Last year Spot Trender, a research company used by brands and agencies to pre-test ads, helped us see how viewers reacted to big Super Bowl commercials second-by-second. This year it's back on the case, starting with one of the first 2015 Super Bowl ads to be pre-released: Dove Men+Care's ode to fatherhood, which scored one of the "most consistent positive reaction graphs" Spot Trender has seen, with "negligible negative reaction."
Spot Trender tracks ads' reception by asking a panel of consumers to press keys on their computers as they watch. Each video had a sample size of 300 complete responses.