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Bad Bunny's halftime viewership dipped 7% from Super Bowl's peak
MSN ^ | February 11, 2026 | Reuters

Posted on 02/12/2026 6:27:54 PM PST by DoodleBob

Viewership for Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime performance fell 7% compared to the game's peak total, Nielsen's quarter-hour ratings data showed.

Sunday's championship in San Francisco maxed out at a record 137.9 million viewers -- 134.3 million on NBC and 3.6 million on Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo -- during the 7:45-7:59 p.m. ET window as the Seattle Seahawks inched away from the New England Patriots in the second quarter.

Total viewership fell to 128.2 million while Bad Bunny was on stage in the 8:15-8:29 p.m. ET window, Front Office Sports reported Wednesday.

NBC lost almost 10 million viewers from the second-quarter peak, but an additional 1.2 million viewers tuned into Telemundo for the halftime show, which the Puerto Rican Grammy Album of the Year winner delivered in Spanish.

International viewership numbers for the game and halftime show have yet to be released.

The Seahawks built on a 9-0 halftime lead to down New England 29-13, avenging their defeat to the Patriots 11 years ago in Super Bowl XLIX.

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In contrast, the dip last year was only 3%.

SB 59/Eagles vs Chiefs viewership peaked at an audience of 137.7 million from 8 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. ET, during the second quarter, according to Nielsen.

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show had 133.5 million viewers.

1 posted on 02/12/2026 6:27:55 PM PST by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

BS it was more than 10%


2 posted on 02/12/2026 6:29:37 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: DoodleBob

What was the sewage output in cu ft per second?

Did that go up at the stadium during bad bunny?

Let’s get some real, meaningful data.


3 posted on 02/12/2026 6:31:52 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: DoodleBob

More like 25% aholes


4 posted on 02/12/2026 6:43:06 PM PST by albie
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To: DoodleBob

I made it a point to put it on then tune out for the rest of the dumb game just before half time

Much as I despise the nfl for fomenting this disrespect of the flag- which we would not be seeing at the Olympics right now if it had been handled correctly nipped in the bud by goodell , the audience and conservative news media

,


5 posted on 02/12/2026 6:55:12 PM PST by stanne
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To: Scrambler Bob
What was the sewage output in cu ft per second?

My 16-y/o son spent the entirety of the halftime show taking a dump. I was impressed.

Myself, I was doing the dishes in the kitchen but it was on in the background. So I suppose I was counted.

6 posted on 02/12/2026 6:58:52 PM PST by Drew68
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To: DoodleBob

The very name “Bad Bunny” is about as impressive as a toy poodle that fantasizes about being a pit bull.


7 posted on 02/12/2026 7:32:22 PM PST by AFB-XYZ (( We have two options: 1. Stand up, or 2. Bend over))
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To: DoodleBob

The SB halftime show is primarily for people who don’t normally watch football during the regular season. Jay-Z’s choices are obnoxious and will continue to remain obnoxious, and who cares? TPUSA has an entire year to come up with a better alternative halftime show if they want to do it again, and either way I won’t be watching anyone’s halftime show.


8 posted on 02/12/2026 7:33:28 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

I will watch the HT show because I want to form my own opinion.

I’m glad I did this time; it wasn’t a live performance. Some of it was taped, and I swear there were some AI slop elements to it.


9 posted on 02/12/2026 7:36:53 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: AFB-XYZ

Speaking of Pitbull, he could have been a Latino performing artist at the game who is not a woke, divisive, perverted freak.


10 posted on 02/12/2026 7:42:39 PM PST by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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To: DoodleBob

What percentage of people leave it on but mute it so they know when the second half begins.


11 posted on 02/12/2026 7:44:11 PM PST by alternatives?
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It dipped a lot more than that...

https://thatparkplace.com/bad-bunny-halftime-show-record-viewership-narrative-collapses-as-final-nielsen-numbers-show-year-over-year-decline/

https://thatparkplace.com/samba-tv-shows-second-year-of-viewership-decline-for-super-bowl-halftime-show-as-media-touts-record-bad-bunny-viewership/

https://geeksandgamers.com/bad-bunny-halftime-show-did-not-set-viewership-records-actual-nielsen-numbers-show-declining-viewership-despite-media-spin/


12 posted on 02/12/2026 7:47:41 PM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: DoodleBob
The question is—did the NFL reach out to new fans?

Remember they're trying to make the Super Bowl just like the World Cup.

They don't care if they lose 10 million American fans when they may gain 100 million global fans in the process.

13 posted on 02/12/2026 7:53:44 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: alternatives?

14 posted on 02/12/2026 8:10:20 PM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: DoodleBob

Not really a huge drop, actually. The real story is the record-breaking peak game viewership of 137.9 million. If that’s just in the U.S., I’d say reports of the NFL’s demise are greatly exaggerated.


15 posted on 02/12/2026 8:17:05 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: DoodleBob

I almost wish that I was a football fan so that I could brag about how I didn’t watch it! Since I have never cared about any sports I can’t.


16 posted on 02/12/2026 8:17:09 PM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: stanne
Much as I despise the nfl for fomenting this disrespect of the flag- which we would not be seeing at the Olympics right now if it had been handled correctly nipped in the bud by goodell , the audience and conservative news media

Your thought is incomplete. The sentence just breaks off.

Much as you despise the NFL for this and that, which we would not be seeing if it had been handled correctly by certain parties... what?

Your sentence begins with a concessive subordinate clause ("Much as I despise..."). This "much as" functions like "although."

"which we would not be seeing..." is a relative clause which merely modifies the "disrespect of the flag."

That is followed by a conditional clause "if it had been handled correctly..." - which modifies the previous "would not be seeing."

So you see: Your main clause (e.g., "I still follow the play-offs") is missing!

Regards,

17 posted on 02/12/2026 9:12:33 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: DoodleBob

What I don’t get is if the guy is so into Spanish, why doesn’t he call himself “Conejito Malo”?


18 posted on 02/12/2026 10:16:09 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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