SUPER BOWL LVIII COMES TO SPONGEBOB
SQUAREPANTS' BIKINI BOTTOM FOR HISTORIC SLIME-FILLED
TELECAST
CBS Sports' Nate
Burleson and Play-by-Play Announcer Noah Eagle to be
Joined in the Booth by Iconic Animated
Characters--SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick
Star, Sandy Cheeks and Larry the Lobster to Call Super Bowl
LVIII
Burleson, Eagle and Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles to Announce Nickelodeon NFL Nickmas Game,
Airing Monday, Dec. 25, at
1 P.M. (ET), Between the Las Vegas
Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 5, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- In the ultimate sports and pop culture crossover
event, Nickelodeon and CBS Sports will bring Super Bowl LVIII to
Bikini Bottom, the iconic undersea home to SpongeBob SquarePants,
for a kids and family-centric, surprise-filled special presentation
of the game, airing exclusively on Nickelodeon, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. (ET). Paramount's multiplatform
coverage of Super Bowl LVIII will feature CBS Sports' presentation
on the CBS Television Network, which will stream on Paramount+ and
on mobile with NFL+, in addition to the Nick-ified telecast
exclusively on Nickelodeon.
In the first-ever Super Bowl alternate telecast, SpongeBob
SquarePants (voiced by Tom
Kenny) and Patrick
Star (voiced by Bill
Fagerbakke), the newest additions to the Nickelodeon booth,
will join CBS Sports analyst Nate
Burleson and play-by-play announcer Noah Eagle to call the game. Sandy
Cheeks (voiced by Carolyn
Lawrence) will make her sideline reporting debut, while
Larry the Lobster (voiced by Mr. Lawrence) provides live
commentary, and Dora the Explorer (voiced by Diana Zermeño)
and Boots (voiced by Asher Colton
Spence) help explain penalty calls during the game.
NFL Slimetime's Young Dylan and Dylan Schefter will also report live from
Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas,
Nev. Additional details on the Nickelodeon Super Bowl
telecast including programming and production will be revealed
later.
Ahead of Super Bowl LVIII, Christmas will get an extra bout of
excitement when Nickelodeon airs the Nickelodeon NFL Nickmas
Game on Monday, Dec. 25, at
1:00 p.m. (ET), between the Las
Vegas Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs. Burleson and
Eagle will be accompanied in the festive AR booth by Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtle Raphael (voiced by Brady Noon) while Schefter is live on the
field as sideline reporter and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Donatello (voiced by Micah
Abbey) will be seen popping up to explain penalties
throughout the game.
Live from Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas
City, Mo., the Nickelodeon NFL Nickmas Game will
feature: a special halftime presentation that includes an exclusive
look at Nick's newest animated series, Rock Paper Scissors;
upgraded cannons that fire slime, snowballs, pizzas and presents;
live AR festive decorations within the stadium; an updated virtual
Nickelodeon blimp flying throughout the stadium; and appearances in
the game from animated Santa, Yeti and Snowball characters. The
production will continue to showcase one-of-a-kind family-friendly
content and Nick-themed elements throughout, including guest
reporters, original on-field graphics, virtual filters, and more
for kids and families.
Elements from the Nickelodeon NFL Nickmas Game will also
be featured in four experiences from Gamefam on Roblox—Super NFL
Tycoon, TMNT Battle Tycoon, Easy Obby and Car Dealership Tycoon.
From Dec. 14-25, users can earn
Nickmas-themed rewards by completing quests in each and
across all four experiences, culminating in a 24-hour trivia event
starting at 8:00 a.m. (ET) on
Dec. 25 in Super NFL Tycoon and TMNT
Battle Tycoon.
Fans can get geared up for the Nickelodeon NFL Nickmas
Game with Chiefs and Raiders apparel and accessories featuring
the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. T-shirts and socks in adult and
kids' sizes will be available mid-December on NFLShop.com,
Homage.com and Rockemsocks.com.
CBS Sports' presentation of the Christmas Day game will be
broadcast on The CBS Television Network, and available to stream
live on Paramount+ and on mobile with NFL+, while the
Nickelodeon NFL Nickmas Game will air exclusively on
Nickelodeon.
The Nickelodeon Super Bowl telecast and Nickelodeon NFL
Nickmas Game are produced by CBS Sports in association with
Nickelodeon Productions. Sean
McManus and Harold Bryant
serve as executive producers of THE NFL ON CBS, and CBS Sports'
Shawn Robbins is coordinating
producer of the games. Production for Nickelodeon is overseen by
Ashley Kaplan, executive vice
president, Nickelodeon & Awesomeness Unscripted & Digital
Franchise Studio; Paul J Medford, vice president of unscripted
current series; Luke Wahl, vice
president of unscripted creative; and Jennifer Bryson, vice president of production,
tentpoles, events & music & specials.
ABOUT CBS SPORTS
CBS Sports, a year-round leader
in cross-platform sports coverage, broadcasts a portfolio of events
on the CBS Television Network, including THE NFL ON CBS; college
football, including the SEC ON CBS and BIG TEN ON CBS; college
basketball, including the NCAA Division I Men's
Basketball Championship; golf, including The Masters®, PGA
Championship and PGA TOUR; soccer, including
the UEFA Champions League and NWSL; and
CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR. In addition, the division includes CBS
Sports Network, the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports which
televises live sports programming throughout the year, including
college football and basketball games, soccer matches from
UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa
League, Serie A, Concacaf
and NWSL, as well as a full slate of original
programming and studio coverage. CBS Sports also delivers an
extensive lineup of global soccer coverage on Paramount+, including
every UEFA club competition match, all Serie
A matches as well as Concacaf national team
competitions. CBS Sports' multi-platform offerings include
CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports apps for mobile
and connected TV devices; the 24/7 streaming sports news network
CBS SPORTS HQ; the free 24-hour soccer streaming network CBS
SPORTS GOLAZO NETWORK; 247Sports;
MaxPreps; CBS Sports fantasy games; and
SportsLine.
ABOUT NICKELODEON
Nickelodeon, now in its
44th year, is the number-one entertainment
brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting
kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television
programming and production in the United
States and around the world, plus consumer products,
digital, location-based experiences, publishing and feature films.
For more information or artwork, visit
http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon is a part of
Paramount's (Nasdaq: PARA,
PARAA) global portfolio of multimedia entertainment
brands.
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