Whether or not you are planning to observe the Tremendous Bowl to root on the Bengals or the Rams, or simply need to see the halftime present and commercials, this information is for you.
LOS ANGELES — The Tremendous Bowl between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, will as traditional be the largest day of sports activities broadcasting in america. However this 12 months is likely to be the largest of all of them since that is the primary time the nation’s largest sporting occasion is going on concurrently the Winter Olympics, one of many largest occasions on the earth.
Listed here are some issues to know concerning the recreation in addition to Tremendous Bowl-related programming on different networks:
WHICH NETWORK HAS THIS YEAR’S SUPER BOWL?
This marks the twentieth Tremendous Bowl broadcast for NBC, which is second amongst all networks. CBS leads with 21 adopted by NBC, Fox (9) and ABC (7).
Of the seven earlier Tremendous Bowls held in Los Angeles, NBC has aired 4, together with the final one in 1993 when Dallas beat Buffalo. CBS and NBC each aired the primary Tremendous Bowl, which was on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
HOW DID NBC GET THIS YEAR’S GAME?
CBS initially had the sport this 12 months beneath the league’s rotation between CBS, NBC and FOX, however NBC and CBS agreed in 2019 to commerce spots. CBS carried final 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl from Tampa as a substitute of NBC. CBS did not need to compete in opposition to the Olympics whereas NBC may market two main occasions to advertisers.
WHAT IS NBC’S SCHEDULE FOR SUPER BOWL SUNDAY?
8 a.m.: 2022 Winter Olympics
Midday: NFL Movies “Street to the Tremendous Bowl”
1 p.m.: Tremendous Bowl Pregame Present
6:30 p.m.: Tremendous Bowl kickoff
10:45 p.m. : Winter Olympics Primetime
12 a.m.: Late Native Information (West coast will stay with Olympics)
12:30 a.m.: Winter Olympics Prime Plus
WHO ARE THE SUPER BOWL ANNOUNCERS FOR NBC?
Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth group up for his or her fourth Tremendous Bowl. Michaels is dealing with the play by play for the eleventh time, which ties him with the late Pat Summerall. That is Michaels’ fifth Tremendous Bowl for NBC after his first six have been with ABC. Collinsworth, who performed eight seasons for the Bengals and appeared in each of their earlier Tremendous Bowl journeys, will probably be an analyst for the fifth time. His first was with Fox for the 2005 recreation between Philadelphia and New England.
Guidelines analyst Terry McAulay, who refereed three Tremendous Bowls, and sideline reporter Kathryn Tappen are Tremendous Bowl TV rookies. Sideline reporter Michele Tafoya is doing her fifth Tremendous Bowl in what’s her last look for NBC.
HOW MANY CAMERAS WILL NBC USE FOR THE SUPER BOWL?
Govt producer Fred Gaudelli did not need to give actual numbers, however NBC had a complete of 106 for its final Tremendous Bowl 4 years in the past in Minneapolis. CBS had 120 final 12 months in Tampa. For the primary Tremendous Bowl on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1967, NBC had 11 cameras.
Gaudelli did say that “by way of cameras that shoot the sport, that truly shoot the sector and the play and the gamers — we’ll in all probability have 40 cameras.” All these cameras will probably be recorded and can be utilized for replay.
NBC may even be debuting a brand-new graphic look, a brand new rating bug, in addition to using numerous digital actuality and augmented actuality graphics.
Gaudelli and director Drew Esocoff are working their seventh Tremendous Bowl collectively and fifth on NBC. Their first two have been with ABC.
THE OLYMPICS HOST IS ALSO DOING THE SUPER BOWL PREGAME SHOW?
Sure. Mike Tirico is doing double obligation. He left Beijing on Monday night time to fly to Stamford, Connecticut, to host Olympics protection Wednesday and Thursday earlier than going to Los Angeles on Friday by way of Sunday.
Tirico will host the Tremendous Bowl pregame and postgame presentation of the Vince Lombardi Trophy earlier than going to a set exterior SoFi Stadium to host Sunday night time’s Olympics protection.
WHAT IF I ONLY WANT TO WATCH THE HALFTIME SHOW?
The primary half of a standard NFL recreation often takes 90 minutes, but when there are numerous operating performs, it might be accomplished in 1 hour, 10 minutes.
With kickoff at 6:30 p.m. EST, it will in all probability be a good suggestion to tune in round 7:40 p.m. so you do not miss Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar.
HOW CAN I WATCH THE GAME IF I AM A CORD CUTTER?
NBC’s Peacock streaming service can have the sport for OTT units and providers, good TVs and cell units. It would even be out there totally free on the NFL web site/apps in addition to Yahoo Sports activities. DirecTV Stream, Sling TV, Hulu with Dwell TV, YouTube TV and fuboTV even have NBC.
WHO HAS THE SPANISH LANGUAGE BROADCAST?
Telemundo would be the first Spanish-language broadcast community to air the Tremendous Bowl. The pregame present begins at 5 p.m. EST with Miguel Gurwitz, Ana Jurka, Karim Mendiburu and particular visitor Rolando Cantu, a former Arizona Cardinals offensive lineman. The sport will probably be referred to as by Carlos Mauricio Ramirez with Jorge Andres offering evaluation.
WILL THE GAME BE ON RADIO?
Sirius XM Satellite tv for pc Radio can have 4 channels devoted to the sport — the Westwood One nationwide feed, a Spanish-language channel and the Rams and Bengals broadcasts.
