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| The 1996 "Friends" episode "The One After the Superbowl" is still the most watched Super Bowl lead out show ever. |
Here’s the thing about not being a professional: you’ve got
to make sure real life is taken care of first before you commit to what you’re
passionate about. And with that in mind, I present to you an examination of Super Bowl lead out shows in March.
The question that seems to constantly perplex the networks
is, “What makes a successful, and hopefully good, lead out show?” Just because
a network figures something out one year, doesn’t mean it can be emulated for
their next Super Bowl year, or even the next calendar year.
So for no real reason other than me liking lists, I decided
to take a look at the last two decades of lead out shows (1990-present),
arbitrarily put them into “great,” “good,” “bad,” and “ugly” columns, and talk
about where and why things went right or wrong. At the end, we’ll regroup and
talk about what we’ve learned and what the postgame slot might go to next year.
