Who Says Blink 182, The Who and Alan Alda Have Nothing In Common?

• Posted by Adam Warner
• on February 9th, 2010

OK, as a society, I think we’re far enough removed from The Janet Jackson Wardrobe Malfunction Heard Around the World to risk having semi-current musicians on Super Bowl halftime shows again. I’m not talking Lady Gaga or Black Eyed Peas, we can comprimise on 90′s-ish acts.

I nominate Blink 182. What could possibly go wrong?

Here’s a deep thought. The M.A.S.H. episode that Super Bowl 44 ousted for Most Watched Show Ever in the U.S.? it aired in 1983. The Who had a Farewell Tour in 1982.

Could there be a more Apples to Oranges comparison btw? MASH’s actual rating  was 60, vs. 45 for the Super Bowl. There are 32 million more TV household’s now, but kajillion more channel choices. The Super Bowl’s numbers probably blow MASH away if you somehow normalize for everything.

But hey, when’s the last time you heard from Alan Alda?

Alan Alda isn’t too angry about the New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl victory over the Indianapolis Colts getting a bigger audience than the series finale of his hit CBS sitcom “MASH,” but his statement about it doesn’t seem like he’s jumping for joy either.

“If they broke our record, I’m happy for New Orleans and I hope it gives even more to cheer about to a city I love,” Alda said. CBS’s coverage of the Super Bowl averaged 106.5 million viewers, just beating the 106 million that the 1983 series finale to “MASH” averaged. In those days, there were only three networks and 83.3 million homes. Now there are hundreds of channels, the Internet and 115 million television homes.

Or financial guru Wayne Rogers? Actually, he was all over CNBC a few years back.

Wayne Rogers, who played Trapper John for three seasons on “MASH,” said while the Super Bowl numbers were big, “MASH” is a better financial bet.

“That Super Bowl is never going to earn what “MASH” earned that’s for sure, because there’s no reruns for that Super Bowl,” Rogers told Fox Business Network.

Actually, NFL Network re-airs Super Bowl 44 tomorrow night. In a couple year’s I’ll have watched The Tyree Helmet Catch more often I saw the MASH where Trapper and Hawkeye invented Captain Tuttle.

 

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