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, Ph.D. (@CorkGaines) February 13, 2022
For reference, here is what NBC’s old scorebug looked like:
https://twitter.com/nathan_wavy/status/1491950249895682050
As always, there was a lot of mixed reaction to the new graphics on social media.
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
https://twitter.com/ethanbudowsky/status/1493006133258330115
Most people don’t like change, so negative feedback is expected when a network unveils a new graphic. At least the change wasn’t nearly as bad as what FOX did during the MLB playoffs last season.
