Your Cousin From Boston? Rating 2021 Super Bowl Ads11:53

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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.