Tasteless, Yes. Unentertaining? Well... - Yesterday's Super Bowl half-time show, produced by Viacom stablemate MTV, apparently needed to one-up the Madonna-Britney liplock, so the show climaxed with Justin Timberlake ripping Janet Jackson's bodice to clearly expose her right breast to world-wide broadcast. (Supposedly an unplanned clothing malfunction. Shyeah, that explains the costume, er, "pastey." ) I guess CBS has now redefined the reality programming notion of "the reveal."

Considering the very disappointing advertising performances - do network self-promotions usually fill more than half the slots? - we were lucky to be treated to a rare cliffhanger for the game itself. Adam Vinatieri - who unfortunately didn't reprise his bearded look from the 2002 playoffs - repeated his game winning field goal from two years ago, dashing the championship dreams of young Jake Delhomme, the Panther's handsome quarterback.