CBS announces Nickelodeon game returning in 2024, to simulcast alternate broadcast of playoff game on network.
It will be another fun, slime-filled game for the family -- this time during the wild-card round.
The NFL on CBS is bringing back the Nickelodeon game for 2024 as it will simulcast a wild-card playoff game on the network this season. CBS Sports President David Berson made the announcement during the NFL on CBS media session on Wednesday, August 14.
CBS is broadcasting two wild card games in 2024, one which will have an alternate broadcast on Nickelodeon -- similar to the presentation in years past.
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| Nickelodeon and CBS Sports are teaming up with the NFL again for the 2024 football season with a special Slime-filled NFL Wild Card game for kids and families. |
CBS broadcast two Nickelodeon games last season -- one on Christmas Day and the other an alternate broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII. The annual "NickMas" game will not return with the NFL Christmas Day games going to Netflix, but the Nickelodeon game will return to the postseason for the fourth time in the five seasons the alternate broadcast has aired.
Plans for the Nickelodeon game have not been unveiled. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were part of the alternate broadcast on Christmas, while SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star and the Bikini Bottom crew headlined the Super Howl LVIII broadcast.
NFL Slimetime host and NFL Today analyst Nate Burleson confirmed to CBS Sports he will be the color commentator for the game once again. Additional details will be provided at a later date.
This will mark the fourth playoff game simulcast on Nickelodeon since the 2020 season. The first one featured the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints in the NFL Wild Card game in January 2021.
Response to the game was so strong that CBS brought it back the following year for the game between the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys.
Nickelodeon has added Christmas Day games to the schedule in each of the past two seasons. Since CBS had broadcast rights to the Super Bowl last season, the showdown between the 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs was simulcast on Nick.
The 49ers-Chiefs game was billed as Super Bowl LVIII: Live from Bikini Bottom and featured augmented reality effects with SpongeBob SquarePants characters.
Other highlights from past Nickelodeon broadcasts include a touchdown replay with Ninja Turtle avatars in place of players and slime cannons when a team finds the end zone.
Alternate broadcasts have become a big part of the NFL-watching experience. The Manningcast on ESPN has grown in popularity every year since it debuted during the 2021 season.
The Bears-Saints game in January 2021 marked Nickelodeon's most-watched program in four years. The alternate Super Bowl broadcast between the 49ers and Chiefs in February averaged 1.2 million viewers, more than six times the network's 2023 primetime average (190,000 viewers).
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Originally published: August 14, 2024.
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