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Your Cousin From Boston? Rating 2021 Super Bowl Ads

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Even people who aren't football fans often tune in to the Super Bowl for the commercials. While COVID-19 has changed a lot about life, including how much people are watching network TV, the price tag for a 30 second super bowl spot just keeps climbing: About $5.5 million.

Did advertisers spend their money well? WBUR senior news analyst John Carroll joins us to review the good, the bad and the ugly of Sunday night's ads.

This segment aired on February 8, 2021.

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