The Super Bowl is the National Football League's championship game, and typically the highest-rated single U.S. television broadcast of any given year. In turn, the program aired immediately following coverage of the game in the U.S. is typically also one of the year's most watched television programs. The Super Bowl lead-out programme is typically aired across most U.S. markets simultaneously, and is usually one hour in length. Currently, a regular-length episode of a drama series can usually air, although in some cases, a one-hour episode of a sitcom which is normally 30 minutes in length or two episodes of different sitcoms paired together may air instead. Quite often, the selected series is one of the "prestige" shows for the network showing the game that year, or a moderate hit which the network wants to give a higher profile.

Here are a list of Super Bowl lead-out programs over the years:

1967: Lassie (CBS); Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (NBC)
1968: Local programming, then Lassie (CBS)
1969: The G.E. College Bowl (NBC)
1970: Lassie (CBS)
1971: The Bing Crosby Pro-Am Golf Tournament (NBC)
1972: 60 Minutes (CBS)
1973: None (NBC)
1974: Local programming, then The New Perry Mason (CBS)
1975: NBC Nightly News (NBC)
1976: The Phoenix Open Golf Tournament (CBS)
1977: The Wonderful World of Disney (NBC)
1978: All in the Family (CBS)
1979: Brothers and Sisters (NBC)
1980: 60 Minutes (CBS)
1981: CHiPs (NBC)
1982: 60 Minutes (CBS)
1983: The A-Team (NBC)
1984: Airwolf (CBS)
1985: MacGruder and Loud (ABC)
1986: The Last Precinct (NBC)
1987: Hard Copy (CBS)
1988: The Wonder Years (ABC)
1989: Brotherhood of the Rose (NBC)
1990: Grand Slam (CBS)
1991: Davis Rules (ABC)
1992: 60 Minutes and 48 Hours (CBS)
1993: Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
1994: The Good Life and The John Larroquette Show (NBC)
1995: Extreme (ABC)
1996: Friends (NBC)
1997: The X-Files (FOX)
1998: 3rd Rock From the Sun (NBC)
1999: Family Guy and The Simpsons (FOX)
2000: The Practice (ABC)
2001: Survivor: The Australian Outback (CBS)
2002: Malcolm in the Middle (FOX)
2003: Alias (ABC)
2004: Survivor: All Stars (CBS)
2005: The Simpsons and American Dad! (FOX)
2006: Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
2007: Criminal Minds (CBS)
2008: House, M.D. (FOX)
2009: The Office (NBC)
2010: Undercover Boss (CBS)
2011: Glee (FOX)
2012: The Voice (NBC)
2013: Elementary (CBS)
2014: New Girl and Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)
2015: The Blacklist (NBC)
2016: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
2017: 24: Legacy (FOX)
2018: This is Us (NBC)
2019: The World's Best (CBS)
2020: The Masked Singer (FOX)
2021: The Equalizer (2021) (CBS)
2022: 2022 Winter Olympics Primetime Show (events: Women's Monobob and Ice Dance) (NBC)
2023: Next Level Chef (FOX)

The Super Bowl is the National Football League's championship game, and typically the highest-rated single U.S. television broadcast of any given year. In turn, the program aired immediately following coverage of the game in the U.S. is typically also one of the year's most watched television programs. The Super Bowl lead-out programme is typically aired across most U.S. markets simultaneously, and is usually one hour in length. Currently, a regular-length episode of a drama series can usually air, although in some cases, a one-hour episode of a sitcom which is normally 30 minutes in length or two episodes of different sitcoms paired together may air instead. Quite often, the selected series is one of the "prestige" shows for the network showing the game that year, or a moderate hit which the network wants to give a higher profile.

Here are a list of Super Bowl lead-out programs over the years:
1983: The A-Team (CBS)


IIRC, #17 was on NBC, therefore The A-Team followed that on NBC. Just thought I'd bring that up.

New shows premiering after the game don't seem to last long, does anyone remember Grand Slam or The Last Precinct?

New shows premiering after the game don't seem to last long, does anyone remember Grand Slam or The Last Precinct?

The only ones that did were The A-Team on NBC, followed SB XVII and The Wonder Years on ABC, followed SB XXII.

The only ones that did were The A-Team on NBC, followed SB XVII and The Wonder Years on ABC, followed SB XXII.

Undercover Boss is still on

Also, I think Jimmy Kimmel Live debuted after Super Bowl 37 in 2003.

family guy has lasted long

Undercover Boss is still on

Well make that 5 new shows that succeeded when airing on the Night of the Super Bowl.

You know what the slot for the Super Bowl lead-out program shouldn't be wasted by?

* Reality shows
* Animated "sliding timescale" shows
* Programs in "final season" status at the time of the SB taking place (which is at midseason)
* Programs that have already aired as SB lead-out program once

The first two types of shows on this list should be banned from the post-SB slot. The SB lead-out program should be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity (a program should be SB lead-out only once in a show's run).

The new TV series Elementary has been officially selected as the Super Bowl XLVIII lead-out programme.

Pretty good choice, although I thought they'd go with 2 Broke Girls since I'm sure all of the dads in America would stick around to watch Kat Dennings. I guess the issue there is that they don't really have a strong comedy to pair it with though.

You know what the slot for the Super Bowl lead-out program shouldn't be wasted by?

* Reality shows
* Animated "sliding timescale" shows
* Programs in "final season" status at the time of the SB taking place (which is at midseason)
* Programs that have already aired as SB lead-out program once

The first two types of shows on this list should be banned from the post-SB slot. The SB lead-out program should be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity (a program should be SB lead-out only once in a show's run).

What I highlighted in bold. What does "sliding timescale" shows mean?

Elementary is a pretty good choice for a lead out program. You just hope the game is close, so you dont lose the audience.


Btw, why would dads like Kat Dennings for?

What I highlighted in bold. What does "sliding timescale" shows mean?

Answer is in this thread (http://sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=302956)'s first post.

Btw, why would dads like Kat Dennings for?

I'll give you two reasons...

Yeah, I figured it was that although I wasnt sure.

FOX BC recently announced that the lead-out programs for Super Bowl XLVIII, to take place on 2 February 2014, will be "New Girl", and one of the network's other new comedies.

Lead-out program for Super Bowl XLIX on NBC is announced: The Blacklist

http://tvline.com/2014/05/11/nbc-fall-tv-lineup-2014-the-blacklist-moves-midseason/

That's weird they are announcing it now.

That's weird they are announcing it now.

probably want to start selling commerical time now

UPDATE: The Blacklist's Post-Super Bowl Episode to be a two-parter; The post-SB episode and the following episode on February 5 will be a two-part story arc, clearly intended to give its Thursday premiere a hefty boost.

Shades of Grey's Anatomy: When Grey's Anatomy aired after Super Bowl XL in 2006 (GA is the last ABC program to be Super bowl lead-out), it was the opening hour of a two-part storyline, with the second part airing the following Thursday.

http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/the-voice-post-super-bowl-two-parter/

The ones after the Super Bowl: 10 shows that capitalized on TV’s best slot (http://www.avclub.com/article/ones-after-super-bowl-10-shows-capitalized-tvs-bes-214120)

Let me know if I'm wrong but I believe Friends holds the record best viewership post superbowl timeslot.

NBC is showing the Blacklist after the superbowl this year. I have to say that is an excellent idea, this show will actually appeal to the majority of male viewers the game usually gets.

I dont watch Blacklist but it should still do a good rating.

19 Post-Super Bowl Episodes By The Numbers (http://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/17-post-super-bowl-tv-episodes-ratings-report-car)

I heard the SB tonight had a 100 million viewers

http://mentalfloss.com/article/56642/6-tv-shows-flopped-despite-having-super-bowl-lead

They set a record rating that will be broken by next year's Super Bowl. Also helped that Brady and Belicheck are usually villians and people want to see them get beat.

http://www.adweek.com/news/television/infographic-do-tv-shows-leading-out-super-bowl-gain-long-term-viewers-169280

The last three shows to air after the Super Bowl — The Blacklist, New Girl and Elementary — all got a huge ratings bump after the big game, but those viewers didn’t stick around as all three suffered slight but respective declines of 5%, 7% and 2%. In fact, only three post-Super Bowl shows have had a double-digit increase in viewership over the past 10 years (Grey’s Anatomy, The Office and Criminal Minds). PLUS: 10 TV shows you probably forgot (http://www.adweek.com/news/television/10-tv-shows-you-probably-forgot-debuted-right-after-super-bowl-169357) aired after the Super Bowl.

Does anyone think that CBS putting The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in the post-Super Bowl timeslot may be seen as a good move or just a waste of the post-SB slot? I initially thought Scorpion or Mom was going to be put after the Super Bowl before Late Show was announced for the slot. Would it be like ABC premiering Jimmy Kimmel Live after Super Bowl 37 in 2003?

What could be the reasoning behind The Late Show airing after the Super Bowl this year? One reason is that CBS probably wants to elevate The Late Show with Stephen Colbert even though the ratings and viewership for most of their younger prime-time scripted shows are underwhelming.

Third Rock from the Sun may be the only show of the post-Super Bowl shows that began at the Super Bowl [XXXII in 1998]. I remember as NBC's coverage was about to end, inside that Super Bowl's Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, John Lithgow, in character as Dick Solomon, grabbed the microphone from Greg Gumbel and started off on a rant about something that had happened to him, and then the episode started as a flashback from whatever experience Dick had just had. This was the last Super Bowl that NBC had for several years, as it had just lost its AFC coverage to CBS for the years following. Eventually NBC had Sunday Night Football and got back into the Super Bowl network rotation again, taking ABC's place.

What could be the reasoning behind The Late Show airing after the Super Bowl this year? One reason is that CBS probably wants to elevate The Late Show with Stephen Colbert even though the ratings and viewership for most of their younger prime-time scripted shows are underwhelming.

I think that's exactly it...they want to get more publicity for Colbert, esp. since they have the Super Bowl during his first season. But all of the 11:35 talk shows have done a post-SB game (technically, Kimmel was still at 12:05 when his post-game shows aired).

I think that's exactly it...they want to get more publicity for Colbert, esp. since they have the Super Bowl during his first season. But all of the 11:35 talk shows have done a post-SB game (technically, Kimmel was still at 12:05 when his post-game shows aired).


Who is going to watch a Late night talk show after the SB?

People are going to be watching ESPN, NFL Network and Postgame show

Lead-out program for Super Bowl LIII announced: The World's Best, a new talent competition series.

https://deadline.com/2018/10/the-worlds-best-post-super-bowl-premiere-date-cbs-talent-competition-reality-series-1202484325/#comment-list-wrapper

With The Big Bang Theory ending after this season, I thought CBS was going to give the post-Super Bowl timeslot to one of their new comedies (The Neighborhood, Happy Together, Young Sheldon, Fam), but no, CBS is going to waste the slot on another reality/non-scripted show. Deadline claims the choice of The World's Best being the SB lead-out program for this season is understandable given their success with airing reality/non-scripted fare after the SB, like Survivor (which aired after the SB twice), the premiere of Undercover Boss, and their Late Show franchise. Now this ensures CBS's comedy division is really going to falter after this season ends.

Lead-out program for Super Bowl LIII announced: The World's Best, a new talent competition series.

With The Big Bang Theory ending after this season, I thought CBS was going to give the post-Super Bowl timeslot to one of their new comedies (The Neighborhood, Happy Together, Young Sheldon, Fam), but no, CBS is going to waste the slot on another reality/non-scripted show.

Young Sheldon is hardly a new show. In its second season, it is an established hit. No need for extra promotion.

Young Sheldon is hardly a new show. In its second season, it is an established hit. No need for extra promotion.Some of the shows that have done the best post Super Bowl are established hits like Friends and Grey's Anatomy.

Super Bowl LVI is the next Super Bowl to be telecast by CBS. The Winter Olympics in Beijing (which is to be telecast by NBC) are going to begin on the Friday prior to the game. It is expected that the viewership of both events will be impacted by their scheduling. Unfortunately, this conflict will also affect the viewership for the Super Bowl's lead-out program that year. I was hoping for a sitcom to be telecast in the post-SB slot the next time CBS has the game, but because of the Winter Olympics/Super Bowl conflict, I guess it may have to wait until 2025 and Super Bowl LIX (provided that the current Super Bowl broadcasting rotation continues unchanged).

The lead-out program for Super Bowl 54 this year is, unfortunately, going to be the season 3 premiere of The Masked Singer. This is the second straight year that the Super Bowl lead-out timeslot has been wasted on a talent-competition show.:( I wanted the SB lead-out slot to go to new animated program Bless the Harts, but FOX-TV shortened its season to 10 episodes despite it launching in the fall.:mad:

CBS chose (https://deadline.com/2020/12/the-equalizer-queen-latifah-post-super-bowl-slot-cbs-fbi-1234649851/) the 2021 reboot of The Equalizer featuring Queen Latifah as the lead-out program for Super Bowl LV this year. I was very surprised and unpleased about this choice, as I had been expecting The Neighborhood to take the post-SB slot this year. The Neighborhood looked like the perfect choice for that slot, as it could bolster the network's post-The Big Bang Theory comedy division.

A freshman show on that slot is a telling sign that the networks have NOT learned from the The World's Best and 24: Legacy fiascos (24: Legacy's ratings dropped throughout its only season and its final episode was only less than a fourth of its post-SB audience, and The World's Best's ratings catastrophically collapsed within literally days of its post-SB showing, and SB LIII itself being the absolute worst Big Game in history didn't help matters). Before Friends, new-show that launched after the Super Bowl usually ended up getting low ratings and cancelled after one season (The A-Team and The Wonder Years are but a couple of eceptions). And I'm just now starting to resent CBS always favoring procedurals and reality shows in the SB lead-out slot. CBS is going to have to put a sitcom there sooner or later.

I watched the series finale of The Good Place on the NBC website last year after Super Bowl LIV (on FOX-TV), simply because I wasn't interested in The Masked Singer (the actual lead out program). If terrible choices continue to be made by the networks regarding the post-Super Bowl slot, then I will never watch another Super Bowl lead-out program again.:(

CBS lives their dramas. CBD could've had big rating with a post-SB TBBT. If TBBT was an NBC show it would've got the exposure. 3rd rock, friends, office. Dramas always come first with cbs and will continue unless the new management changes the thought cycle.

CBS lives their dramas. CBD could've had big rating with a post-SB TBBT. If TBBT was an NBC show it would've got the exposure. 3rd rock, friends, office. Dramas always come first with cbs and will continue unless the new management changes the thought cycle.

:angryfire No, no, no, no! I already said I was not going to argue with you over this. The next time CBS telecasts the Super Bowl, they're going to have to air a sitcom after it; they're not going to have any other choice then. I'm not going to say this again.:angryfire

:angryfire No, no, no, no! I already said I was not going to argue with you over this. The next time CBS telecasts the Super Bowl, they're going to have to air a sitcom after it; they're not going to have any other choice then. I'm not going to say this again.:angryfire

When you become in charge of CBS then you could air whatever you like. Until then...

When you become in charge of CBS then you could air whatever you like. Until then...

I don't need to be ****ed with and harassed by you or CNNCBS. Can I PLEASE have SOMEONE ELSE reply to me regarding the CBS-Sitcom-After-the-Super-Bowl issue?! You know broadcast-TV comedy viewership is going to get even worse in the comping years.:crying:

I don't need to be ****ed with and harassed by you or CNNCBS. Can I PLEASE have SOMEONE ELSE reply to me regarding the CBS-Sitcom-After-the-Super-Bowl issue?! You know broadcast-TV comedy viewership is going to get even worse in the comping years.:crying:

You’re not being harassed, come on. You’re the only one making this an issue. If you can’t handle opposing views then you don’t belong on a discussion forum.

You’re not being harassed, come on. You’re the only one making this an issue. If you can’t handle opposing views then you don’t belong on a discussion forum.

It sounds like you two are harassing me. CNNCBS just pounced on me just like he did at the CBS News/Discossion thread last month. Those opposing views will just ensure that CBS doesn't pick a sitcom for the post-Super Bowl lead-out slot the next time they telecast the Super Bowl.

I don't care at this point. Just leave me the **** alone and stop replying to me. Please.

It sounds like you two are harassing me. CNNCBS just pounced on me just like he did at the CBS News/Discossion thread last month.

I don't care at this point. Just leave me the **** alone and stop replying to me. Please.

How exactly are you being harassed? He didn’t pounce on you or say anything insulting at all.

How exactly are you being harassed? He didn’t pounce on you or say anything insulting at all.

Don't ask me. Ask TJ when he looks at this page and assesses this whole dispute that you two are dragging me into.

I just didn't need either one of y'all's input and CNNCBS just repeating the same thing over and over when I said I wanted a CBS sitcom to air after the Super Bowl. I will stand by what I've stated regarding this no matter what.

Don't ask me. Ask TJ when he looks at this page and assesses this whole dispute that you two are dragging me into.

I just didn't need either one of y'all's input and CNNCBS just repeating the same thing over and over when I said I wanted a CBS sitcom to air after the Super Bowl. I will stand by what I've stated regarding this no matter what.

Why are you taking this so seriously? I don’t know what to tell you, write a letter to CBS if this is affecting you so much.

You know what would get good ratings after the Super Bowl?

Another Super Bowl...

New Girl was a big hit for Fox right out of the gate. Fox gave it the post-Super Bowl slot where it goes underperformed, the show decline bed sharply and never regained the lost momentum.

Wonder Years and Friends were successful post-SB half hour shows. 3rd Rock and Office both were considered soft in their post-SB outings. Post-SB has had more flops than successes because the ratings/retention bar is extremely high.

New Girl was a big hit for Fox right out of the gate. Fox gave it the post-Super Bowl slot where it goes underperformed, the show decline bed sharply and never regained the lost momentum.

Wonder Years and Friends were successful post-SB half hour shows. 3rd Rock and Office both were considered soft in their post-SB outings. Post-SB has had more flops than successes because the ratings/retention bar is extremely high.

Well, what about Elementary?

Elementary's post-Super Bowl episode ("The Deductionist") attracted 20.8 million viewers and a 7.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic, despite it airing out of prime time on the East Coast due to a power-outage-induced game delay.

Elementary was only an average/marginal performer for CBS throughout its run, but it was only kept around because, being an in-house production, it once generated a profit of, like, US$80 million during its third season. I felt like the only reason CBS dragged-out Elementary for a seven-year run was because of that post-Super Bowl outing.

CBS buried Elementary in the Sunday deathslot of 10 pm during season four, and then, once it moved to Mondays at 10 pm, Elementary began to only air during the Summer. This continued once Elementary was moved back to its original Thursday at 10pm slot for its final year. With a nice syndication package of 150 episodes, Elementary can consider itself lucky.

The reason Elementary lasted so long wasn't its post Super Bowl berth. It was the syndication deal WGN got ripped off on, paying way too much. More seasons Elementary had, the richer CBS got taking advantage of WGN's stupidity. Also, keep in mind that while post Super Bowl shows not airing in primetime much and relegated to the 11/10 hour for eastern and central time zones, still get primetime exposure at 9:00 and 8:00 in the mountain and pacific time zones, which includes all of hugely populated California and several other states.

HOW did NBC not have Cheers after the super bowl in 86??!??! Patriots had amde the super bowl

When you look at the general picture when the Super Bowl airs every year the main reason why the Super Bowl gets such high ratings every time is not from actual game itself but from the targets used to attract fans after the game which is the debuts of new sitcoms reality shows crime dramas and sometimes game shows. And it may seem that even before the Super Bowl begins no matter what network airs the Super Bowl they use it as a way to promote new sitcoms and other shows. Take for example when FOX aired the Super Bowl in the 90's FOX had a smart idea to air the season premiere of "Though I can't remember what number season it was" of The X-Files directly after the Super Bowl and it gave FOX mega ratings for that year. A second smart example was when CBS aired the Super Bowl in 2001 they chose to air the first episode of the second season of Survivor and it garnered huge ratings. But supposedly if ABC had gotten to air Who Wants To Be A Millionaire directly after the 1999 Super Bowl if they had gotten the chance to air the 1999 Super Bowl i'm sure that the ratings would've been big for ABC. But when new shows or seasons of shows premiere after a sporting event it is a high step to take. NBC was also smart in doing this by airing new episodes of Deal Or No Deal after the 2006 Winter Olympics and NBC got smart ratings. Hopefully the debut of The Equalizer reboot after this year's Super Bowl will garner huge ratings for CBS indeed
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The reason Elementary lasted so long wasn't its post Super Bowl berth. It was the syndication deal WGN got ripped off on, paying way too much. More seasons Elementary had, the richer CBS got taking advantage of WGN's stupidity.

Okay, then which was announced first? Elementary getting the post-Super Bowl berth, or Elementary's syndication deal with WGN America? I would have thought that syndication deal was sparked by Elementary being selected for that post-SB birth.

The post-Super Bowl timeslot has lost its luster in recent years (https://variety.com/2021/tv/columns/how-the-super-bowl-lead-out-lost-its-luster-1234895861/)

"The Super Bowl lead-out is as big a megaphone for an emerging show as could exist, funneling some tens of millions of viewers directly to a show that is allowed to make its case," says Daniel D'Addario. "That will make The Equalizer as much a part of the night’s entertainment as the celebrity-packed ads or the Weeknd performing at halftime; unlike the rest of the night’s happenings, though, it doesn’t quite feel like an event. It’s not that there is, or should be, a tradition of pure quality as the guiding light for networks’ post-Big Game offerings. (Indeed, trying to bring taste to bear on any element of the annual tribute to American excess seems misguided.) But, given that this is a berth with a potential viewership in the tens of millions and thus a huge promotional opportunity, what’s noticeable in networks’ handling of the lead-out in recent years has been the degree to which sensibility is absent, too. The Equalizer (https://www.primetimer.com/shows/the-equalizer-2020-series) is an OK crime show, placed in an extremely noticeable position. But maybe airing after the big game isn’t so big at all anymore." Previously, he says, the timeslot featured "episodes specially constructed with an eye towards massive spectacle and grabbiness, like the mega-sized, star-packed Friends spectacular, still the most-watched of the lead-outs, or launches of shows that felt somehow special and unique, not just attracting viewers catching a cultural wave. This still happens: NBC’s decision to place the big reveal (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=368667) of This Is Us (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=368640) character Jack Pearson’s death (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=368651) after the Bowl in 2018 felt momentous, and The Masked Singer was at the peak of its novelty in 2020. But more often, lately, the programming feels rote, plugged in because something must be. The 2017 relaunch of Fox’s 24 — a franchise that had barely had time to cool off — is a good example, as is The World’s Best, an unscripted show with a muddled concept and unclear value proposition. Similarly, The Equalizer is as good as much of the rest of CBS’ crime-drama slate, but little about it feels urgent. CBS might get fortunate enough to see many people leave their TVs on after the game. But in programming square-down-the-middle fare on their most-watched night of the year, they’re making a statement that those just visiting CBS for the night needn’t check back in soon."

You want to know what movie on the Roku Channel I chose for my own personal Super Bowl LV lead-out program? Spaceballs (the 1987 Mel Brooks film).

https://i.redd.it/g7mrwbns94r31.jpg

I didn’t watch The Equalizer, but I did watch the special Colbert later that night.

It was confirmed last November that NBC is simply going to air a block of coverage of the Beijing Winter Olympics after Super Bowl LVI in lieu of brand-new entertainment programming.

I figured this was going to happen, because I don't see NBC realistically squeezing any scripted-show previews between the Super Bowl and (potentially live) Winter Olympics coverage. The 2022 Winter Olympics, from Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, are taking place from February 4 to 20, and the Super Bowl will now take place on the second Sunday of February rather than the first. (This year's Super Bowl will take place on February 13.)

https://deadline.com/2021/11/nbc-olympics-coverage-super-bowl-lvi-1234873167/

You want to know what movie on the Roku Channel I chose for my own personal Super Bowl LV lead-out program? Spaceballs (the 1987 Mel Brooks film).

https://i.redd.it/g7mrwbns94r31.jpg


You want to know what movie I would watch on Super Bowl Sunday? "Heidi"!

Think about it!

Bobsled and ice dancing on NBC after the Super Bowl tomorrow.

What’s the record for lowest rated post Super Bowl show?

About four years ago, when NBC last broadcast the Super Bowl, I posted this in the This Is Us (the lead-out program from that year) board:
The surprising history of depressing post-Super Bowl programming (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=368640)

Bobsled and ice dancing on NBC after the Super Bowl tomorrow.

What’s the record for lowest rated post Super Bowl show?

Found this. Think we got a shot tomorrow…..

https://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/020921-MostWatchedPost-SuperbowlShows.png

You want to know what movie I would watch on Super Bowl Sunday? "Heidi"!

Think about it!

:angryfireNO! Do not joke about my alternative post-Super Bowl programming choices. I'm not going to melt down about this anymore, and I don't have the time.:angryfire

I think it's safe to say that because of the NFL's decision to move the Super Bowl to the second Sunday of February from the first (thanks to the expansion of the NFL's season by one game after the 2021 season), NBC will NEVER have another entertainment program leading out of any Super Bowl they telecast again. It's because of the Super Bowl falling into the timeframe of an ongoing Winter Olympics (NBC has broadcasting rights to the Olympics through 2032). There is no way to squeeze a new scripted/reality show that NBC is pushing to be the future of the network after the SB, anyway, so what else but Olympics coverage for NBC's SB lead-outs?

The post Super Bowl show for the upcoming season

Fox Slots Gordon Ramsay’s ‘Next Level Chef’ Season 2 Premiere After Super Bowl LVII

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/super-bowl-lvii-fox-next-level-chef-gordon-ramsay-1235268001/#!

Shows in bold which were successful. An * means it was already an established program.

1980: 60 Minutes (CBS)*
1981: CHiPs (NBC)
1982: 60 Minutes (CBS)*
1983: The A-Team (NBC)
1984: Airwolf (CBS)
1985: MacGruder and Loud (ABC)
1986: The Last Precinct (NBC)
1987: Hard Copy (CBS) (is this the tabloid show?)
1988: The Wonder Years (ABC)
1989: Brotherhood of the Rose (NBC)
1990: Grand Slam (CBS)
1991 Davis Rules
1992: 60 Minutes and 48 Hours (CBS)*
1993: Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
1994: The Good Life and The John Larroquette Show (NBC)
1995: Extreme (ABC)
1996: Friends (NBC)
1997: The X-Files (FOX)
1998: 3rd Rock From the Sun
1999: Family Guy and The Simpsons (FOX)*
2000: The Practice (ABC)
2001: Survivor: The Australian Outback (CBS)
2002: Malcolm in the Middle (FOX)
2003: Alias (ABC)
2004: Survivor: All Stars (CBS)
2005: The Simpsons and American Dad! (FOX)*
2006: Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
2007: Criminal Minds (CBS)
2008: House, M.D. (FOX)
2009: The Office (NBC)
2010: Undercover Boss (CBS)
2011: Glee (FOX)
2012: The Voice (NBC)
2013: Elementary (CBS)
2014: New Girl and Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)
2015: The Blacklist (NBC)
2016: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
2017: 24: Legacy (FOX)
2018: This is Us (NBC)
2019: The World's Best (CBS)
2020: The Masked Singer (FOX)
2021: The Equalizer (2021) (CBS)
2022: 2022 Winter Olympics Primetime Show (events TBD) (NBC)

Shows in bold which were successful. An * means it was already an established program.

1980: 60 Minutes (CBS)*
1981: CHiPs (NBC)
1982: 60 Minutes (CBS)*
1983: The A-Team (NBC)
1984: Airwolf (CBS)
1985: MacGruder and Loud (ABC)
1986: The Last Precinct (NBC)
1987: Hard Copy (CBS) (is this the tabloid show?)
1988: The Wonder Years (ABC)
1989: Brotherhood of the Rose (NBC)
1990: Grand Slam (CBS)
1991 Davis Rules
1992: 60 Minutes and 48 Hours (CBS)*
1993: Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
1994: The Good Life and The John Larroquette Show (NBC)
1995: Extreme (ABC)
1996: Friends (NBC)
1997: The X-Files (FOX)
1998: 3rd Rock From the Sun
1999: Family Guy and The Simpsons (FOX)*
2000: The Practice (ABC)
2001: Survivor: The Australian Outback (CBS)
2002: Malcolm in the Middle (FOX)
2003: Alias (ABC)
2004: Survivor: All Stars (CBS)
2005: The Simpsons and American Dad! (FOX)*
2006: Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
2007: Criminal Minds (CBS)
2008: House, M.D. (FOX)
2009: The Office (NBC)
2010: Undercover Boss (CBS)
2011: Glee (FOX)
2012: The Voice (NBC)
2013: Elementary (CBS)
2014: New Girl and Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)
2015: The Blacklist (NBC)
2016: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
2017: 24: Legacy (FOX)
2018: This is Us (NBC)
2019: The World's Best (CBS)
2020: The Masked Singer (FOX)
2021: The Equalizer (2021) (CBS)
2022: 2022 Winter Olympics Primetime Show (events TBD) (NBC)

You're thinking of this Hard Copy (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092364/):
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THE GOOD AND BAD NEWS ABOUT CBS' 'HARD COPY' (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-02-06-ca-758-story.html)

Hard Copy - Series - TV Tango (http://www.tvtango.com/series/hard_copy_1987)

The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA583&lpg=PA583&dq=hard+copy+1987+CBS&source=bl&ots=Atj_NJdvrA&sig=ACfU3U2Qc4lg5eiMi87q_rvzn0-MIS4scQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjFxcHrmv34AhV_lGoFHcKWBtE4ChDoAXoECBIQAw#v=onepage&q=hard%20copy%201987%20CBS&f=false)

The post Super Bowl show for the upcoming season

Fox Slots Gordon Ramsay’s ‘Next Level Chef’ Season 2 Premiere After Super Bowl LVII

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/super-bowl-lvii-fox-next-level-chef-gordon-ramsay-1235268001/#!

Unfortunately, I won't be able to watch the game or the lead-out program as a Dish subscriber. My FOX affiliate (KLRT) has been forced off the Dish lineup on January 6 because of a carriage dispute between Dish and Mission Broadcasting (the owners of KLRT). If I am somehow able to watch the Super Bowl in any way, but not the lead-out, my alternate lead-out program will be the episode of the Night Court sequel series that airs on February 7, 2023.

This is probably becoming irrevelant since many people are now watching the Super Bowl from mobile devices and not from a television. Or as many people do, turn off the game and just go back to their mobile device to watch YouTube or do something else.

This model was from way back when there was only three or four entertainment channels on television with no internet. Now people can again, watch the game from their phone. If for some ungodly reason I would watch "Next Level Chef", I can watch it anytime I want. I mean, I live in Communist China and watched the latest The Conners episode from three days ago, in my bed on a 6 inch screen.

This is probably becoming irrevelant since many people are now watching the Super Bowl from mobile devices and not from a television. Or as many people do, turn off the game and just go back to their mobile device to watch YouTube or do something else.

This model was from way back when there was only three or four entertainment channels on television with no internet. Now people can again, watch the game from their phone. If for some ungodly reason I would watch "Next Level Chef", I can watch it anytime I want. I mean, I live in Communist China and watched the latest The Conners episode from three days ago, in my bed on a 6 inch screen.Super Bowl parties are still popular, you can't do those without a TV. And watching anything on a tiny phone is not appealing, you will get a lot better picture on a big TV.

1986: The Last Precinct (NBC)

The Last Precinct was beat in the ratings by a REPEAT of Murder, She Wrote. The second episode didn't air until April 11, 1986.

From the description:

Imagine losing in the Nielsen ratings to another network on Super Bowl Sunday. You have to actually try in order to do that and not be the top ranked network of the night. Well, in 1986, at Super Bowl XX, that's exactly what happened with NBC when they aired the pilot episode of The Last Precinct as the lead-out program to the game. However, everything about this, strategically, was such a mess, that they wound up losing to CBS in the ratings, a network that did not air the Super Bowl and did not have a built-in audience of over 100 million people. This is the story behind this disaster on NBC's part.

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Justin Hartley's Tracker lands post-Super Bowl (https://deadline.com/2023/05/tracker-cbs-justin-hartley-2024-premiere-after-super-bowl-1235361527/)

I wish it was Tracker being bumped to 2024-25 and Poppa’s House launching after the next Super Bowl instead. But that scenario is impossible, because now Poppa's House is going to be forced to wait until the 2024-25 season because of the production delays induced by the SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strikes. Because of this, CBS has really deadlocked itself into yet another bad Super Bowl lead-out choice with Tracker (I say "bad choice" because it's produced by 20th Television and not CBS Studios, and I had been wanting a CBS sitcom to be aired after the Super Bowl ever since The Big Bang Theory announced its end in 2019). With the Tracker producers' insistence on getting it into production as soon as possible to get it ready for that prime slot, I guess I'll be forced to boycott CBS's official Super Bowl lead-out program again and find a movie on The Roku Channel to watch after the SB instead. If Tracker still ends up a ratings failure despite getting the post-SB slot, this is a sign that CBS needs to just stop picking up unowned scripted shows to series completely.

Next Level Chef's post-Super Bowl premiere is the only TV series in the Top 100 most-watched U.S. TV broadcasts of 2023 (https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradadgate/2024/01/05/in-2023-94-of-the-100-most-watched-tv-programs-were-nfl-games/#:~:text=The%20only%20other%20top%20ranked,program%20averaged%2015.7%20million%20viewers.)

The only other top ranked non-NFL game in 2023 was the Super Bowl LVII lead-out program Next Level Chef on Fox. Ranking 94th overall, the culinary competition program averaged 15.7 million viewers.

Rescue HI-Surf lands Fox's post-Super Bowl timeslot (https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/entertainment/2024/05/13/fox-debuts-new-hawaii-drama-after-super-bowl#:~:text=Fox%20is%20giving%20its%20new,on%20Feb.%209%2C%202025.)

Fox is giving its new Hawaii action drama “Rescue: HI-Surf” a massive spotlight, airing the new series after Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9, 2025.

A Super Bowl lead-in would be a gold mine for NBA on NBC (https://awfulannouncing.com/nbc/super-bowl-lead-in-nba.html)

NBC's potential use of an the Super Bowl as a lead-in to an NBA primetime matchup could revolutionize sports television.

By Sam Neumann on 07/30/2024

While we have to wait a season for the NBA media rights deals to go into effect, the league has to be chomping at the bit regarding the possibilities of what games on NBC and Amazon could potentially mean. Of course, the networks still need to figure out their announcing team, and we still have an entire season (2024-25) before the landscape officially changes.

But that doesn’t make the endless possibilities any less enticing. Sports media insider John Ourand of Puck floated one of those possibilities in his newsletter this week. Ourand wondered aloud if NBC would use the NBA as the lead-out to Super Bowl LX, which is an idea definitely worth exploring.

NBC will produce the 2025-26 Super Bowl come Feb. 8, 2026, from Santa Clara, California. This season, the Super Bowl will be on Fox with Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady on the call. There’s still an entire season before Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth will likely be in the booth. And while Tirico is likely to be the voice (or one of many voices) of the NBA on NBC, it’s an astute opportunity for the network to take advantage of its billion-dollar investment.

Traditionally, networks have used the Super Bowl as a platform to launch or promote new primetime programming. It’s a golden opportunity to introduce a fresh show to a massive audience. However, the unprecedented scale of NBC’s investment in the NBA might be changing the playbook.

By positioning an NBA game as the lead-out to the Super Bowl, NBC could create a sports mega-event unlike anything seen before. After all, NBC paid an astronomical sum to ensure the NBA—and “Roundball Rock“—returned to its airwaves. So, given that, the network has a significant incentive to maximize the value of its investment.

It’s undoubtedly a high-stakes gamble, but the potential rewards that both the NBA and NBC would reap here are pretty immense. It’s never been done before, but a high-stakes matchup on the West Coast, maybe some combination of the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets, could certainly entice fans to tune in after The Big Game.

By capturing the attention of the Super Bowl audience for an NBA game, NBC could generate unprecedented viewership numbers and potentially redefine the sports television landscape. It would potentially be the highest rated regular season game of all-time for the league.

Of course, the NBA would be at the beckoning of the Super Bowl. The game wouldn’t tip off until the postgame festivities were over and taken care of, just like any primetime programming wouldn’t get off the runway until the NFL gives them the all-clear.

A decent number of home viewers will leave the TV on after the Super Bowl, only for it to lead into this new show they heard about. Could you imagine it leading into a primetime NBA matchup?

Let’s face it: the NFL stole Christmas from the NBA. So Roger Goodell and Co. might owe Adam Silver and the networks that saw their viewership saturated on what’s supposed to be one of the bigger ratings days of the year for The Association.

The NBA has long been a staple of Christmas Day programming, and the NFL’s encroachment on this territory has undoubtedly altered the sports landscape.

While it’s a compelling argument in favor of the NBA, it doesn’t necessarily guarantee a smooth path for a proposed Super Bowl lead-out. And while the idea of an NBA game leading into the Super Bowl is undoubtedly enticing for NBC, it presents a significant hurdle in the form of the NFL. The league has historically been fiercely protective of its biggest event, and allowing a direct lead-in to a rival league’s content could be seen as a major concession.

There’s also the prospect of the 2026 Winter Olympics already being underway, but being that they’re in Milan, nothing will be live after the Super Bowl’s conclusion.

The intersection of the NBA and the Super Bowl is a tantalizing prospect for fans, networks, and leagues alike. If it can get off the runway, it will undoubtedly have a domino effect that CBS, ESPN, and others will likely look to take advantage of, too.

Rob Lowe's The Floor replaces Rescue HI-Surf in Fox’s post-Super Bowl timeslot (https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64958518/?ref_=nwc_art_plk#:~:text=The%20sudden%20switch%20was%20announced,network's%20highly%2Deyeballed%20airtime%20instead.)

The sudden switch was announced via press release on Monday (November 18). Ariel Kebbel's new action-packed drama series will be pushed to Monday, February 10 at 10:00 p.m., while the Season 3 premiere of The Floor will receive the network's highly-eyeballed airtime instead.

Wow, Rescue Hi-Surf is going to end up cancelled after one season now, with its post-Super Bowl airing opportunity being taken away by a reality/non-scripted show. I don't understand how FOX-TV is going to use The Floor to bolster future hit shows for that network after its post-Super Bowl showing, with space already being tightened by all-year sports on Fridays this season. Or even have The Floor's season average beat that of The Masked Singer. I guess I'm gonna have to watch a Columbia/Sony film after the Super Bowl this season instead (and no, MrCleveland, it's not going to be Groundhog Day or anything). Maybe I could watch a movie during the SB if the Kansas City Chiefs reach the Super Bowl for the third straight year.

The Floor lost 89% of the Super Bowl audience. It was the least viewed Super Bowl lead-out show of all time. It finished 60th out of 60th. FOX barely promoted it.

How FOX SCREWED UP Super Bowl LIX (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXy4Q1AopQA)

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The Floor lost 89% of the Super Bowl audience. It was the least viewed Super Bowl lead-out show of all time. It finished 60th out of 60th. FOX barely promoted it.

How FOX SCREWED UP Super Bowl LIX (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXy4Q1AopQA)

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It all depends how you frame it...


The Big Game After the Big Game
"The Floor", "Extracted" Score Big for Fox
From the Futon Critic

Sunday night's post-Super Bowl LIX Season Three premiere of The Floor, delivered 14 million Total Viewers, and is the season's #1 entertainment series telecast in A18-49, which is the first time EVER a game show has ranked as the top telecast. TV's #1 Game Show, hosted by Rob Lowe, averaged a 3.7 Live + Same Day rating among Adults 18-49, marking a series high and the highest-rated and most-watched unscripted entertainment series telecast in two years. This also marks a series high for The Floor among Adults 18-49 and total viewers.

Super Week continued with the debut of FOX's one-of-a-kind survivalist competition series, Extracted, which delivered FOX's highest-rated debut in one year (excluding post-NFL, since 1/3/24).

The Floor highlights include:
· Highest-rated and most-watched unscripted entertainment series telecast in two years, since Next Level Chef (2/12/23, post-Super Bowl).
· The Floor is the first game show to ever rank as a season's #1 entertainment series telecast among Adults 18-49.
o It is also the highest rated trivia game show telecast in almost 17 years.
· For six consecutive seasons, FOX has delivered the highest-rated unscripted entertainment series telecast.
o The last time a network achieved this streak was over 25 years ago (ABC, 1991-92 through 1998-99 season).
· FOX has 3 of the top 5 highest-rated broadcast entertainment series telecasts this season to-date (A18-49 L+SD) [The Floor - 3.7, 2/9/25, The Masked Singer - 1.2, 11/28/24, Universal Basic Guys - 1.2, 9/8/24]

https://www.gameshownewsnet.com/

TV's #1 Game Show, hosted by Rob Lowe, averaged a 3.7 Live + Same Day rating among Adults 18-49, marking a series high and the highest-rated and most-watched unscripted entertainment series telecast in two years. This also marks a series high for The Floor among Adults 18-49 and total viewers.


That's one way to spin it.

As mentioned in the video, The Floor set a new floor for Super Bowl lead-out programs with Rob Lowe's show setting a new low.

They gonna have the women’s downhill after the game, which is a marquee event, but that’ll be around 17 hours after it ended. Anyone who cares is going to know the results way before.

^^Speaking of which, any of you have plans to watch a movie or other alternative programming (aside from the Puppy Bowl) in place of either or both of Super Bowl LX or the Winter Olympics Primetime Show tomorrow in case anyone has a lack of interest in either or both events?

^^Speaking of which, any of you have plans to watch a movie or other alternative programming (aside from the Puppy Bowl) in place of either or both of Super Bowl LX or the Winter Olympics Primetime Show tomorrow in case anyone has a lack of interest in either or both events?I didn't watch anything during the main portion of Super Bowl since I was part of a dress rehearsal. When I got back watched an assortment of shows from 10-2: 10PM hour of Family Ties on Antenna TV, 11PM hour of Man With a Plan on LAFF, midnight episode of Murder, She Wrote on Hallmark Mystery, and 1AM encore of All Creatures Great and Small on PBS which was new at 9PM.