Talk:List of Super Bowl halftime shows

Networks
I think adding which network broadcast which game would be valuable. If there is no disagreement, I can work on getting that done. Overboard (talk) 19:46, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

yes, please include that information. shadude (talk) 23:04, 7 Feb 2009 (PST)

Please include songs/set list as a separate column
Frankly, I could care less about who the corporate sponsor is for the Superbowl Halftime Show. It's much more interesting to know what songs the artist played.

Also, please restore as much of the detail as possible about each respective halftime show.

I don't know why the set list and the details were removed. The revision from 08:12, 7 February 2010, is much more useful than this current version.

I would restore the information under "Details on specific shows," but the page is semi-protected from registered users like myself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shadude (talk • contribs) 06:53, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Reorganization

 * Starting a complete re-organization of the table. It fell very far short of wiki standards; it was very difficult to read, follow, and the number of columns was excessive. I'm basing the layout on existing NFL tables. It is a work in progress. Doctorindy (talk) 16:40, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Format suggestion

 * Here is one suggestion, to eliminate the first column (which can get tall and narrow at times). A little bolder, but adds some look to the article. Doctorindy (talk) 21:49, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Changing channel over to South Park
During the halftime show of either 1997 or 1998, a large portion of the audience switched over to see South Park on Comedy Central. Comedy Central scheduled this on purpose and it netted them a LOT of fans to the show, which at the time was brand new. Why isn't this mentioned in the article? --76.115.67.114 (talk) 08:12, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Most appearances
Although the ESPN source certainly says that Up With People appeared in four halftime shows and that this is more than any other performer or act, this claim is contradicted by this very list. According to the list, Up With People appeared in five halftime shows, not four (1971, 1976, 1980, 1982, and 1986). However, the Grambling State University Marching Band has appeared in six halftime shows (1967, 1968, 1975, 1980, 1987, and 1998) according to our list. That ESPN article looks like a lazy pre-Super Bowl filler, based entirely on a single interview with an Up With People rep and with no fact-checking. cmadler (talk) 16:01, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Ratings
TV Ratings
 * 2012; 114 million
 * 2013; 110.8 million
 * 2014; 115.3 million — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.52.124 (talk) 03:50, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

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Playback music
Hello, can someone distinguish between live and prerecorded performances? --167.57.54.178 (talk) 22:43, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

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Source
Can definitely break out more than a section on the halftime show as a cultural event... czar 07:21, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/arts/music/super-bowl-halftime-lady-gaga-women-pop-stars.html

Conflicting Info.
Some of the info in this list doesn't match up with NFL.com's list. http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/entertainment Example: SBI - this list shows - Performers: University of Arizona Symphonic Marching Band & Grambling State University Marching Band, Al Hirt, Anaheim High School Drill Team and Flag Girls. The NFL.com list shows - Universities of Arizona and Michigan Bands for the National Anthem and haftime show. It also shows - University of Arizona & Grambling University with Al Hirt as pregame show. NFL.com doesn't list Grambling & Al Hirt as being part of the halftime show and doesn't mention the Anaheim High School Drill Team at all.

I don't know which is correct and did not check the whole list, but the creator of this page might want to double check the info.Jdtrue63 (talk) 02:08, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

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Up With People not in the 1971 Half Time
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Three Stooges
Somebody keeps adding that the Three Stooges performed at the halftime show of the first Super Bowl. This seems dubious to me. The only reference I can find to this (other than sites that I'm pretty sure got the information from us) is this story from Larry Fine's autobiography: We made a boat-load of money when the Columbia shorts were sold to television in the '50's. Moe got a call from Fred Friendly over at CBS asking if the Stooges wanted to perform during the half-time show for something called the Super Bowl. Pudd'nhead Joe thought it was an invitation to put in a personal appearance at the opening of a new septic tank store, but Moe said it was a football game. What do I know from football? A bunch of burly hot dogs chasing a ball up and down a field is too violent for me. I prefer playing the ponies. The knuckleheads in the audience went wild as The Stooges took to the field. We killed! After our classic 'Niagara Falls' and 'Ah-Ha! Ma-Ha!' routines we broke into a toe-tapping rendition of 'We're Coming to Your House.' During the third chorus, I noticed some thick-necked Bronco Nagurski talking to my Mabel in the stands. He must have thought she was an eligible receiver, because by the looks of things, a football wasn't the only inflated orb he was making a pass at. I shook my fist and shouted, 'I'm warning you! Stop trying to steal my wife, you horse thief.' The crowd thought it was part of the act, but I wasn't joking. Blinded by jealousy -- my Mabel is a looker, and can she cook -- I didn't realize the camera was on me when I flipped the pigskin-palooka the 'Italian salute.' Hoo-boy, did I get in Dutch with the top brass at CBS. Not only did I have to pay a fine of $42.50, which was a lot of money in those days, the network banned me from appearing on 'Family Affair.' I'd like to think that had I landed the role of 'Uncle Bill,' poor misguided Buffy would still be alive to this day. A cute story, but I think it's baloney. First of all, Friendly was gone from CBS before the first Super Bowl was aired. Assuming this is even supposed to be the first Super Bowl, it wasn't called that then. Family Affair premiered in 1966, the year before Super Bowl I. It seems like if there had been an incident like this during the first Super Bowl (Larry Fine flipping someone off on national television in the 1960s), there'd be references to it online, and it'd be generally remembered. There are a few sites dedicated to cataloging every Three Stooges appearance; none of them have a reference to the Super Bowl. We don't say anything about it either on the Super Bowl I page or the Three Stooges page. I would guess that Fine's story is probably an exaggerated account of an incident that happened at an earlier football game. If nobody objects, I'm going to remove that from the article (unless somebody can find a more reliable source).&mdash; Chowbok  ☠  14:54, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I just did a search at Newspapers.com for "Three Stooges" in January 1967 and only got listings for their TV show. Surely this incident would have made the newspapers? Or even just that fact that they performed would have been mentioned.&mdash; Chowbok  ☠  15:08, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Super Bowl LV
Some info on LV's halftime show has been released. I have edited that in. Can someone add the source I have given below. https://www.nfl.com/news/the-weeknd-to-headline-pepsi-super-bowl-lv-halftime-show — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:644:8103:5DB0:38FB:AEA5:553B:DF0E (talk) 21:43, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

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Vandalism watch
Please keep an eye out for anonymous IPv6 editors inserting supporting acts into the Super Bowl LVII entry that have no sources or basis. I have reverted several but have stopped for the time being to avoid an edit war. J. Myrle Fuller (talk) 00:42, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

HALFTIME SHOW FOR 2023
Needs to have an individual page for the halftime show 2023 Kst daniel (talk) 07:58, 2 February 2023 (UTC)


 * We'll get there. I think standard procedure is that we usually create the page after it's happened. J. Myrle Fuller (talk) 15:56, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Super Bowl XL (Rolling Stones)
I'm not sure why this is included here, and not on its own individual page for the Super Bowl XL halftime show. Split this information, even if it is a stub.  conman33  (. . .talk)  04:19, 15 February 2023 (UTC)