Paramount’s Channel 5 (now 5) has unveiled plans for coverage of its first Super Bowl in more than 20 years.
5 has taken over American football coverage in the UK this season and will broadcast live from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA for the New England Patriots vs Seattle Seahawks NFL title game beginning at 10.30 p.m. GMT on Sunday.
The biggest night in American sport will be hosted by Dermot O’Leary and Sam Quek, who will be joined by NFL stars providing punditry and analysis throughout the game. 5 will also air the halftime show featuring multi-Grammy winner Bad Bunny before finishing with the post-match on-field celebrations including the Lombardi Trophy lift. Troy Hawke will be greeting the great and good of the American football world direct from the NFL Honors ceremony, while TikTok star Ellie Evelyn will be back on home soil, speaking to some of the UK’s biggest NFL fans.
The Super Bowl will also be shown on Sky but has had a free-to-air home in the UK for years. For the previous four years the game was shown on ITV. It was last on Channel 5 in 2004.
Channel 5 has been showing two NFL games per week this season under the pact between Paramount UK, the NFL and CBS Sports. It hasn’t all been plain sailing, however, with fans taking aim at the decision to gamify its coverage when it first started airing in September.
