Super Bowl Ad Review: Bud Light, Tide, Jeep Try to Look Past the Pandemic

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThis Saturday-morning news show is supposed to look like the ones that precede it Monday through Friday. It doesn’t.Co-anchor Jeff Glor isn’t wearing a tie and his colleagues, Michelle Miller and Dana Jacobson, often join him in a weekend outing that seems cut from different cloth than the weekday version to which it is tied.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAttorneys for Fox News filed individual motions Thursday night to dismiss Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit on behalf of Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, three anchors who have been named in the matter in which the voting technology company is seeking a whopping $2.7 billion.The three motions were filed by Kirkland & Ellis, the law firm representing Fox News in the matter.

Bruce Springsteen’s reported arrest in November is causing consternation for the car manufacturer that paid the Boss big bucks to star in a patriotic Super Bowl Commercial.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News Media made a bid Monday to quash a massive $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit that has called into question segments delivered on at least three of its programs, saying the legal case presented by voting-technology firm Smartmatic is “meritless” and would “chill First Amendment activities.”Smartmatic, a maker of software that helps in elections,  has been the subject of disparaging commentary from a handful of conservative-news outlets.

In the midst of falling confetti and flashing camera lights, Tom Brady managed to find his wife Gisele Bundchen and their kids for a post-Super Bowl celebration — Brady style! The couple’s daughter Vivian Lake, 8, and son Benjamin Brady, 11, along with Tom’s 13-year-old John Edward Thomas (Jack) Moynahan (from his previous relationship with ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan, 49) were decked out in their dad’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers jerseys.

Ellise Shafer administratorNational Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman shared her talent with the world once again during Super Bowl LV, performing a poem dedicated to the everyday heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic.This year, the NFL chose three Super Bowl captains who have made an impact on their communities during the pandemic. Gorman recited a poem honoring them, titled “Chorus of the Captains,” into a 1950s-era microphone while pensive yet triumphant music played.

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Super Bowl LV — and fans can play along with the Post’s big game-themed BINGO cards.Score five in a row as terms in each box — including “Tom Brady,” “The Weeknd” and “Home field advantage” — are seen or heard throughout the game.Football fans can compete with each other, off the field, using The Post’s Super Bowl BINGO cards, which are now interactive — no printer needed.Other terms to watch and listen for include Brady’s former coach for the New England Patriots, “Bill Belichick,” his model

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAfter driving “Thunder Road” for decades, Bruce Springsteen is taking a detour on Madison Avenue.The musician known as “The Boss” will command two minutes of commercial time in Super Bowl LV Sunday night, all part of a mammoth Jeep ad meant to reflect a national mood of coming together after four years of politics and polarization.

Jimmy Kimmel and Bill Maher had a wide-ranging, late-night comedy love-in to kick off tonight’s episode of Real Time, with the guest comparing the host to starting Super Bowl quarterback Tom Brady.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThis year’s Super Bowl once again will be livestreamed for free online. And CBS, which has the broadcast rights to the 2021 NFL championship game, is expecting a record rushing record from the internet.“Every year I feel like we’re on the verge of breaking the internet,” says Jeff Gerttula, EVP and GM of CBS Sports Digital.He’s only half joking.

headline the biggest gig in the biz at Super Bowl 2021 on Sunday, the “Can’t Feel My Face” singer remains pop’s biggest mystery, revealing little about his personal life and doing few interviews, instead letting his art do the talking.“We live in an era when everything is so excessive, I think it’s refreshing for everybody to be like, ‘Who the f–k is this guy?” he told Rolling Stone in 2015.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAT&T already a long list of “to-dos” when it comes to WarnerMedia, the big entertainment conglomerate it purchased for $85 billion in 2018.

saved his baby grandchild from being kidnapped at his home in Malibu, California, by a female intruder.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJeff Zucker, the TV executive who helped breathe new life and relevance into the CNN cable-news network, expects to leave the outlet when his contract lapses at the end of 2021.The executive told staffers of his decision in a meeting Thursday morning.“This organization has been thru a lot.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFans who tune in to the Super Bowl this Sunday are already expecting to see two all-star quarterbacks. Some of them will glimpse three.Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady will command this Sunday’s broadcast, leading on-field strategy when the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers clash during CBS’ broadcast of Super Bowl LV.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorGeneral Motors is readying a big Super Bowl ad to press American car consumers to make a big shift.The giant automaker will launch a new campaign highlighting its efforts to scale up electric vehicles during CBS’ Super Bowl broadcast with a 60-second spot that taps Will Ferrell, Kenan Thompson and Awkwafina. The spot, crafted by Interpublic Group’s McCann WorldGroup, is slated to appear during the first quarter of the game.