Tanya Dua
Feb 4, 2019, 20:14 ISTAl Bello/Getty Images
- The New England Patriots may have ultimately prevailed, but both the game and the ads at Super Bowl 2019 were a bit of a snooze-fest.
- Still, there were some surprises, like HBO taking over Bud Light's ad to make it all about "Game of Thrones."
- Scroll on to see the best and worst Super Bowl commercials of 2019.
It wasn't just slow on the field during this year's Super Bowl game - but also off it.
Despite 54 advertisers shelling out $5.25 million for 30 seconds of screen time during the big game for a total of 93 Super Bowl ads, according to iSpot, most ads this year were a bit of a snooze-fest.
Dogs and robots were plentiful, with brands from Sprint and TurboTax to Michelob Ultra featuring them as characters in their spots. There were some surprises, like HBO taking over Bud Light's ad to make it all about Game of Thrones.
Read More: Here's the full list of all the Super Bowl commercials that ran this year
Here are our picks for winners and losers of this year's Super Bowl.
The best and worst Super Bowl 2019 commercials
Winners: Bud Light & HBO
Winner: PepsiCo
Winner: Amazon
Winner: Skittles
Winner: Microsoft XBox
Loser: Kia
Loser: Hyundai
Loser: Michelob Ultra Pure Gold
Loser: T-Mobile
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