NBC hosted the television broadcast of the Super Bowl on Sunday for the first time since 2018, and the network unveiled a new scorebug for the event.
The scorebug for Super Bowl LVI did not look familiar to those who are used to watching “Sunday Night Football” on NBC. You can see it below:
New NBC scorebug for the #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/qi3aewkt3G
— Cork Gaines (@CorkGaines) February 13, 2022
For reference, here is what NBC’s old scorebug looked like:
For reference, here’s the current score bug pic.twitter.com/cOrn3ISCDk
— Nathan Crawford (@nathan_wavy) February 11, 2022
As always, there was a lot of mixed reaction to the new graphics.
The new scorebug sucks. Numbers way too big. Why do this too us on the Super Bowl
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) February 13, 2022
I do not mind the new NBC score bug. It’s pretty good. pic.twitter.com/CNfWjgFkv2
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) February 13, 2022
I can't fully explain it, but the NBC Super Bowl scorebug looks like a Mini Cooper center console.
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) February 13, 2022
Stunning Super Bowl scorebug. That's a keeper.
— Ethan Budowsky (@ethanbudowsky) February 13, 2022
As always, there was a lot of mixed reaction to the new graphics.
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