The first ever Super Bowl, which aired back in 1967, charged a comparatively paltry $37,500 for a 30-second spot. The first big game to crack the $1 million threshold was Super Bowl XXIX in 1995.

Before the Super Bowl halftime show became the spectacle it is today, it was often a simple mix of marching bands and variety acts. Over time, it evolved into one of the most-watched musical events in ...

According to the site superbowl-ads.com, a 30-second spot on CBS during the first Super Bowl cost just $42,500. One of the signature ads that year was a commercial for Goodyear Tires that centered ...

The NFL had an unbroken streak of January Super Bowl dates from Super Bowl I in 1967 to Super Bowl XXXV in 2001. Later that year, the terrorist attacks on September 11 threw the world into disarray.