With the news that Netflix (among other streamers) will not be featuring ads in 2021’s Super Bowl, we thought we’d look back at previous years that Netflix has opted to secure coveted ad spots during the big game. Here are all of the Super Bowl ads Netflix has produced so far.
2014 — General Platform Ad
Back in 2014, just a year after it got into the content game itself, Netflix ads were primarily used to promote its slate of licensed content. In the 30-second spot, they advertise many titles that have long departed Netflix including Sons of Anarchy, Hugo, Mission Impossible, Thor, Transformers, True Grit, and The Office.
WHO IS SARAH THOMAS?
Before Super Bowl, the 47-year-old made another mark in the history by becoming the first woman to referee full-time in the NFL in 2015. She made her regular-season debut when the Houston Texans hosted the Kansas City Chiefs on September 13, 2015. She first officiated a playoff game in 2019.
When Thomas began her NFL career, she served as a line judge. Since 2017, she’s been a down judge. Additionally, Thomas was the first woman to officiate a major college football game and the first woman to officiate in a Big Ten stadium.
INTERNET CELEBRATES SARAH THOMAS
Many took to Twitter to celebrate this historic moment of a woman officiating a Super Bowl for the first time, including First Lady of the United States of America, Jill Biden. She FLOTUS tweeted, “I’m cheering you on today, Sarah Thomas #SuperBowl (sic).”