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Category: Super Bowl

According to LC’s Vincent Geraghty, the best Super Bowl ad wasn’t an ad
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According to LC’s Vincent Geraghty, the best Super Bowl ad wasn’t an ad

By Amy Pais-Richer Feb 12, 2026
By the time this story runs, the Super Bowl commercial winners and losers will already have been declared. Rankings finalized. Hot takes archived. But advertising history sugge...
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Google tops Kellogg Super Bowl Ad rankings
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Google tops Kellogg Super Bowl Ad rankings

By Reel Chicago Feb 10, 2026
Google reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the 22nd annual Kellogg School Super Bowl Advertising Review, with its Gemini-powered spot “New Home” earning the highest marks from the ...
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ECD Matt Kuttan weighs in on last night’s Big Game spots
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ECD Matt Kuttan weighs in on last night’s Big Game spots

By Matt Kuttan Feb 9, 2026
Super Bowl LX is officially in the books, and the marketing machine did exactly what it always does. For weeks, our feeds were flooded with everything from fully baked cinemati...
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Two by Four’s Adam Von Ohlen weighs in on the Super Bowl ads
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Two by Four’s Adam Von Ohlen weighs in on the Super Bowl ads

By Adam Von Ohlen Feb 9, 2026
These days, you just can’t escape AI. And now you can’t when it comes to Super Bowl ads either. But hey, there were some good ones. For me, Claude’s spot stood out. It fe...
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Nissan puts ingenuity on snack Table with Matty Matheson
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Nissan puts ingenuity on snack Table with Matty Matheson

By Reel Chicago Feb 6, 2026
Just ahead of the Big Game, Nissan is celebrating one of America’s most sacred game-day rituals, chips and dip, with a playful new social campaign spotlighting the versatili...
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Frontier makes good on the Super Bowl jet that got away
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Frontier makes good on the Super Bowl jet that got away

By Reel Chicago Feb 5, 2026
Thirty years ago, during the Big Game, a Pepsi loyalty promotion promised something so audacious it became legend: collect enough points and you could get a jet. One man believ...
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MANSCAPED makes Super Bowl debut with singing Hairballs
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MANSCAPED makes Super Bowl debut with singing Hairballs

By Reel Chicago Feb 5, 2026
MANSCAPED is officially taking its place on advertising’s biggest stage, and it’s doing so with puppets, power ballads, and a whole lot of unwanted hair. Talk about a ha...
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Lay’s celebrates the journey from farm to fam in two Big Game ads
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Lay’s celebrates the journey from farm to fam in two Big Game ads

By Reel Chicago Feb 4, 2026
Lay’s is showing up to the Super Bowl with a rare double play this year: two national ads and a fan-facing activation, from Highdive, all centered on the humble potato and th...
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NERDS x Andy Cohen debut Juicy Gummy Clusters in Big Game
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NERDS x Andy Cohen debut Juicy Gummy Clusters in Big Game

By Reel Chicago Feb 4, 2026
NERDS is returning to the Big Game for the third consecutive year, this time with a juicier twist. The Ferrara-owned candy brand is introducing NERDS Juicy Gummy Clusters, its ...
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It’s love at first bite with Sabrina Carpenter and Pringleleo
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It’s love at first bite with Sabrina Carpenter and Pringleleo

By Reel Chicago Feb 4, 2026
Sometimes love means taking matters into your own hands, and maybe stacking a few crisps along the way. For the biggest snacking moment of the year, Chicago-based Pringles is t...
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“Grubhub will eat the fees,” says George Clooney at dinner “feest”
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“Grubhub will eat the fees,” says George Clooney at dinner “feest”

By Reel Chicago Feb 2, 2026
Grubhub is making a bold play to reset expectations around restaurant delivery by tackling the issue consumers complain about most: fees. In its first-ever Big Game national...
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Barry Burdiak unpacks what Super Bowl advertising gets wrong
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Barry Burdiak unpacks what Super Bowl advertising gets wrong

By Barry Burdiak Jan 30, 2026
Editor's Note: Barry Burdiak is an award-winning creative director at Chicago-based independent agency Schafer Condon Carter (SCC). With more than three decades in the agency w...
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Bugonia’s Yorgos Lanthimos brings surreal edge to Grubhub
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Bugonia’s Yorgos Lanthimos brings surreal edge to Grubhub

By Reel Chicago Jan 26, 2026
Chicago-based Grubhub is heading to the Super Bowl for the first time, and it is doing so with one of the most distinctive filmmakers working today. According to The Hollywood ...
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The Super Bowl is getting Manscaped! Yes, really
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The Super Bowl is getting Manscaped! Yes, really

By Reel Chicago Jan 21, 2026
Brace yourselves. MANSCAPED is officially entering the Super Bowl conversation. The fast-growing men’s grooming brand is making its first-ever national Super Bowl appearance,...
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Quriosity’s Qadree Holmes weighs in on Super Bowl spots
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Quriosity’s Qadree Holmes weighs in on Super Bowl spots

By Qadree Holmes Feb 11, 2025
I was fortunate to be invited to watch the Super Bowl this year with Craig Duncan and Yvette Corbarrubias aka The Duncans.    They corralled a mighty group with a com...
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Lay’s “The Little Farmer” is the standout Super Bowl spot from Chicago
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Lay’s “The Little Farmer” is the standout Super Bowl spot from Chicago

By Colin Costello Feb 10, 2025
Every year, Super Bowl commercials flood our screens with spectacle, humor, and celebrity cameos, but the best ads are the ones that make us feel something. This year, that hon...
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ECD Terrence Burrell picks his top Super Bowl spots
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ECD Terrence Burrell picks his top Super Bowl spots

By Terrence Burrell Feb 10, 2025
Flying saucers, mustaches, and eyebrows. Oh my! Super Bowl LIX didn’t hold back on thecelebrities, the spectacle, and borrowed interest. I was mostly underwhelmed by many of ...
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GoDaddy Airo speeds into the Super Bowl with Walton Goggins
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GoDaddy Airo speeds into the Super Bowl with Walton Goggins

By Reel Chicago Feb 9, 2025
After an eight-year hiatus, GoDaddy is making a grand return to Super Bowl advertising with a 30-second spot featuring Walton Goggins—but this time, the focus isn’t on shoc...
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Lay’s, Taika Waititi brings heartfelt storytelling to Super Bowl
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Lay’s, Taika Waititi brings heartfelt storytelling to Super Bowl

By Reel Chicago Feb 6, 2025
Lay’s is making a grand return to the Super Bowl, and this time, it’s with the cinematic touch of Academy Award-winning director Taika Waititi. Known for his ability to ble...
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Coors Light embraces the sloth life for the Big Game
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Coors Light embraces the sloth life for the Big Game

By Reel Chicago Feb 5, 2025
As football fans (Go Birds!) brace for the inevitable post-Super Bowl slump, Coors Light is here to remind everyone that slowing down can be a good thing. The brand’s 2025 Bi...
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