Super Bowl 55: A Viewer's Guide to get you through Sunday

Sunday’s Super Bowl between Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers marks biggest day of sports broadcasting for networks.

Here are some things to kw about CBS cover as well as Super Bowl-related programming on or networks:

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SUPER 21 FOR CBS

This marks 21st Super Bowl broadcast for CBS, which is most among all networks. NBC is next with 19 followed by Fox (9) and ABC (7). CBS and NBC both aired first Super Bowl.

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OUT OF ROTATION

CBS is doing big game for second time in three years after agreeing to a trade with NBC, which originally had rights. NBC will do next year’s game from Los Angeles, If it remains on Feb. 6, will coincide with first weekend of network's cover of Beijing Winter Games.

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IN BOOTH

Jim Nantz and Tony Romo team for ir second Super Bowl. Nantz is handling play by play for sixth time. Gene Steratore will be rules analyst for second time. Reporters Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn and special teams analyst Jay Feely are on ir third Super Bowl.

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PRODUCTION TES

CBS will use 120 cameras, including a trolley cam. It will be positioned to provide viewing angle of a fan in eighth row of stands and can speed from one end of stadium to or by ziplining. That camera, as well as ors, can be positioned throughout Raymond James Stadium because of crowd restrictions due to COVID-19. By comparison, CBS’ broadcast of Super Bowl in 1984, which was also in Tampa, had 20 cameras.

Jim Rikhoff is lead producer for second time and working his seventh Super Bowl on CBS. Mike Arld is lead director for sixth time.

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PREGAME COVER

CBS comes on air at 11:30 a.m., with “That Or Pregame Show”, which usually airs on CBS Sports Network. NFL Films’ “Road to Super Bowl” follows at 12 p.m., and “Tony Goes to Super Bowl” at 1 p.m.

“ Super Bowl Today” comes on at 2 p.m., leading into pregame ceremonies at 6 p.m. and kickoff at 6:30 p.m. This will be a record 10th Super Bowl pregame host assignment for James Brown and his sixth for CBS.

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PREGAME SEGMENTS OF INTEREST

A look at Kenny Washington, man who reintegrated NFL when he signed with Los Angeles Rams in 1946.

impact of Whitney Houston's national anm performance during Super Bowl 25 in Tampa in 1991.

A musically driven piece horing doctors, nurses, grocery workers, delivery drivers, restaurateurs and or essential workers for ir work during coronavirus pandemic.

A feature on role of women in this year's game, including down judge Sarah Thomas, first female to be on an officiating crew in a Super Bowl.

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OR PREGAME PROGRAMMING

NFL Network will air an 8 1/2-hour edition of “NFL GameDay Morning”, starting at 9 a.m.

ESPN’s “Postseason NFL Countdown” will go on air at 10 a.m. for four hours.

For those with pregame fatigue, Puppy Bowl kicks off on Animal Planet at 2 p.m., and Shaq Bowl on Facebook Live at 3 p.m.

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FOR CORD CUTTERS

CBS streaming cover will be available for those who don’t have a subscription on CBSSports.com and CBS Sports app for OTT devices and services, smart TVs and mobile devices. It will also be available for free on NFL website/apps as well as Yahoo Sports.

AT&TTV w, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV and fuboTV also have CBS.

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SPANISH BROADCAST

ESPN Deportes will have Spanish-langu broadcast. It will also be streamed on ESPN App.

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ON RADIO

Sirius XM will have four channels dedicated to game. Besides Westwood One national feed as well as Kansas City and Tampa Bay broadcasts, satellite radio service will broadcast game in Spanish.

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POSTGAME COVER

After CBS’ broadcast ends, CBS Sports Network will have an expanded version of “ Super Bowl Today Postgame Show.” ESPN and NFL Network will also have postgame shows