Has the Super Bowl Finally Jumped the Shark?
An estimated 110 million Americans watched the Super Bowl last year.
But wait. That number can’t possibly be correct, can it? Given the U.S. population is currently 316 million, wouldn’t that mean 206 million other Americans didn’t watch the game? If television ratings are anywhere close to being accurate, nearly two-thirds of the American population doesn’t watch the Super Bowl.
I wonder. Who are these people? Babies? Little girls playing with dolls? Immigrants? The senile? The criminally insane? Hospital patients stuck in a coma? Who the fuck doesn’t watch the Super Bowl? Except for the very young, the very old, and the mentally deranged — everyone watches the biggest sporting event of the year. Right?
That’s what I used to think.
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