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minus-squarejacksilver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoI feel like these numbers only mean something if you weight them by the superbowl viewership. Its not like 120 million people are turning on the tv just for the halftime show. Looking up online, it does seem like several million extra people do tune in for the halftime show, but also the numbers track pretty closely to the superbowl views - https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/super-bowl-2026-watched-seahawks-patriots-viewership/b0c14c1c15663b99ffd35db9
I feel like these numbers only mean something if you weight them by the superbowl viewership.
Its not like 120 million people are turning on the tv just for the halftime show. Looking up online, it does seem like several million extra people do tune in for the halftime show, but also the numbers track pretty closely to the superbowl views - https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/super-bowl-2026-watched-seahawks-patriots-viewership/b0c14c1c15663b99ffd35db9