# What to Show after the Superbowl?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-show-after-the-superbowl/94798>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 22, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-show-after-the-superbowl/94798 "2001-11-22T19:48:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-show-after-the-superbowl/94798/1 "2001-11-22T19:48:53Z")

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Fox announced that an hour long episode of Malcolm in the Middle will air after this year’s Superbowl. Not a bad call. It is a great show that is on the verge of becoming a HUGE hit. This was good exposure. After the superbowl is a great time to hook audiences on a show you really have faith in. That is how CBS got me hooked on Survivor.

However, I wish that Malcolm was only a half hour and was followed by an episode of Undeclared. I feel the show would truly benefit from such a shot in the arm.

If the other networks had the superbowl, it would be difficult to pick the shows that should have been aired this year:

CBS- CSI. Already a hit, but it could really get a jolt. Sadly, CBS has no new shows with any real promise.

ABC- ??? Maybe NYPD Blue with Zack. Of course, ABC seems to have given up on this show.

The following networks have no football package, but for fun…  
NBC- Scrubs. A great new comedy.  
WB- Smallville  
UPN- Um…Enterprise?

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-show-after-the-superbowl/94798/2 "2001-11-25T15:58:48Z")

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-show-after-the-superbowl/94798/3 "2001-11-25T17:34:43Z")

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I think they should just take a page from the Disney folks when they re-release one of their classic animated features. A documentary on _The Making Of Superbowl (however-many-this-one-is)_.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-show-after-the-superbowl/94798/4 "2001-11-25T17:37:07Z")

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_Malcolm in the Middle_? That’s a Sunday show. Does this mean there won’t be any _Simpsons_, any _Futurama_, any _King of the Hill_ that night?

Those bastards.

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**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-show-after-the-superbowl/94798/5 "2001-11-25T18:57:06Z")

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Personally, I’d suggest a marathon showing of “Girls Gone Wild” followed by “Spring Break Coeds” and ending with “Women of Mardi Gras”.

With that many boobs, you CAN’T go wrong!