TiVo report details Super Bowl ads
TiVo said this year's Super Bowl and the commercials within it got the typical huge global audience as in years past. But despite efforts to scale back tastelessness and sex in the game and advertising, the commercials that pushed the envelope the furthest still drew the most enthusiastic viewership, according to TiVo's annual audience measurement of the big game.
The highest spike in commercial replay activity during the entire game was recorded during the one commercial that aired during the game that most resembled some of the most criticized spots from last year. The first few seconds of the commercial from GoDaddy.com, which featured a "wardrobe malfunction" of its own were the most replayed moments of any commercial in the game, according to TiVo.
On the other hand, the "tamer" halftime performance actually retained more viewers than the heavily promoted hip hop halftime from last year's big game. Former Beatle Paul McCartney's halftime show on the whole had about 5 percent more viewers compared to last year's halftime show.
A fourth quarter interception by Patriot's linebacker Ted Bruschi that sealed the game for the defending world champions was the most viewed play of the game, according to TiVo.
The highest replayed moments of the game didn't take place during a commercial or during the game. Thousands of TiVo subscribers replayed the moment when a phone number was displayed on screen that viewers could use to cast their own votes for the Super Bowl MVP.
TiVo's audience measurement analysis is based on aggregated data from a sample of 10,000 anonymous TiVo households. TiVo viewership information gauges the interest in programming content by measuring the percentage of the TiVo Super Bowl audience watching in "play" speed.
TiVo Top 10 Super Bowl Commercials
1. Emerald Nuts -- Unicorn
2. Anheuser Busch -- Designated Driver
3. GoDaddy.com -- Censorship Hearing
4. Diet Pepsi -- Cindy Crawford Eye Catcher
5. Ameriquest -- Robbery
6. Careerbuilder.com -- Monkey Brown-Nosing
7. Tabasco -- Burn
8. Fed Ex -- Super Bowl Commercial Formula
9. Paramount Pictures -- War of the Worlds
10. Anheuser Busch -- Thank You to Troops
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