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Are those numbers limited to US viewers?

If so, then Spinks-Ali and the MASH finale both did better than the 2015 Super Bowl.

The 2015 Super Bowl got about 9% more viewers than MASH, but the US population in 2015 was 37% higher than in 1983.
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Steve of phpBB wrote: Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:50 pm Are those numbers limited to US viewers?

If so, then Spinks-Ali and the MASH finale both did better than the 2015 Super Bowl.

The 2015 Super Bowl got about 9% more viewers than MASH, but the US population in 2015 was 37% higher than in 1983.
the list of the all-time most watched single-network television broadcasts in the United States by average viewership, according to Nielsen.

There is another table in the page that does average that puts Mash at the top.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... ted_States
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Without the help of the Google Machine, I would have never figured out that the white dude in the Snoop Dogg Corona ad with Vince Carter, Devin Booker, and Sue Bird was Christian Laettner.
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rass wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 7:17 pm Bout sick of stuck up fucking Ohio.
Bout sick of weird Buick yoga lady
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A_B wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 7:35 pm
rass wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 7:17 pm Bout sick of stuck up fucking Ohio.
Bout sick of weird Buick yoga lady
Spin class.

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The commercial with the fucking SUV in the middle of a kids' concert drives me bonkers. So this lady parked her car in the middle of the orchestra, dressed up, and then closes all the windows and takes a nap? wtf?
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What can't current LeBron tell past HS LeBron everything? And do basketball players call the NBA, the League?
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govmentchedda wrote: Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:35 pm What can't current LeBron tell past HS LeBron everything? And do basketball players call the NBA, the League?
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The “Paprika!” commercial still cracks me up. Was the gmhusband on Better Call Saul?
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What's the deal with the Jesus commercials during the tournament? Did Jesus really need to up his brand recognition?
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Sun Mar 27, 2022 5:16 pm What's the deal with the Jesus commercials during the tournament? Did Jesus really need to up his brand recognition?
I don't think I saw any of those.
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Sun Mar 27, 2022 5:16 pm What's the deal with the Jesus commercials during the tournament? Did Jesus really need to up his brand recognition?
Only targeted to areas where people pay money to choker schools.
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duff wrote: Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:22 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: Sun Mar 27, 2022 5:16 pm What's the deal with the Jesus commercials during the tournament? Did Jesus really need to up his brand recognition?
Only targeted to areas where people pay money to choker schools.
But its a Jesuit school!
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Sun Mar 27, 2022 10:06 pm
duff wrote: Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:22 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: Sun Mar 27, 2022 5:16 pm What's the deal with the Jesus commercials during the tournament? Did Jesus really need to up his brand recognition?
Only targeted to areas where people pay money to choker schools.
But its a Jesuit school!
Even more reason to find the big man, and they don't mean Chet Holmgren.
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Bout done with Matthew Stafford winking at me.
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Barkley sorta has Trump posture in that school yard draft commercial, right?
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Saw the Willie Nelson Skechers commercial and laughed out loud.

Regardless of whatever I said in that other thread, Willie would definitely be in my top five of artists to hang out with.

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rass wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:36 pm
rass wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2019 6:09 pmLisa Loeb sighting on one posted this evening. If I ever do a third 90s musician I still have a crush on thread she’ll probably be featured.
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rass wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 1:35 pm
rass wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:36 pm
rass wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2019 6:09 pmLisa Loeb sighting on one posted this evening. If I ever do a third 90s musician I still have a crush on thread she’ll probably be featured.
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"Competing deli owners?"

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How is it that Reggie Bush is considered enough of a current celebrity that he was chosen to do Wendy’s’ commercials?
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sancarlos wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 1:10 pm How is it that Reggie Bush is considered enough of a current celebrity that he was chosen to do Wendy’s’ commercials?
He’s also in the Dr. Pepper as with the other Heisman winners. Not that he wasn’t the best college player of 2005, but don’t the Heisman people have a complaint with Dr. Pepper since they took his award away?
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Pruitt3 wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 1:38 pm
rass wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 1:35 pm
rass wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:36 pm
rass wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2019 6:09 pmLisa Loeb sighting on one posted this evening. If I ever do a third 90s musician I still have a crush on thread she’ll probably be featured.
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Danny DeVito is an absolute national treasure and Jersey Mikes is probably the best national sandwich chain so I approve.
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brian wrote: Sun Oct 09, 2022 8:16 pm Danny DeVito is an absolute national treasure and Jersey Mikes is probably the best national sandwich chain so I approve.
Wrong on so many levels.
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The commercials are dumb as hell, but I don’t see anything incorrect in what he posted.
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I think wlu wasn't questioning Devito as a great, but is questioning the Jersey Mike's part of brian's post...
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tennbengal wrote: Sun Oct 09, 2022 9:57 pm I think wlu wasn't questioning Devito as a great, but is questioning the Jersey Mike's part of brian's post...
National sammich chains are iffy as hell. I guess PotBelly is good.
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tennbengal wrote: Sun Oct 09, 2022 9:57 pm I think wlu wasn't questioning Devito as a great, but is questioning the Jersey Mike's part of brian's post...
I notice he couldn’t name one better!
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The DeVito part is unquestionable and the sandwich part is debatable but yeah...there's no great national sandwich chains really. Potbelly isn't even close to national IMO, Subway is crap obviously and Jimmy John's is meh and supports killing endangered animals.
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Capriotti's
Schlotzsky's
Which Wich?
Wawa..not really the same but still better
Quiznos
Firehouse

All superior national chains
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:17 am Capriotti's
Schlotzsky's
Which Wich?
Wawa..not really the same but still better
Quiznos
Firehouse

All superior national chains
Never heard of capriotti's. But I actually do think Jersey Mikes is the best. And I agree that potbelly isn't national, but I will choose them over Jersey Mike's.
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Probably should figure out what qualifies as a national chain, as Firehouse is the only one of those with over 1,000 restaurants (Potbelly looks second at 474). But, hey, when you're the the only place specializing in fulfilling the market's need for soggy sandwiches, you grow...

Quizno's has dropped from 4,700 US locations to 176. If they were good, this might not have happened. Capriotti's has 112 locations.

Jersey Mike's is the champion of national sandwich chains by being better than Subway and Jimmy John's.
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The mention of Quiznos completely disqualifies wlu-lax's answer. Or maybe he just likes damp meat.
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D'Angelo probably doesn't qualify either but I'd sooner that. Quiznos is bad. Sooner jimmy John's than Jersey Mike's. Not that high on schlotskys either. Them and Quiznos both suffer from poor labor putting too much goop on sandwiches. Potbelly's puts weird carrots and cauliflower on sandwiches randomly. Panera has also suffered from menu creep and over Goopy employees. Which Wich not good generally. Not bad but not good. Less fresh subway but more care probably. Firehouse is solid but meatball subs only for me and high standard for meatball subs vs some Italian guy.
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I've never had Jersey Mike's (irony!) but if they're sub-Wawa I'm probably just going to keep it that way. Ordering a sub chain over a local place seems about as dumb as doing that with pizza.
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without looking it up - (and I used Restaurant business for this) - what are the 10 largest US sandwich shops as measured by total sales in 2019? (picked last pre-Covid year)

(I have dropped Arby's and Portillo's and zoe's kitchen from that list as i consider them not to be "sandwich shops" in the same sense as Jersey Mike's etc)

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