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It's not just you – the TV went dead during the Super Bowl

February 5, 2018

If you, like many of us, thought your TV powered off during a Super Bowl ad break, you’re not alone.

For about 30 seconds, TV screens went black during a commercial break during NBC’s Super Bowl 2018 broadcast.

In a statement provided to Page Six, NBC explained the hiccup this way: “We had a brief equipment failure that we quickly resolved. No game action or commercial time were missed.”

Still, the internet had a lot of fun with the mistake:

That 15 seconds of a black screen was worth about $2.5 million

— Adam Kuperstein (@Adam4NY) February 5, 2018 Read more…

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Source: Mashable | It's not just you – the TV went dead during the Super Bowl

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