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- Year by year, the side show would inch closer to pure spectacle. Producers began to realize that the stakes were high. They weren’t just competing against idle bathroom breaks anymore. They were competing against other entertainment options.
In 1992, Super Bowl XXVI’s theme was “Winter Magic,” featuring figure skaters Dorothy Hamill and Brian Boitano. I know. Fox had the same reaction as you. The network decided to air an episode of In Living Color to compete with the saccharine disaster, and ended up siphoning 20 million viewers from the CBS Super Bowl broadcast.