Corey Simon has no idea how little some people care about sports. It doesn't unite me with anything. If anything, it divides people like me from the people who do care about sports.
Super Bowl XXXVII TV audience: Last year's game was the most watched program ever with 138.9 million viewers. The 10 most-watched programs in TV history are all Super Bowls.
Given that some of those people don't care about sports, and are watching to see the halftime show or the commercials, I suppose that counts as a unifying effect. But that's less than half the US population.
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Super Bowl XXXVII TV audience: Last year's game was the most watched program ever with 138.9 million viewers. The 10 most-watched programs in TV history are all Super Bowls.
Given that some of those people don't care about sports, and are watching to see the halftime show or the commercials, I suppose that counts as a unifying effect. But that's less than half the US population.