Tom Brady will play in his ninth Super Bowl and that is the primary argument his supporters use to crown him the King of Quarterbacks. But his nearly annual appearance on the world’s biggest stage might also make Brady the King of Television. Brady’s eight previous Super Bowl appearances have averaged 100.1 million viewers. Estimating the game length at 3.5 hours (including halftime), that’s the equivalent of 56 sitcom episodes. This means that Brady has been center stage for about 5.6 billion viewers worth of typical prime-time...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 02, 2019 16:52 UTC