The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials 2009

Which commercials scored touchdowns and which fumbled? TIME TV critic James Poniewozik grades the players

Pedigree, "Crazy Pets"

A spot for the Pedigree adoption drive shows the pitfalls of having a pet rhino, ostrich or swine. (Best moment: discomfited Grandma in the backseat with giant pig. "How do you think we're doing?") Tagline: "Maybe you should get a dog." You going to argue with the buffalo?

Grade: A

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