Tuned In: Super Bowl commercials disappointing for...

Published Feb 06 2012 by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Tuned In: Super Bowl commercials disappointing for most part

According to one poll released last week, 55 percent of U.S. adults said they planned to tune in to Sunday's Super Bowl as much or more for the commercials than for the game. If that's true, and if those viewers also spend any time on social media sites like Facebook...

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