Television and Entertainment
The game was televised in the United States by Fox, with play-by-play announcer Joe Buck and color commentators Cris Collinsworth and Troy Aikman. Pam Oliver (Patriots sideline) and Chris Myers (Eagles sideline) served as sideline reporters. This marked the first time since Super Bowl I that none of the network commentators had ever called a Super Bowl game before (although Collinsworth had worked three prior Super Bowl telecasts as a pregame analyst). This was the last game that Cris Collinsworth broadcast as a member of the NFL on Fox team, as he chose to sign with NBC in the following off-season.
James Brown hosted all the events with help from his fellow Fox NFL Sunday cast members Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson. Jillian Barberie served as weather and entertainment reporter.
After the game, Fox aired a special episode of The Simpsons, titled "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass," and the series premiere of American Dad!, except in both Philadelphia and Boston, where local newscasts delayed the premieres by an hour.
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