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- 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.
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