With the first Super Bowl in January of 1967, it’s no lie that the earliest years of The Super Bowl were in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s. Or to be more specific, it can truly be said that the first seven years of The Super Bowl were in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.
And looking beyond that time frame, of the top 28 “All-Time Most Watched Television Programs” according to the 2024 World Almanac, 26 of those programs were Super Bowl games. And so there’s significance to include the earliest years of an annual sporting event that would dominate both the world of sports and television.
But perhaps some might be thinking it’s kind of a stretch to list the first seven years of The Super Bowl among this list of events that were exclusive to the late 1960’s/early 1970’s since The Super Bowl continued past 1973. For example, if someone were to say that the first ten years of The Super Bowl were in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s, that would be false since it would include the mid-1970’s. Or if I were to say that the first three years of The Super Bowl were in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s, then that would also be false since 1970 would fall after the first three years of the Super Bowl.
So for those who see this inclusion as a bit of a reach, I see your point.
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March 18, 2025 by Blogging For 20 Years • Sports, Television • 0 Comments
With the first Super Bowl in January of 1967, it’s no lie that the earliest years of The Super Bowl were in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s. Or to be more specific, it can truly be said that the first seven years of The Super Bowl were in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.
And looking beyond that time frame, of the top 28 “All-Time Most Watched Television Programs” according to the 2024 World Almanac, 26 of those programs were Super Bowl games. And so there’s significance to include the earliest years of an annual sporting event that would dominate both the world of sports and television.
But perhaps some might be thinking it’s kind of a stretch to list the first seven years of The Super Bowl among this list of events that were exclusive to the late 1960’s/early 1970’s since The Super Bowl continued past 1973. For example, if someone were to say that the first ten years of The Super Bowl were in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s, that would be false since it would include the mid-1970’s. Or if I were to say that the first three years of The Super Bowl were in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s, then that would also be false since 1970 would fall after the first three years of the Super Bowl.
So for those who see this inclusion as a bit of a reach, I see your point.