Discovery was smart enough to realize that a) Puppy Bowl draws on its own and b) counter programming is a zero-sum game - Puppy Bowl airs hours before the Super Bowl kicks off.
The mid/late 90s saw a few attempts to counter-program - the aforementioned ILC episode and "WWF Halftime Heat" (featuring a taped "Empty Area" match w/ The Rock & Mick Foley for the WWF title) are the two that immediately come to mind, but as usual there's a list on the Wikimachine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_counterprogramming#List_of_notable_Super_Bowl_halftime_counterprograms On Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 9:39:51 PM UTC-4 David Bruggeman wrote: > At least some credit, or blame, for that can go to In Living Colour. > > At this point, though, I think some streamer, whether it's one of the > services or somebody live on YouTube or Twitch, could try and do something > during the halftime show to boost their numbers. Assuming they haven't > already. > > There's always Puppy Bowl. > > David > > > On Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 05:04:41 PM PDT, Tom Wolper < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Counterprogramming the Super Bowl is a good way to get a zero rating. > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM 'Greg Diener' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > > NBC has the Super Bowl this season, not FOX, which had it last season. > > Greg > > On Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 6:33:23 PM UTC-4 Bob F wrote: > > No clues as to how or where; Turning Point is hardly in bed with > over-the-air TV, which would likely provide the most exposure... remember, > the most conversions from independent status of stations to affiliations > has historically been Fox, which has the game: > > https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/turning-point-usa-super-bowl-halftime-show-bad-bunny-1236544746/ > (link) > B > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ca052422-fd75-4d10-bc6e-2cd3da4516abn%40googlegroups.com.
