TV HIGHLIGHTS
Show: “Outside the Lines”: ESPN’s weekly edition of this series will focus on the goals and impact of Super Bowl commercials. Correspondent Dave Ravsine will explore the contrasting reasons Hotjobs.com and Levi Strauss are among companies spending an average of $2.3 million per 30-second spot during the game telecast. Host Bob Ley will moderate a discussion with leaders and analysts from the advertising world on the benefits of advertising on the Super Bowl
Time: 6:30 a.m.
Ch.: ESPN
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Show: “NFL This Morning”: This special two-hour Super Bowl edition will feature the regular “cast of thousands”--host Chris Myers, analysts Marv Levy and Jackie Slater, and the “Breakfast Bunch,” Bob Golic, Billy Ray Smith, Sean Jones and Jay Mohr. The featured guest will be Matt Millen, the Detroit Lions’ new president and chief executive. New Kansas City Chief Coach Dick Vermeil will also make an appearance.
Time: 7 a.m.
Ch.: FSN
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Show: “NFL Preview”: Host Bob Lorenz, analysts Trev Alberts and Ron Meyer and Sports Illustrated’s Peter King will examine the game. Ray Lewis will be profiled through the eyes of his teammates, John Giannone visits with Trent Dilfer about his return to Tampa, and Josie Karp has the story of an unusual bond between two Giant linemen. Also, King sits down with Jim Fassel.
Time: 7 a.m.
Ch.: CNN
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Show: “NFL Sunday Countdown”: A special three-hour edition with host Chris Berman and crew, plus three guest analysts--Cris Carter, Warren Sapp and Kurt Warner. Chris Mortensen interviews Kerry Collins, Ray Lewis talks about his approach to the game, and Trent Dilfer sits down with Sterling Sharpe. Greg Garber takes a look at the NFL’s “fashion police,” a group of former players who report violations of the league’s strict uniform rules. New York Jet cornerback Aaron Glenn was fined 18 times in the last two seasons. This season alone, he was fined $115,000. Garber also talks to former kickers Jim O’Brien and Scott Norwood. And Andrea Kremer examines the ups and downs of Jeff Hostetler’s personal and professional life in the 10 years since leading the New York Giants to a 20-19 Super Bowl victory over Buffalo.
Time: 8 a.m.
Ch.: ESPN
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Show: “MTV’s TRL @ the Super Bowl”: MTV’s most popular show breaks out of its Times Square studio into the Florida sunshine. With Carson Daly as host, the show will feature guest appearances by top musical artists and celebrities, as well as NFL players. Jennifer Lopez will sing “Play” and “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” from her new album, “J. Lo.” ’N Sync will also stop by for a visit.
Time: 9 a.m.
Ch.: CBS
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Show: “The Phil Simms 2000 All-Iron Team”: CBS’ lead game analyst, the MVP of the 1987 Super Bowl, and his broadcast partner, Greg Gumbel, host the second annual selection of 15 players and one coach who best represent the qualities of what Simms calls Iron Men. The Iron Men Trophy is designed after an old-fashioned iron emblematic of Simms’ obsession with ironing. According to his mother, as a child Simms pressed his football and baseball uniforms and to this day remains committed to creases. The show will include a skit by comedian Kevin James of CBS’ “King of Queens.” Bill Geist of CBS’ “Sunday Morning” will host a segment on the ultimate Survivor, Richard Hatch, and his Super Bowl week. Simms’ mother and former Giant coach Bill Parcells will make appearances. And Armen Keteyian will have a report on the great Pittsburgh Steeler teams and offer a tribute to Art Rooney.
Time: 10 a.m.
Ch.: CBS
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Show: “Extreme Super Bowl”: Dan Dierdorf is the host of this show, which features state-of-the-art video game graphics. Key plays from the AFC and NFC championship games will be animated and converted to Play Station 2 graphics, and CBS analysts will literally go inside the game, stepping on the virtual field for all the Xs and O’s. The analysts will examine position-by-position matchups and also how the greatest Super Bowl players of all time compare to this year’s teams.
Time: 11 a.m.
Ch.: CBS
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Show: “The Super Bowl Today”: The three-hour pregame show originates from Raymond James Stadium with Jim Nantz, Randy Cross, Craig James, Mike Ditka and Jerry Glanville. The crew will climb aboard the Tampa Bay Buccaneer Pirate Ship to preview the game. Reporters Lesley Visser and Marcus Allen, along with Keteyian, Bonnie Bernstein and special contributor Dick Enberg, will cover the action and the music at the NFL Experience, the pregame rituals and arrivals, the parties and the planning. Keteyian and Bernstein will visit with quarterbacks Collins and Dilfer. Allen runs with the Giants’ Tiki Barber and his family. Nantz brings together owners Wellington Mara and Art Modell and coaches Jim Fassel and Brian Billick. Nantz also relives Super Bowl XXV with Scott Norwood, and Enberg visits with Jeff Hostetler. Ditka is reunited with former Bears Mike Singletary, Richard Dent, Gary Fencik, Jim McMahon and William “The Refrigerator” Perry. Keteyian goes behind the scenes to examine the effects of playing in the NFL. He talks with John Lynch, Chris Samuels, Bill Romanowski and Darrell Russell.
Time: Noon
Ch.: CBS
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Show: “The Charles Schwab Super Bowl Kickoff Show”: More analysis by the “Super Bowl Today” crew as well as game announcers Gumbel and Simms.
Time: 3 p.m.
Ch.: CBS
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Show: The game begins.
Time: 3:15 p.m.
Ch.: CBS
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Show: “The E*Trade Super Bowl XXXV Halftime Show” (time approximate): It is produced by MTV and scheduled to last 22 minutes. It will open with a 90-second comedic film featuring Chris Rock, Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller. The film is directed by McG, the director of the movie “Charlie’s Angels,” and produced by MTV’s Patrick Byrnes. The live halftime show headliners will be Aerosmith and ‘N Sync. They will be joined by musical guests Britney Spears, Nelly and Mary J. Blige. MTV will set up a 360-degree stage, which is 150 feet wide.
Time: 5 p.m.
Ch.: CBS
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Show: “The Pontiac Postgame Show” (time approximate): A wrap-up of the game and locker room interviews.
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Ch.: CBS
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Show: “Survivor: the Australian Outback”: Not that it has anything to do with the Super Bowl, but all the promos will finally be over.
Time: 7 p.m.
Ch.: CBS
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Show: “The National Report”: A recap of the game with highlights, interviews and analysis by Marv Levy and Jackie Slater. Chris Myers is the host.
Time: 7 p.m.
Ch.: FSN
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Show: “NFL Prime Time”: Highlights and analysis. It will repeat at 9 p.m.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Ch.: ESPN
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Show: “Super Bowl SportsCenter”: More on the game, plus other happenings in sports.
Time: 8 p.m.
Ch.: ESPN
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Show: “Sports Tonight”: Also on CNN-SI. A special one-hour edition with hosts Fred Hickman and Vince Cellini.
Time: 8 p.m.
Ch.: CNN
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