>>>>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/02/07/super-bowl-xlv-poised-to-break-viewing-records-ties-1987-with-highest-overnight-ratings-ever/81684
>>>>
>>>>Even beat 1983 Mash Special
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>Most Watched Telecasts of All Time
>>>>Program 	       Date         Network 	Avg. # of Viewers (000)
>>>>Super Bowl XLV 	   February 6, 2011     FOX     111,010
>>>>Super Bowl XLIV    February 7, 2010   	CBS 	106,476
>>>>M*A*S*H Special    February 28, 1983 	CBS 	105,970
>>>>Super Bowl XLIII   February 1, 2009   	NBC 	98,732
>>>>Super Bowl XLII    February 3, 2008  	FOX 	97,448
>>>>Super Bowl XXX 	   January 28, 1996 	NBC 	94,076
>>>>

>>>
>>>Off course those (excellent) figures don't allow for a weighting on population, TV ownership etc.
>>>
>>>A better figure would be what percentage of those who where able to watch it did.
>>
>>It's really high. It's practically a national holiday. I hear what you're saying, because the Super Bowl is a tiny fish in the World Cup pond, but here it's huge.
>
>No thats not what I'm saying. It is a huge audience but. What I'm saying is that comparing with earlier years is another example of how statistics can be misleading.
>
>Years ago the FA cup here had a similar impact. The shops where practically empty on that Saturday at 3.00 but now it seems less so. One change is that it used to be one of the few games you could see live on TV where now there are live games several times a week.

I don't think you could find many (if any) tvs in a store, coffee shop, bar, airport (yes even airports will switch from CNN to the game), etc here tuned to anything other than the superbowl on superbowl sunday.... some folks in their homes will watch other stuff and flip back and forth to catch the score, but many if not most watch it -- even some folks who don't watch football every weekend or at all. Some will only watch the half-time show at home. It's crazy. And now some watch only to catch the commercials :o)