February 3, 2011

So around this time of year, many people talk about the Super Bowl and an equal number talk about the imminent commercials.  Fox, this year, sold out pretty early at $3M for :30 spots each.  Nice!!  So who’s going to taking up the 48+ minutes of commercial time in the game? Here’s the list!

Anheuser-Busch
What would be a Super Bowl without Budweiser and Bud Light ads. Anheuser-Bush will air five Super Bowl ads this year including a Budweiser Clydesdale Super Bowl Ad.

Audi
Audi will be advertising at the Super Bowl the first time in a row. Last year they had a great Super Bowl Ad campaign with the Green Police. Audi announced to promote the luxury class Audi A8 in the Audi Super Bowl XLV Ad.

BMW
BMW was absent from the Super Bowl 10 long years. At the Super Bowl 2011 BMW is back with what looks like two ads.

Best Buy
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy will advertise the first time during Super Bowl. The Best Buy Super Bowl Ad will star Justin Bieber and Ozzy Osbourne.

Captain America
Paramount will promote the new Marvel comics movie Captain America during the Super Bowl.
CareerBuilder
The CareerBuilder Super Bowl 2011 ad has been officially announced and it will indeed bring back the monkeys.

CarMax
Super Bowl 2011 is the first time that CarMax is running full-blown Super Bowl ads. The first CarMax Super Bowl ad will air in the 2nd quarter and the 2nd ad comes in the 3rd.

Cars.com
Cars.com announced to run two brand new commercials during Super Bowl XLV.

Cowboys & Aliens
Universal Studios will air a new trailer during Super Bowl XLV for the Summer blockbuster Cowboys & Aliens starring Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig.

Doritos
Doritos is again casting Super Bowl ads from fans in their big Crash The Super Bowl XLV contest. The submission is closed and the voting on the finalist ads has started.

E-Trade
E-Trade brings back the talking baby with new Super Bowl ads. ETrade has started to air old ETrade Baby Ads. Watch favorite ETrade Baby Ads here.

Go Daddy
Watch Super Bowl 2011 Ads: The Contract
ISP Go Daddy is doing their thing again wth Danica Patrick and newcomer Jillian Michaels. The new Go Daddy Super Bowl 2011 ads will be again edgy, fun and slightly inappropriate, says Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons. One of the Go Daddy Super Bowl Ads will promote the new .CO domain. Go Daddy teases new mystery Go Daddy Girl.

HomeAway
Vacation home rental company HomeAway made a big debut as Super Bowl advertiser at last Super Bowl with the Griswold story. HomeAway brought back Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo as Clark and Ellen Griswold from the ‘80s movie National Lampoon's Vacation. At the Super Bowl 2011 HomeAway wants to make an even bigger splash. HomeAway published Ministry of Detourism Video.

Hyundai
Hyundai ran its first Super Bowl ad in 2008. This year Hyundai will promote in one spot the all-new Hyundai Elantra and their two other Super Bowl 2011 ads will feature the Sonata.

Kia
Kia will promote the all-new 2011 Optima mid-sized sedan during Super Bowl XLV. The Kia commercial will have aliens.

Limitless Movie Trailer
Guy gets super powers. That movie calls, of course, for Super Bowl treatment

Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes is for the first time ever advertising during the Super Bowl next year. Mercedes celebrates 125th anniversary and the introduction of four new models. Mercedes might be featuring the new SLK 2011 (R172) in their Super Bowl ad.

Pepsi Max
After not running a Super Bowl ad last year, Pepsi is back for Super Bowl 2011. Pepsi Max latched onto the Doritos Crash The Super Bowl contest and will also run fan-made Super Bowl ads at the Super Bowl XLV. Voting has started on the Pepsi Max Super Bowl ads.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Trailer
The new Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides trailer is likely to be featured in the Super Bowl 2011 Ads. The fourth Pirates movie launches in theaters on May 20th in 3D of course.
Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut is running its first-ever Super Bowl ad during Super Bowl XLV. 

Rango Movie Trailer
Animated feature film, Rango, will be promoted during Super Bowl 2011. Rango is a funny chameleon taking on bandits in the Wild West.

Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is, for the first time, running TV commercials, choosing the Super Bowl to get started. Salesforce will run animated ads created by none other than will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas. The ads will star the Baby Peas promoting Salesforce Chatter.

Skechers
The Skechers Super Bowl ad 2011 will feature celebrity Kim Kardashian. The Skechers ad will again promote the Shape-ups shoes.
Snickers
Roseanne Barr and Richard Lewis will star in the Snickers Super Bowl 2011 commercial following the same concept of last year’s “You’re Not You When You’re Hungry,” which propelled the Snickers spot to #1 on the USA Today Admeter.

Super 8 Movie Trailer
Paramount will run a trailer of the Alien movie Super 8.

Teleflora
The Teleflora Super Bowl ad 2011 will star Country music singer Faith Hill.

Thor Movie Trailer
Paramount will also advertise Thor with a Super Bowl movie trailer.

Transformers 3 Movie Trailer
New Transformers 3 trailer will be shown during Super Bowl. Transformers 3 will not have Megan Fox in it. Her role got dropped and a new love interest is going to be played by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

Volkswagen
Volkswagen will air two Super Bowl 2011 ads. Both look to be hilarious. The first one will promote the 2012 Passat with the Force of Star Wars. The 2nd will drum up interest for the 21st Century Beetle with a black bug.

Bridgestone
Bridgestone will be back for sure. The Super Bowl XLV half-time show is sponsored by t

PepsiCo rumored to run a 7th Super Bowl ad featuring Brisk.

Chrysler
Chrysler is expected to be back again, having been the only U.S. car maker to run a Super Bowl Ad in 2010.

GM
GM is coming back to Super Bowl XLV after the skipped the last two years. Via AutoNews.

Motorola
Motorola is rumored to run a Super Bowl ad featuring a new Android Tablet.