NFL In 1969 Super Bowl III had 5 commercials.

[subtlySteve]

(Super Bowls I & II had none)

In 2022 Super Bowl LVI had 80.

#themoreyouknow

 

[Simple Southerner]

Cool beans. I hate any & all commercials except sb commercials sb commercials are new, funny and all around cool

 

[Fugazy]

Cool beans. I hate any & all commercials except sb commercials sb commercials are new, funny and all around cool

Lately they've fallen off a cliff.

Id say the golden age was about 10-15 years ago.

 

[ralphc1]

I remember when CBS was broadcasting games from 1960 on, there were very few commercials. The announcers would mention a sponsor from time to time but the coverage didn't even break away for the end of each quarter in the early days. We watched the teams swap sides of the field. There was usually a commercial at the end of the first half, then they returned to cover the halftime show which would be followed by another commercial before the second half started. In Wisconsin, I recall the commercials being about snow tires. It usually took an hour and a half or an hour and 45 minutes to play a game, including a 15 minute halftime.

In Wisconsin, the games started at 1PM Central time and were usually done by 2:30. They would have some player interviews after the game before a West coast game started at 3PM Central time. After a few years, they added commercials at the quarter breaks. It was something that was discussed at the time because there weren't many opportunities for commercials like there were in baseball between innings as the teams changed the field and pitcher took warm up pitches.

The NFL decided to add TV timeouts which slowed down the games, eventually leading to an hour earlier start time for the early games. Now games regularly take 3 hours or more with a 10 minute halftime break.

 

[therealdope]

I remember when CBS was broadcasting games from 1960 on, there were very few commercials. The announcers would mention a sponsor from time to time but the coverage didn't even break away for the end of each quarter in the early days. We watched the teams swap sides of the field. There was usually a commercial at the end of the first half, then they returned to cover the halftime show which would be followed by another commercial before the second half started. In Wisconsin, I recall the commercials being about snow tires. It usually took an hour and a half or an hour and 45 minutes to play a game, including a 15 minute halftime.

In Wisconsin, the games started at 1PM Central time and were usually done by 2:30. They would have some player interviews after the game before a West coast game started at 3PM Central time. After a few years, they added commercials at the quarter breaks. It was something that was discussed at the time because there weren't many opportunities for commercials like there were in baseball between innings as the teams changed the field and pitcher took warm up pitches.

The NFL decided to add TV timeouts which slowed down the games, eventually leading to an hour earlier start time for the early games. Now games regularly take 3 hours or more with a 10 minute halftime break.

90 minute games? no way. Even in the 70s, games were 3hrs (IIRC).

I recall a 1980s MNF game with the niners at the Redskins that was insanely long. I think it triggered the NFL into running the clock a lot more because teh game time was out of hand.

I had to look it up. 4hrs in 1986. No overtime.

 

['Rocky']

The real tragedy is the Super Bowl is the biggest football game of the year and it's catered to a bunch of retards across the world who can't name one NFL player and only watch it for the commercials and to see some popstar bimbo shake her ass at halftime. I'm sure the majority of the commercials will be woke garbage anyway.

 

[ralphc1]

90 minute games? no way. Even in the 70s, games were 3hrs (IIRC).

I recall a 1980s MNF game with the niners at the Redskins that was insanely long. I think it triggered the NFL into running the clock a lot more because teh game time was out of hand.

I had to look it up. 4hrs in 1986. No overtime.

I went to quite a few NFL games in the early 60s. When I went in the 80s, we were sitting in the stands wondering what was going on and found out that it was television time outs. They have them at every change of possession. I didn't notice them as much watching at home because the commercials are on but sitting in the stadiums, the downtime is noticeable.

 

[therealdope]

I went to quite a few NFL games in the early 60s. When I went in the 80s, we were sitting in the stands wondering what was going on and found out that it was television time outs. They have them at every change of possession. I didn't notice them as much watching at home because the commercials are on but sitting in the stadiums, the downtime is noticeable.

I only go to University of Michigan games now and everytime the guy in the red hat steps out on the field the fans just groan because you know it's a TV 3 minutes pause. As if the game didn't have enough stops. I've been to 3 of the last 4 OSU - UM games in Ann Arbor and they've all lasted nearly 4 hrs from kick off to the final whistle without one going to OT.

/Oldmanrant

 

[codfather]

The real tragedy is the Super Bowl is the biggest football game of the year and it's catered to a bunch of retards across the world who can't name one NFL player and only watch it for the commercials and to see some popstar bimbo shake her ass at halftime. I'm sure the majority of the commercials will be woke garbage anyway.

They don't show American commercials in broadcasts across the world. Hell, in many countries, they don't even show commercials at all.