OK I know that you only have a so much time before watching the Super Bowl and you want to see the really good stuff so I am giving you the network rundowns so that you can plan your viewing day in a way that best fits what you want to see. First up we have ESPN and here is what the” World wide Leader” has planned.
They get started at 10a.m. with their pregame however as you will see below they do have some early morning highlights.
ESPN’s four-hour Super Bowl edition of Sunday NFL Countdown featuring host Chris Berman and analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson, Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter, will preview the Steelers-Packers matchup from a main set in Fort Worth. Analysts Teddy Bruschi, Trent Dilfer, and Steve Young will appear on the show from Sundance Square, and Monday Night Football’s Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski, as well as Saints’ Super Bowl XLIV winning coach Sean Payton, will occupy a set at Cowboys Stadium. Reporters Suzy Kolber (Steelers) and Ed Werder (Packers) will provide updates throughout the program from the team hotels in North Texas. ESPN will also cover the pre and postgame celebrations and reaction with reporters Rachel Nichols (in Green Bay) and George Smith (in Pittsburgh), beginning at 7 a.m. on SportsCenter and 2 p.m. on ESPNEWS, continuing through the end of the game.
Special Guests on set at Sundance Square (CT):
10:30 a.m. – Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler, stars of the upcoming romantic comedy Just Go With It;
12 p.m. – Former Steelers running back and Super Bowl XL champion Jerome Bettis, a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2011 (to be announced Saturday night in North Texas);
12:15 p.m. – Entertainer, actor and record producer Snoop Dogg, a Steelers fan, returns to Countdown to discuss Pittsburgh’s chances of winning Super Bowl XLV. He made a similar Countdown appearance at Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa two years ago.
Schedule of ESPN TV and Radio Guests for Sunday (all times CT):
5 a.m. Mike and Mike in the Morning (ESPN Radio / simulcast on ESPN2) **
Hosts: Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic
Guests (via phone): NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (7:25 a.m.) and NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith (8:25 a.m.)
6:30 a.m. NFL Matchup (ESPN) … will tape Saturday at 11 a.m. at Sundance Square in Fort Worth
Host: Sal Paolantonio. Analysts: Merril Hoge and Ron Jaworski
7 a.m. SportsCenter (ESPN) **
7:30 a.m. Sports Reporters (ESPN) … will tape Saturday from main set in Fort Worth
Host John Saunders. Panelists: Mike Lupica (New York Daily News), Bill Rhoden (New York Times)
and Bob Ryan (Boston Globe)
8 a.m. Outside the Lines (ESPN) **
Host: Bob Ley Guest: Former Vikings defensive lineman Brad Culpepper and Ben McGrath of The New Yorker
8 a.m. SportsCenter (ESPN) … from Cowboys Stadium
Host: Tirico. Analysts: Gruden, Jaworski and Payton.
8 a.m. First Take (ESPN2) ** … three hours
Hosts: Jay Crawford, Dana Jacobson and Skip Bayless. Analysts: Lomas Brown and Jon Ritchie
Guests: New York Giants Super Bowl champion Amani Toomer, Super Bowl champion fullback Heath Evans, Ravens safetyHaruki Nakamura, and two-time Super Bowl champion Jets defensive end Trevor Pryce.
9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown (ESPN) … four hours
Host: Berman, Analysts: Jackson, Ditka, Johnson, Carter, Young, Dilfer, Bruschi, Mortensen and Schefter. From Cowboys Stadium: Tirico, Jaworski, Gruden and Payton. Reporters: Suzy Kolber and Ed Werder.
Guests: Aniston, Sandler, Bettis and Snoop Dogg
11 a.m. SportsNation (ESPN2) ** … two hours
Hosts: Michelle Beadle and Colin Cowherd. Analyst: Herm Edwards
Guests: Puppies from Animal Planet’s annual Puppy Bowl
Postgame Coverage:
9 p.m. ESPN Radio – Brian Kenny will anchor three hours of postgame coverage from 103.3 ESPN Radio in Dallas
9:30 p.m. NFL Primetime (ESPN) … from Cowboys Stadium
Host: Berman. Analysts: Young and Jackson
10 p.m. SportsCenter (ESPN)
Host: Steve Levy and Trey Wingo. Analysts: Carter, Dilfer and Johnson.
10 p.m. SportsCenter (ESPN Deportes)
Host: John Sutcliffe
10 p.m. ESPNEWS – post-game press conferences
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