One can only imagine how the 2024 Super Bowl will turn out, as the football event has had a long history of broadcasting mistakes such as these.
Hundreds of millions of people watch the Super Bowl each year, so viewers will notice when there’s a mistake in the broadcast. The pressure is palpable for everyone involved in making this enormous media event run smoothly, but even the Super Bowl doesn’t have a spotless track record.
There have been a variety of broadcasting errors involving the game, ranging from humorous to unfortunate to downright shocking. One can only imagine how this year’s gameday will turn out, so as fans wait, here’s a list of the biggest broadcasting mistakes made during the Super Bowl.
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This is one of the more lighthearted entries on this list. Analyst Terry Bradshaw made some pregame commentary before Super Bowl LVII.
As he told the story of an endorsement deal he made with Puma, the former quarterback fumbled with his pronunciation of the company’s name. This flub led to some laughs from his fellow commentators, who quickly corrected Bradshaw.9. The Nielsen ratings miscount
Thankfully, this incident didn’t occur during the Super Bowl at all. What happened was that Nielsen miscounted the number of viewers who watched Super Bowl LVII in 2023.
According to Fox Sports, the total number of viewers of the broadcast was 115.1 million, as opposed to the 113 million initially reported by Nielsen, making it the most-watched Super Bowl in history.8. The camera loses Jimmy Garoppolo
At the start of Super Bowl LVIII, one cameraperson chased 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo as the latter ran onto the field. Unfortunately, the crewmember tripped and fell while filming him, with Garoppolo not knowing he had left the former behind.
