Super Bowl 2026 Halftime Show Official Ratings Revealed for Bad Bunny & Kid Rock
What To Know
- Early ratings are out for Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show, and also Turning Point USA’s alternative show, headlined by Kid Rock.
- Perhaps, not surprisingly, they show a clear winner.
- President Trump slammed Bad Bunny’s show, but has yet to comment on the alternative broadcast.
UPDATE (Tuesday, February 10, 7:45 p.m. ET): The official ratings for the Super Bowl Halftime Show are in, with NBC reporting that Bad Bunny’s performance averaged 128.2 million viewers between 8:15 and 8:30 ET on Super Bowl Sunday. This is a 3.6 percent drop from last year’s Halftime Show. The NFL title game itself was watched by a total of 124.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen data. This was down 2.2 percent from last year.
As of press time, two full days after the Super Bowl, the All-American Halftime Show, headlined by Kid Rock, has just over 21 million views on YouTube. Meanwhile, Bad Bunny’s has more than 61 million views on YouTube.
Original Story:
Turning Point USA enlisted Kid Rock to headline its alternative Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday night (February 8), while Bad Bunny took to the stage at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. But who came out on top in the ratings?
According to early viewing figures, Turning Point USA’s All-American Halftime Show struggled to make an impact against Bad Bunny’s star-studded and spectacularly choreographed performance. While Bad Bunny sang alongside Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, Kid Rock was joined by country singers Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett.
The Independent states that the initial 25-minute broadcast of the All-American Halftime Show was viewed approximately four million times. The New York Times reported slightly higher numbers, noting that the show drew 6.1 million concurrent viewers on YouTube.
The All-American Halftime Show aired on Turning Point USA’s social media channels, including YouTube and X, and on various conservative networks, including Real America’s Voice and OAN.
At the time of writing, the All-American Halftime Show (uploaded 12 hours ago) has over 19 million views on the official Turning Point USA YouTube channel.
In comparison, The Independent notes Bad Bunny’s performance is projected to draw around 128 million. This would make the Puerto Rican singer-rapper’s set one of the most-watched halftime shows in history, though a little behind Kendrick Lamar‘s 133.5 million record set last year.
Bad Bunny’s halftime show was posted to the official NFL YouTube channel eight hours ago and currently has over 13 million views.
Ahead of the All-American Halftime Show, Kid Rock said in a statement, “We’re approaching this show like David and Goliath. Competing with the pro football machine and a global pop superstar is almost impossible… or is it?”
Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet added, “The All-American Halftime Show is an opportunity for all Americans to enjoy a halftime show with no agenda other than to celebrate faith, family, and freedom. We can’t wait to watch the incredible show they’re about to put on. We know millions around the country will be watching too.”
President Trump, who had previously criticized the NFL for choosing Bad Bunny as this year’s halftime performer, appeared to have watched the official halftime show over Kid Rock’s concert. Soon after Bad Bunny wrapped up his set, Trump took to Truth Social to slam the performance.
Trump has yet to comment on the Turning Point USA show.
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Everything went perfectly. The Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl and the Turning Point Bigots lost the halftime ratings battle. I couldnt understand a word he said but Bad Bunny's halftime performance was beautiful and full of love. Love has no language barrier. When MAGA loses, America wins. The sun is shining a little bit brighter today. Love Conquers All. God Bless America.
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Alabama I love this note! Thank you
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Weak, that is just another way to say I'm not a leader I'm a follower. I don't know what there saying but I follow the crowd. Ignorance is bliss. As a veteran God bless America and bless your heart.
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I don’t get why, as a veteran, you would cast shade on someone for being a follower, as it was literally your job.
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I can understand the intent of music just fine without understanding the words. I gave bad bunny a try and don't regret it. Sounds like you weren't willing to try something new 'cause your group doesn't approve. Your take is low effort, weak, and supports anti American ideals
I'm a vet too. Freedom ain't free. from your kind
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As well as several other grammatical errors…
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Dude with UncleSam not understanding his Cheeto felon president represents everything founding fathers were fighting against 🤣
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Thank you for your service to our great country! USA!
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As a veteran you should be ashamed of the TPUSA halftime show being headlined by a singer that called statutory mandatory or that you discredit the NFL halftime show which was sung and celebrated by a Puerto Rican, AKA an American. You don't have to understand something to enjoy. People constantly get song lyrics wrong and still enjoy the songs sung in their own language. Just because you subjectively don't like something, and therefore try to frame it as unamerican because you served, isn't a logical connection. Do better...
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John McCain was a veteran! And a solid American, I am proud to have met, and this president calls him a loser for being “caught”… I guess if you were not a POW, you are still in his favor!! Good for you.
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Well said, Alabama!
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Anti American u are. Learn the language if u wanna perform in our country
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The YouTube viewings say different. The 128 million is an estimate not the actual number
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Bruh there was no lose or win lmao. 5 milion viewers during the super bowl is outstanding in it's own right. Of course the actual half-time show would have more viewers lmao. You don't sound very "full of love" hypocrite.
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And the Puppy Bowl drew officially drew about 13 million viewers --- so there's that. TP didn't just lose the ratings to Bad Bunny, they lost to a bunch of puppies. lol
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He's right, just like Melania bombed with $7 million in ticket sales with a $75M budget. 5 million viewers won't command $8-$10M for a 30 second ad. But 135M viewers would and that's Bad Bunny's official estimated audience.
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lol, of course there was 5 million viewers of the turning point supposedly “Christian” show. There’s that many maga out there who watched it. A Christian concert should not headline someone like Kid Rock, his song lyrics talk about how he likes underage girls. how can that be alright with the Christian people?
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The TP show was born of hate, it reaps what it sows.
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If you reread the post he said the "performance was beautiful and full of love" not him. Meanwhile you attack him and take any chance to be an ass.
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lost what? obviously the guy performing at the actual super bowl was going to get more views you god damned genius.
and why call them bigots? you sound like such an NPC. does anybody actually think name-calling is going to help anybody? grow up.
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This is about the most ignorant take I have ever seen. Liberals with TDS cannot fathom their own hypocrisy. They speak in oxymorons, directly contradicting everything they say they support, guilty of every infraction they accuse the other side of. This garbage half time show by a guy virtually unknown in the USA, held entirely in spanish during a decidedly American event was a slap in the face to anyone with even a modicum of common sense.
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The reason you believe it was full of love is because you didn't understand a word he said.
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You are wrong about the battle buddy. Kid Rock’s song that he performed Sunday immediately hit number 1 on iTunes
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The amount of hate it takes to have to create an alternative because you’re afraid people will watch bad bunny is kinda funny but kinda scary. And then complain about bad bunny lyrics but the alternative is sex tape kid rock and his own explicit lyrics is hilariously showing it’s all about their ethnicity and nothing else because they’re both American and bad bunny actually showed American love more than kid rock in the show.
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I watched both. Neither was bad but BB was the best, that's for sure!
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It was hot garbage that alienated the audience. WTF are you talking about?
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I'll just say I'm glad your diatribe against BB on my other comment on those Half Time Shows was deleted and leave it at that! Also, bla, bla, BLAH!
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totally agree.
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You must be young. Not too long ago there was a beavis and butthead half time show. Nickelodeon still does its own halftime show MTV had a few others as well. People have created plenty of halftime alternatives, just because you were too narrow minded and uneducated to believe mainstream telling you its a battle. It was an alternative to watching it...did Michael Jackson cry or Aretha franklin when there were alternatives to theirs. No. They did their shows and brought people together instead of trying to insist that they accept it or are wrong.
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Was Bad Bunny crying because there was an alternative show? No. But Nickelodeon and MTV didn't put on alternatives because they were crybaby snowflakes either, but TP did.
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TP was clear about heir reasons for this being the first year they've done it. OAN is a news network, why did they air a concert?
Anyway, no one, NO ONE is crying about the TP show, they're laughing. The ones crying are the ones who didn't want to watch the real show.
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It's not about politics, its about terrible half time shows for years now. It's funny that people get butt hurt because people were given a different option of entertainment.
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No, it's about terrible politics by Republicans.
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That's retarded logic...
You need to rethink that. I personally watched for the music there, I had never heard of bad rabbit. While I found I didn't like his music doesn't lead me to hate anyone who does... but your thinking is borderline lunacy.
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Thats all America is anymore = hatred. Full of hate
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Wait because someone wanted to watch a show with music they like its hatred... are you that big of an eejit. That's akin to saying cause you drink coke over Pepsi must be hatred. Eejits abound in left ranks.
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Your comparison is flawed. It's not the fact that there's a choice that's a problem, it's the reason there's a choice. They didn't simply couch it as "Don't like hip hop? Here's a country show instead". They're whining about the language and the artist and calling it an outrage and anti-American. The TP show exists for hateful reasons.
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Personally, I don't HATE anyone but if I'm listening to a performer I'd like to understand. I have no clue about Bad Bunny and who he is. I know he's American so it wasn't anti American for me not to watch official halftime show and instead watch tpusa and enjoyed the crap out of it
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what hate, the guy sucks, and he was singing in spanish, he told us.....please stop, did you enjoy the show? and we enjoyed OUR show, not for hate, because our show was reflective of OUR LIVES!!!! now STFU!!!
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Your assumption was incorrect. It wasn’t hate that motivated, it was American pride, and wholesome values. Americans who care about our Country. So, saying it was motivated by love would be about right.
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Hate? How about just looking for a wholesome show?
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Kid Rock, wholesome? Don't make me laugh!
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Ahh the liberal left giving lessons again, every viewpoint contrary to yours is Hate speech. You missed the point entirely. Scary? Like the riots you dipshits support type scary? We are sick of the woke bullshit.
What you missed is this really is America last vrs America first initiatives at play.
We aren't going to support this anti American crap any longer. Quite frankly, the silent majority is pushing back against the openly corrupt liberal left agenda.
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I watched Bad Bunny after I took care of some business. Not really interested in any half time show, so I certainly wasn't about to look for one. So I watched what was on. Did I understand it? No. But it was kinda cool and I have no problem with it. One of the best I've seen.
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Yes it was!
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So a show you couldn’t understand at all was one of the best you’ve seen?
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He's right. I couldnt understand it either but I could feel the love. It was beautiful.
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Why not? Most pop music is just nonsensical lyrics anyway. Do you hate the Stones too?
I can't get no satisfaction, I cant get no ... No no no... hey hey hey, that's what I say.
Old people hated that too.
I loved it but let's not complain you don't speak Spanish. At least BB is an American
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I have listened to Spanish language music from time to time as I have French, Vietnamese, and others I am sure. It isn't something I do constantly but it's interesting for a change. Once you quit hiding behind some tribalistic idea that everything must, must, must be in your own language it just opens a world of beautiful cultures up to you. It seems an odd choice for the NFL but it's their choice and I am fine with it.
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mmmbop and oh na na na na arent words in any language yet the whites have no problem vibing to those sounds. Good music transcends barriers. BB is streamed by hundreds of millions worldwide daily. Shitty music like Kid Rocks however is only popular with a very specific sub segment - domestically in the single digit millions (probably inflated). Not even worth comparing but kid rock wasn't even that popular at his peak, total joke.
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Never been to the opera?
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No way did it compare to Black Eye Peas or Prince. BTW I turned off the game after halftime, kind of a boring game.
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And the nipple for the win!
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Nobody cares what you think
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You need to get out more…
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Same has happened to me with other performances on superbowl half time, didn't understand but just watched and didn't judge.
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I don't think anyone is surprised by these numbers. If anything, there could be some surprise that 4 million people were able to find the Toilet Paper USA concert.
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They actually had live steams claiming to be the real halftime show that when you clicked on to them were actually the TPUSA halftime show. They had to trick people into watching it.
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Didn't trick me at all - found Turning Point's show very easily on Youtube. Great show, great message. If I only had the Rotten Rabbit show to watch, I would have used my time differently and took out the garbage, oh wait, that's kind of like watching the traditional half time show, GIGO.
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Did you even read what was written? Why are MAGA so dumb... Oh wait.
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lol. nothing gets by ol steve schock. instead of taking out the garbage he watched the garbage. definitely using his time to the fullest.
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Mother knows best
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Sad you have to knock something different than what your agenda is. Typical. And sorry that 19 million didn’t want to watch Bugs Bunny sing in Spanish & falsely promote his love for America at an American event when the man refused to stand for our national anthem at a NY baseball game last year. I’ll take an alternative show anytime over the garbage he represents.
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You should look at yourself concerning that first sentence!
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It wasn't the national anthem during that baseball game. It was "God Bless America" during the 7th inning stretch. Nothing says you need to stand for that song.
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The whole point of the TP show was to knock the NFL and Spanish speaking Americans. They produced a whole concert out of hate. How is your post any better than anyone else's?
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Better than that trash show once again at the Superbowl. Nothing to do with politics, just not worth watching as usual.
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When the left has a specious argument, they throw in invective in absence of logic or fact. When it comes to intelligence, Jena travels light.
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For the record, I did hesitate to type what I did... on one hand I felt it was beneath me, but on the other hand, I kinda just couldn't resist.
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do you guys ever stop hating?
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The long Super Bowl half-time shows simply give me time to do things like dry the dishes, prepare the bed, and brush my teeth so I can go to sleep right after the game ends (or before if it's a blowout). I never watch the half-time show, or the commercials for that matter-- there's always something better to do around the house.
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get over yourself.
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If you don't care, then why are you here?
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My question exactly
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He sounds like he's 107. Probably dementia stumbled its way in.
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and you sound like a 12 year old.
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isn't that the age group trump and his bff jeffrey prefer?
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Their hear to tell everyone they live a boring life.
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At least he know grammar and spelling. "They're here"
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"At least he know grammar" is a fantastic self own😂
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I always watch the halftime show and watch for commercials. I don't pay attention to the game itself.
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You should have done that all during thar boring game!
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He watched. He's lying! LOL
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Why comment
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The thing was bereft of any intrinsic talent and the production was so amatuer. Clara rolled in her grave and wanted to know "Where's the beef once again"?
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Watched both Bad Bunny and Kid Rock online. Enjoyed both but thought BB was better. Different Strokes for Different Folks and there's nothing wrong with that, am I right?
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yes there is. Kid Rock was part of a white nationalist authoritarian attempt to cancer people of color and people that speak a different language. There is no BOTH sidesing this one.
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I wonder if you're biased or not ......
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I know I am. Republicans are a hate machine.
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Trying to give people of color cancer - Man that’s messed up!
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I don't know badbunnyfan... but they probably meant to write "cancel" not cancer!
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You are absolutely right. And of course one was bigger and more extravagant, it happened on the biggest stage in front of the bigger audience, online withstanding. Plus the other option wasn't a simple click and watch or channel change instead you had to view it online...if it were released on PBS maybe more could have seen it live as their are still millions that tune in over the air. Biggest separation was that Bad bunny had more money. And for trying to speak for inclusion seeing the divide why didnt he advocate for a little more English in his segment...to be more inclusive.
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There was an entire song being sung in English. Furthermore, Puerto Ricans are American. Over 50 million Americans speak Spanish. Another 3.2 million live in Puerto Rico. Why are you so soft that because something wasn't sang in a language you understand that others need to change to meet your need? The rest of the program was in English. You can try to bury your racism under a "logical" guise but everyone just sees you for what you are...
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Racist? Wow. I don't like the music style and I didn't understand a word of it so it did not appeal to me. I do know that when I have tuned into Telemundo at least I can follow along because I get captions. How does saying this make me a racist? This is the kind of hate filled frivolous labeling that keeps the divide in this country growing. As mom used to say, words have meaning. We shouldn't throw the word "racist" out there so carelessly.
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"If it were released on PBS...". Really?! The same PBS Trump is defunding?!
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I don't want my tax dolllars going to PBS, when anyone can watch most network channels for free with an HD antenna, and probably in a dozen other ways too.
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It was a simple click and watch. It was on One America News Network live.
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It wasn't even in English. He got the job because he was gay and foreign... wtf? NOONE I know has even heard of this guy, and the show was a complete flop. If you watch the audience, they were completely silent and the looks on their faces mirrored confusion. There are reports of people going on their phone to watch the TPUSA show, at least that was in English and pro America!
The goal of immigration is to meld and assimilate into a society that is better, stronger, has more opportunity than the one you left. NOT AT ALL to come in and wave a foreign flag, flip people off, take taxes and free housing and benefits while contributing nothing to society. And most are criminals escaping prosecution or looking for easy targets. They come here and victimize women, the elderly and steal from businesses, all while getting free health care and other special considerations on our tax dollars.
This is a common sense, bipartisan concern. Obama used ice to kick out more illegals than any other president in recorded history. Biden opened the borders literally for one purpose..to pay off illegals to gain votes, PERIOD. They turned a blind eye to the increase in criminal activity... liberal judges literally have bounced these people out of jail over and over again, more than 30 times in some cases...and then people get stabbed like Iryna.
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Boy, I bet you're a barrel of laughs! Oh, and I noticed you gave yourself a "thumbs up", as the Church Lady would say, "How convenient!"
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I think that 4 to 5 million people actually switching over to watch is enough said. ALOT of viewers didnt realize there was an alternative and on top of that, how many actually even "watched" the half time show. The fact that you have to switch off of the superbowl to the other is about the only way you can get an accurate count.
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I have a strong belief that the people that watched the TP event live also made a point to change the station off of the Bad Bunny halftime show. They definitely seem like the type of folks to worry about ratings.
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Wrong people just muted it and did halftime stuff like eat, drink, bathroom, everything but watch the Easter bunny. The ratings are so misleading
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Easter Bunny?
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He's being facetious. Ignore him.
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Yep changed off, its a smart TV which alot of people have and I can only watch one at a time... We planned it that way... years ago just for this event, you lefties are unhinged.
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Switched over to a 60-something year old man who calls himself "Kid", plus a bunch of nobody country singers? You're an idiot.
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Millions of Americans disagree with you. In your rage to post about 60 year old musicians you've told us a lot about your shallow criteria for what constitutes quality music. There are a whole lot of well known and respected musicians in thier 60's. I didn't see anything about the OP statement being idiotic. Got you fired up though I guess.
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I read 3% of SB viewers changed the channel
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ALOT is 2 words, unlike a word you're most likely familiar with, jackass
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Yes! Halftime is when ppl go take a 💩 or a beer run. So just because it shows it was watched doesn't mean it was ppl were 💩 ing! 🤣
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Did you understand what he was saying Pure vulgar
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yeah...I'm sure that 3% really sent a message
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And the ones that did know were told to turn on every TV to kid pukes show. I guess to inflate ratings. They lost big time .
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I heard Kid Rock lip-synced his whole performance, so much for talent if its true
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I found the beginning of BB performance a little lackluster voice-wise, but props to him for giving us a true live performance on top of an amazing show. It almost made me forget the unfortunately memorable autotune US anthem we had this year.
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I think that's part of the schtick. He's not known for his voice. Must have something a lot of people like tho. He's most downloaded musical artist in the world, according to Spotify. As someone who likes a lot of salsa, merengue and reggaeton he's still an acquired taste, eh eh eh. People forget this was a carefully calculated corporate decision by the NFL. They want to put 'American football' in front of as large an int'l audience as possible. Latinos are the definitely the way to go. So, kudos to BB for killin' it.
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key words, "I heard" so you don't know !
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Yup, I heard Bishop281 was a complete dipstick.
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The numbers won't show the people that muted the super bowl or hit up from the tv during it
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Yeah, and we don't know how many watched TP's halftime show just for the cringe.
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I plan to watch it when I get around to it. I saw a few seconds of it on YouTube last night before it was fully uploaded. It appeared to be a lot of screaming and yelling.
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the tpusa one? idk what u watched but okay lol. violins, lee brice, etc... nothing but singing and no sexualizing women.
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A has-been and a bunch of nobody country singers is about as vanilla as you can get. You magatards trying to convince yourselves that it was actually good is hilarious.
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no sexualizing women? I guess I did hear that Kid Rock didn't do any actually singing, so maybe you're right on a technicality.
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what lmao? make it make sense.
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nobody wants to watch white people with no talent and rhythm. get it now?
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It's not that hard: we don't know how many people watched Kid Rock after the fact out of morbid curiosity or for a good laugh.
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I watched it at party. 1 tv 12 people
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Replying to Bob. Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance was exciting, rhythmic and electrifying, The story, the scenes, the dancers, the beats, the singing - it was all terrific. I wish I could understand the words, too, but music transcends the spoken word.
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Oh yeah, that just be it 😂😂😂
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Exactly, we switched to a cowboy movie at 1/2 time
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I loved watching Bad Bunny during the half time show. The beautiful wedding that occurred along with great music. He spoke of love and peace. That's what we need in America. Stop the hate!!!! I also enjoyed Green Days song choices, especially, I don't want to be an American Idiot. The message was clear✌️❤️
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"Stop the hate!!!!" That's really, really rich coming from the left. Are you going to believe your idiot ideology or your eyes, when you see the screaming, hating faces of protesters on the news videos?
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Any hate you see on the protestors is directed at the people with boots on their necks. You think they just randomly hate people? They want to live in peace and freedom like they were before Trump turned ICE into stormtroopers. Law enforcement in this country did their jobs without the GI Joe getups and facemasks just fine for 250 years.
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Nice try… TPUSA is up to 35M. How about you show bad bunny’s real numbers instead of this bs estimated?
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This is comparing LIVE views. If the number is 35 million views right now, that is because people keep watching. But people also keep watching the bad buddy halftime show, so those numbers will also keep increasing. Bottom line is that many more people tuned in to the bad bunny show than the TPUSA alternative.
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More people are also going to hell vs heaven. Whats your point? If being with the popular vote is all you care about thst will get you on the wrong side my friend.
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Same thing I say about people thinking they're "Christians" following the popular herd instead of having the guts to stand for Jesus' true principles even though it's not convenient to their "base." They too will learn about what "side" they were supporting all along.
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On what do you base that ridiculous statement from? And do you consider all the votes for Trump by a majority of the American people to be on the "wrong" side?
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When I went to school, “majority” meant more than 50%. Trump did not get more than 50%.
A majority of the American people did not vote. And voting for Trump is wrong.
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Shhh, MAGAts don't like math!
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I'm going to Disneyland!!
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According to chat gpt 80-100million people watched TPUSA
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As was mentioned on The Simpsons, lies make baby Jesus cry.
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According to the Orange Clown, everyone turned off BB and tuned into TP. . .most watched show ever the Clown said!
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Out of curiosity, I’m planning to see both. Trump apparently watched Bad Bunny.
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tRump said more people watched TP than BB and I believe him!!!
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I watched the TPUSA HTshow after the game was long over and LOL'ed at it. OldMan LipSync singing a 'hit' from >19 years ago surrounded by fewer people than a typical high school basketball game was ...something. Keep on' Griftin', I guess.
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Speaking truths. I thought it was funny🤣🤣#BENITOBOWL FYI im 100% white and loved the show. You didn`t need to know Spanish to understand the message. You people with all the hate are the ones losing out.
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The fact that straight, white, Christian Americans even needed an alternative halftime show just shows you how screwed up America has got. it's embarrassing to have to share this country with such ignorance and stupidity. I'm sorry you're afraid of change, but dont destroy this country for the rest of us.I actually don't care if someone who is an american citizen speaks or sings in english or spanish or any other language. Last I checked bad bunny's family have been American citizens longer than Trump's family has. What does your orange jesus have to say about that?
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But they didn’t need an alternative halftime show.
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Don’t like America get the Fk out and I am not even white
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SYBAU
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What should be embarrassing to you is your ignorance. Saying Bad Bunny has BEEN American! Porta Rican is American. So of course he's American. LORT
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I don't understand the words, but the music itself was not good. Didn't know for sure that it was Lady Gaga. How could the people in person even see anything? The Kid Rock was much better, but trying to find it to watch it on a TV since we don't have cable was a problem. And the commercials this year were just bad.
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Debby Downer - appropriate name. And you realize the people in a stadium are ABOVE the field? They could see just fine.
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EXACTLY. 4 tvs in my house and an iMac were tuned in to the game. Which means that trash “performance” has 5 viewers who didn’t pay the slightest attention to it. And I definitely am not the only one.
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BUT...you are the minority
;-)
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Kids Rock!?! The guy who destroys beer cans with an assault rifle, who sings "I like them under age", who said "f-ing fags on stage", who said "“You can post this di– right here,” while grabbing his crotch and looking right at the camera", who cut a hole in our American flag, who said about Oprah Winfrey, she could “suck a di– sideways.” and the guy to calls people who didn't vote for Trump "“Dumbf—istan,”. Yeah, a great All-American that we should hail at a Super Bowl halftime show. NOT!
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These people seem to be confusing being an asshole and being a "true" American. Not the same thing.
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Kid Rock was the best, hands down.
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Imagine publicly saying this statement.
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As you are MAGA, when you say "hands down", are you referring to a situation where your hands are down an underage and non-consenting minor's pants? Because that's usually what MAGA types mean when they say "hands down".
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Wow... low E.I.
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I watched Bad Bunny in real time and while I didn't understand most of the words, the message of love and celebration came through loud and clear. It was a fun time.
I watched a bit of Kid Rock later, and he couldn't remember the lyrics to his own songs and his lip syncing was terrible. The production values were horrible.
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Ironically "a halftime show with no agenda other than to celebrate faith, family, and freedom" is a pretty good recap of the BB show
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I love that whenever something is posted or stated online that doesn't fall inline with a maga viewpoint IT HAS TO BE BS planted by the LIBERAL BIASED MEDIA 🙄 You moron's never bother to stop and think that it just might be true.
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this article is lying! The numbers are in and he surpassed Kendricks performance. 134.5M people watched. Nice try!
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THe numbers in the article were correct at the time the article was written.
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Even a low life like tRUMP didn't watch Kid Rock!
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California provides most of the fruit and vegetables the nation consumes. Huge producer of energy as well. But that aside, you can say people walked away from the halftime show but not only can you not prove it, you can't prove that TPUSA viewers watched that performance. You are assuming and speculating, but that doesn't make it fact. People are not a bigots for not being a fan of Bad Bunny, they're bigots for hating him for not recognizing he is an American, which he is, and being upset because he performs in his native language. Just as an English speaking performer would perform in their own language at a concert or event held in another country, Bad Bunny was hired to put on a show and that's what he did. Ironically you're mad at people for making assumptions and talking bs about the right-wing and yet you sit there and do the very same thing. Self-awareness!
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The NFL has been
anti-American for years Time to man up and boycott the NFL The NFL Bud light cracker barrel do they really know their customer time to stand up boycott all these if you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything
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Anti-American how? It's been said so many times without merit or evidence. Because someone says it, doesn't make it so. Because Colin Kaepernick took a knee? There was a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk. Because Washington changed their team name? It was an appropriate change, regardless of how accustomed we had become to the previous name. Imagine if we a team named the Whiteskins? It just sounds wrong and is. Is it because the performers are more current/popular and not with what each of us or one group over another prefers personally? People have always disagreed about the halftime show and die hard football fans have always seen it as a break in the game for other stuff. Halftime is a show, meant to be a high energy concert break. There have been good performances and not so good or boring performances. But to say it's Anti-American makes no sense. The whole event embodies what it is to be an American. Food, drink, entertainment. Might not be your taste but that doesn't make it Anti-American.
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I only have one thing to say is when you go to another country you follow their rules and speak their language so when you come to America the language is English follow the rules
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Do you believe when English speaking performers go to another country for a concert, they learn the country's language in order to do so? It's not rule breaking as there are no language rules when artists perform. They speak and perform in their native language regardless of where they are performing.
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American English-speaking performers don't translate tunes into English when they do shows in non-English-speaking countries. BTW, English isn't the only language spoken in the US...just so you know...
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Bab Bunny did NOT go to another country. He's from Puerto Rico, which is part of the US, So he is as American as I am. (I would have said "as American as you are," but I have no idea if you're American or not.)
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Jena was definitely more clever, they didn't resort to such childish name calling by using the word "retarded". But you go on with your hateful self.
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Did you know that "r" word isn't allowed on TV anymore?
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Most of the TPUSA viewership was bots (confirmed). It was actually around 1 million real viewers for TPUSA, not what they initially claimed. Tough choice though, a guy singing in Spanish about loving each other as we are, or a guy who said as long as there is grass on a girl, why wait.
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You said a whole bunch of nothing, turd-eating racist. You're mad your little mind only knows 1 language and you haven't even mastered it. You'd rather support pedos and watch them. sad
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I'd love to see what numbers Kid Rock would have gotten if he had been the headliner for the Superbowl half-time show. The NFL Commissioner had a good and wise reason to choose Bad Bunny.
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Apples and oranges. One had a hostage audience, the other was a choice of viewers who left the Super Bowl to go online. Do I have to turn of my TV for the network to know I didn't watch the halftime show?
Fire Goodell!
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"Hostage audience"? Judging by the cheers BB got, I don't think so!
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Bad Bunny is as American as Garth Brooks or Leonard Bernstein.
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128 million people that didn't change the channel, but went about other things at home does not count as viewed.
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You have no idea what 128 million people were doing during half-time. Even if they didn't stay in the same room as the TV, they could still HEAR the concert. (Or are you going to try to insist that all those people muted their TVs??)
Also, there are a LOT of people who don't care about football, or at least don't care about these two teams, and only turn to that channel at half time SPECIFICALLY to hear the concert.
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Having had a large burrito during the 1st quarter, I used the time of the halftime show to take care of business. Much more enlightening and substantive than Bad Bunny.
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No one cares about you blowing shit out of your ass
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I think he meant he shoved the burrito up his ass. his kinda business
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Kid rock is a failure
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He could buy you with his pocket change.
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He is what you call a has-been that is trying to find relevance anywhere he can.
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I've seen better performances at chuck e cheese against the crap bunny halftime show.
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Maybe you should expand on that statement 'cause I don't understand it!
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So, you like something on the level of Chuck E Cheese....did you watch Kid Pebbles ?
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Bad bunny was awful
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Well, that's YOUR opinion not a fact!
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The SB halftime show will now have serious competition every single year. Because the NFL ignored their target market. Huge Fail.
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Sez you!
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The number of Latino fans is growing faster than any other group of football fans. Looks like the NFL IS going after a specific group with eye on the future...
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/21/g-s1-38443/latinos-growing-fanbase-nfl
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To me the millions who flipped over to the TPUSA show is more impressive... Sticking with the main feed is no big deal since you wonder how many actually watched it??? Ratings for these big events are so sketchy esp since you have no idea how they can measure viewers at a SB party of people with ratings devices or if they measure from cable?? And even if they did, how many went to wash dishes or get more food or go outside for smoke breaks or anything else and left their meter TV on during half time.. That's why the Youtube views are a true measurement of interested people... At the place I was watching.. we watched the main feed for the game but switched over to TBN that carried the TP Show but flipped back a bit to let others in my frankly older group see what the big deal was.. Who knows how many did what we did??
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Is it pretty common for a "one-hit-wonder" to win Album of the Year at the Grammys? You do know that albums typically contain more than one song, yeah?
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On youtube, the NFL, Mundo NFL, and NFL Brazil 52 million views. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6FuWd4wNd8
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Kid Rock and company did an outstanding job, filled with patriotism, love of America, love for all people, family, friends, and positive hope.
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All the negative publicity and screaming from the Right and Alt Right made this Superbowl halftime show attendance historic. That's what racist people get. The biggest show on earth. Thanks for the bad publicity. Hahahaha... Love it. Satan and his demons lose again!
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The best halftime show was LA West Coast performance. Everyone was dancing in the stadium. BB might have great ratings but 80% of the stadium did not seem interested.
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but if they step on main lane, then all those answers turn into yes. we don't care for your definition of what you think an American is, racist turd-eater
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Football fans dont watch half time it's an opportunity to use the restroom and get something to eat. Usually the TV is on and I'm in another room. Half time is to long at the Super Bowl people that watch it are not real football fans.
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19 million vs 13 million neans turning point is kicking the a of bad bunney. Projecting isn't facts. Money spent, hype free press. Bad bunn lost by miles
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Realistically those numbers are way off. Sadly TPUSA put on the event out of prejudice and hate, not because people were truly looking for an alternative. We have all fallen for the division that was purposely perpetuated to pit us against each other. There have been good halftime shows and bad ones, people have always complained about the selected performers and commercials. It's the American way, freedom of speech, and what actually keeps us balanced. The only ones who have truly lost are the people being fooled into thinking we have to hate each other because of our differences.
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Bad Bunny what a joke. Would never watch turned to watch artist who care about America
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Watched the alternative, didn't need to see an entirely Spanish-speaking Halftime show in America... What's the point?
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Way to GLEEfully and PROUDly be on the wrong side of history!
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I have not seen one post about the puppy bowl!
Where's the love for the puppies?
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Love the puppies!!! 🐶 🐕 The Puppy Bowl is the ONLY counterprogramming necessary on Super Bowl Sunday. (Although I actually spent the evening with my TV glued to PBS.)
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I loved the Turning Point halftime show. Since I recorded the Superbowl, I did watch part of Bad Bunny. Dancers clothing was scant, the women loved wiggling their asses in front of the cameras and BB loved holding onto his male part. Just thinking about my kids being seeing that made me cringe. And there was not anything in English. I am ashamed of the NFL and their values.
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Not sure how old your kids are but what world are you living in? Have you been on social media? I'm not saying scant professional dancers wiggling their asses is right or good but it's also not new, performers having scantly dressed dancers has existed for decades. I'm going to guess you aren't a Michael Jackson fan, he famously grabbed himself during shows. I'm glad you enjoyed the TPUSA show, options are good. If you don't like a show, you should probably not watch. As far as the language thing, I have asked several times why we think that a non-English speaking performer would do anything different than an English speaking performer would do if they were invited or hired to perform in another country. Bad Bunny is globally popular, especially with a younger audience which is why he was selected. He was asked to put on a fun energetic show which is exactly what he did.
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I would have enjoyed it if it was in English as well as Spanish it was a pretty good show but it all being totally Spanish a lot of only English speaking people couldn't understand it I have family that are Spanish and they're fantastic I have friends that are Spanish and they're fantastic it's a shame he didn't take him the fact that we're in English speaking country and yes he is an American citizen he should have known better
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As a asked another commentator, are English speaking performers required to learn the language of the country they perform in? No. Artists perform their music in the language they perform it in. Not sure why the expectation would be any different here, than if an English speaking artist went to a Spanish speaking country and was expected to do their performance in Spanish, that would be ridiculous. I don't understand the expectation or thinking that he should know better.
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It was a cultural history lesson, many of which I took in college.
This is the SB and not the place for schooling.
As for the show not being in English?
I'm not the guy who says you must speak English when becoming a US citizen.
I'm the guy who chooses English as my language of choice when being entertained because I "don't speak Spanish"
That's not hateful or racist so grow up.
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Maybe you should take your own advice concerning that last sentence!
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There's beauty in the fact that it can be both, entertaining and educational. I would hope that by now people would appreciate the Superbowl halftime show for what it is...a high energy and fun show, performed by a popular artist for the masses to love and loathe. Why not include a little culture with popular music and media?
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My only problem as a old white man and native American citizen is that I didn't understand what the Big Bunny was saying. It should've been in English, or at least most of it. I also take exception to the bunny grabbing his jewels so often. Couldn't the NFL had required a private demo before the show, and required the removal of any and all potentially offensive actions and words, especially given all the children who watched the game? NFL; you fumbled the ball big time on this one! Setting all that aside, I actually enjoyed his show. I like the beat of the music as well.
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The jingoistic flagwaving of the TPUSA halftime reminded me of newsreels from the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Primarily because the same sadistic sentiments drove the fervor of both events.
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This article is so incredibly ridiculous. Every sports bar had at least 12 TV’s on, you stated viewership overall was down several million and then you site only TP viewership to compare. Kid Rock was watched on 6 platforms, not just TP channel.and viewers had to make a conscious decision to turn the channel, rather than just eat, visit with friends or go to the bathroom during halftime. TV’s were on but lots were not watching BB.
Also Kid Rock’s heartfelt emotional “Till You Can’t song immediately scored number 1 on iTunes. So many loved it !
Get a grip on life and don’t feel like you have to fabricate your story for it to be liked. Open your eyes and enjoy a different view. You will be much happier.
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Boycotted the game because of bad bunny American football American 1/2 time performance
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All the flags in the world can't cover up that embarrassment. So shallow bereft of talent. Clara wants to know "Where's the "beef"?
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What about the Puppy Bowl?
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How about showing numbers of the other streaming carriers of Turning Points Halftime show. Just not Youtube...
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How many times does a fan need to be slapped silly before deciding that there has got to be better entertaining options.
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Well the numbers don't lie. On the day of the Super bowl. Kid Rock concert was trash.. Top that...
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Snoozer SBLX and the TV commercials were IQ2 in creativity.
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Of course he had ratings it was shown in every Spanish speaking country. It was insulting to not at least have closed captions in English. Just stirring the pot. Didn’t watch either one, no one can measure up to Prince, Michael Jackson or Gloria Estefan
Recorded the game to fast forward to the commercials, best one was Budweiser of course.
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I watched the Kick off and then remembered the new season of The Lincoln Lawyer has started on Netflix so I switched to that....
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We switched to the TPUSA because we checked out a bunny song on YT before & it was mediocre& heard he’s all-Spanish easy skip - theirs was good & a few performances stellar but impressively produced, talented artists-who we watch next year depends on who but we’re leaning towards TPUSA & Christian rock/country vibe
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Everyone had the right to watch what they want to... As for my family we chose to switch from the game all together and strange what we wanted to watch void of any political views...I don't remember this article showing the numbers for people that switched all together.
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trump didnt even watch the turning piont show. As he said he watched and hated the bad bunny show.
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I recorded the Superbowl but didn't watch their halftime show. That begs the question, does my recording show as watching the halftime show?
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The best half time show is one that I can understand, along with at least 300 Million other Americans. It also needs to be by someone who does not hate American culture, since the Superbowl is about as American as apple pie and the stars and stripes. Knowing what I know about this dude, he'd be the last person I'd ever watch during Superbowl half time. TPUSA half time was only promoted and streamed on social media, and it still racked up a few dozen million views. So if Bad Bunn had over a 100 Million, it's not a surprise.
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Majority of the people and fans watching Super Bowl worldwide don’t understand Spanish etc but understand English so as much as the rhythm and tempo is enjoyable it would have been nice to have maybe a close caption or something just saying
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Remember when it was announced and someone made a joke video with kid Rock headlining but it turned out to be fake.
But then real sort of anyhow? 🤣
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It's all about the $ for the superbowl. All about faith with tpusa. The same anti capitalism crowd will praise an immoral anti American millionaire like bad bunny (aka silly rabbit), and insult faith based tpusa. Smh
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I never watch the halftime show. So I did not care. Would I ever listen to bad bunny? No because I have no idea what he is saying. I am only here for the football.
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Oh, thanks for telling us this even though no one asked your opinion!
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Why do "Turning Point All-Americans" hate over half of Americans?
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MAGA can’t see the message of unity and love and music bad bunny made because of their bigotry has blinded them…
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Didn’t hate it, but didn’t like it either lol. I get the whole music is a vibe kinda thing, but the majority of die hard football fans are English speaking Americans. No one I work with or im friends with even knew who bad bunny was, cool he’s popular in other countries and off beat u.s territories. But not here in mainland America
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Thanks to Trump and the media, everyone knows who Bad Bunny is. The hate has actually expanded Bad Bunny's recognition, making even more successful. Had it not been for the right-wing reaction, these conversations would be just as any other year discussing the game, commercials, and performance minus the politics.
And as I've mentioned several times, he was hired to put on a show and perform his music which he did, just as an English speaking performer would at show in another country.
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They added the crowd cheers. Footage from the crowd shown barely anyone was even bobbing their head. There were no large cheers.
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Sure Jan.
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From someone who has worked with TV ratings for 40 years: how disingenuous an interpretation but then the source is The Independent, which hardly is. Bad Bunny's show was adjacent to the largest television event of the year, whereas the TPUSA show was stand alone. You would be hard pressed to say those people were there solely for Bad Bunny. If so, how do you explain Super Bowl ratings in previous years without Bad Bunny? Also, did minute-by-minute ratings go up or down as the Bad Bunny show started? In what proportion to previous years?
As usual, the leftist media is spinning and abusing the facts to make their favored narrative sound good,
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Also, why lie about working with TV ratings for 40 years?
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Sure!🤪🤪🤪🤪
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I call BS. Leaving the TV on is not the same as watching that cringe worthy performance. Bad Bunny has realsed 7 albums in 7 years and sold a paltry 7 million units. He's a niche artist, and crappy one at that.
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Bad Bunny was the worst halftime show in my memory. In addition to the music, the hand gestures were gross.
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Puppy Bowl was the best. People need to give up their hypocritical politics.
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This is so stupid. Are they under the impression people actively turn off their television when the halftime show starts? Those are no 128 million people "watching" this idiot do this thing... it's 128 million TVs left on in the background until the game restarts. In contrast, the 6+ million people tuning into the TPUSA show literally had to navigate to the channel where it was airing to watch it.
This is the equivalent of CNN claiming being force fed to hostages in airport is "viewership". No, it's just a parasite surviving off a host. And that's exactly what Goodell did... he placed a parasite into the middle of the Super Bowl to allow it to leech off of the ratings for the game.
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First halftime show or indeed first portion of any Super Bowl I have ever watched. I’m old, and modern entertainment is apparently beyond me.
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