There will be two broadcasts of Super Bowl 58 between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs for fans to watch. The traditional NFL broadcast with Jim Nantz and Tony Romo on CBS. Nickelodeon will provide the first alternate broadcast of a Super Bowl for kids. The broadcast will have a mix of Nickelodeon’s fun display and football information explained to people learning the game.
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SpongeBob SquarePants (voiced by Tom Kenny) and Patrick Star (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) will join play-by-play announcer Noah Eagle and CBS Sports analyst Nate Burleson live in the booth to call the game.
Kenny has been the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants since 1999. He has done standup comedy along with acting and providing his voice to several movies and television shows.
Fagerbakke has voiced the character of Patrick Star since 1999. He’s been in several television shows, including Coach and How I Met Your Mother. Fagerbakke played Dauber Dybinski, a college football coach, in Coach, which aired from 1989 to 1997.
Eagle and Burleson called this season’s Nickelodeon NFL Nickmas alongside Raphael (voiced by Brady Noon) in the augmented reality booth. They have called the four previous Nickelodeon NFL broadcasts, including the 2021 playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and 49ers.
Eagle broadcasted college football for CBS and Fox for two seasons before joining NBC for Big Ten games this year. Eagle, the son of longtime announcer Ian Eagle, called an NFL playoff game for NBC this season.
Burleson came to CBS from the NFL Network, where he was a host of Good Morning Football. He has been part of The NFL Today team since 2017 and will be on pregame coverage on CBS. Burleson added being a host for CBS This Morning to his duties in 2021.
Outside of SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star, several other Nickelodeon stars will be a part of the broadcast. Asher Colton Spence’s voiced character Boots and Diana Zermeño’s voiced character Dora the Explorer will assist in explaining penalty calls during the game.
You will also see slime during the Super Bowl when a team scores.
.@Raiders defense making it slime TWICE in 7 seconds!
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Nickelodeon’s Game Reporters
Sandy Cheeks (voiced by Carolyn Lawrence) will be reporting from the sidelines for the first time, along with Larry the Lobster (voiced by Mr. Lawrence), who will provide live commentary.
NFL Slimetime’s Young Dylan and Dylan Schefter will be providing live reports from the stadium. Dylan Gilmer has played Young Dylan since 2020, and Schefter, the daughter of ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter, has appeared on other NFL Nickelodeon broadcasts and shows.
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Burleson and Young Dylan host Nickelodeon’s NFL Slimetime, a weekly highlight show where end zones are turned into slime zones.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be in attendance, along with Plankton, who will be providing fun antics during the game. There will also be surprise appearances from Nickelodeon characters in the crowd.
Here’s some of the fun during this season’s Las Vegas Raiders-Chiefs game.
How can you not LOVE the #Nickmas game !!
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