The Super Bowl is getting slimed.
CBS Sports and Nickelodeon will produce a second telecast of Super Bowl LVIII in February 2024, bringing its kid-focused coverage and green ooze in tow. The Nick telecast will mark the first time a Super Bowl has had an alternate presentation; CBS, Nick’s Paramount Global sibling, will carry the main broadcast.
While it’s a big step up from the previous games Nick has aired, the alternate telecast isn’t new. Nickelodeon has provided alternate feeds of wild-card playoff games after the 2020 and 2021 seasons and a Christmas Day regular-season game last year — the latter of which produced a viral moment of SpongeBob character Patrick Star (voiced by Bil Fagerbakke) roasting Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson after an interception. Nick also airs a weekly highlights show, NFL Slimetime, during the season, and another Christmas game is on tap for the coming season.
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