Super Bowl LVIII: Live from Bikini Bottom is a live simulation of Super Bowl LVIII from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. In partnership with CBS Sports, Nickelodeon aired a kid-oriented, network-based version of the rematch Kansas City Chiefs vs. the San Francisco 49ers main event after 4 years ago from the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic in the Hard Rock Stadium of Miami Gardens, Florida.
Background[]
On August 1, 2023, CBS Sports announced that it would carry a live simulation of Super Bowl LVIII on Nickelodeon on February 11, 2024.[3] Billed as Super Bowl LVIII: Live from Bikini Bottom, the broadcast featured new augmented reality effects with a SpongeBob theme.[4]
Opening[]
The event began with SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, and Larry the Lobster watching the Super Bowl LVIII event from their television, when Sandy Cheeks brought her new invention: the Big-ifier 3000. However, a shenanigan from SpongeBob and Patrick instead brought the Allegiant Stadium to Bikini Bottom, with Sandy declaring Bikini Bottom as the host of Super Bowl LVIII. "Sweet Victory" was also featured in a CGI animation before the game started,[5] which was storyboarded by Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years supervising director Brandon Warren.
Broadcast[]
SpongeBob and Patrick were joined by CBS Sports analyst Nate Burleson and play-by-play announcer Noah Eagle live in the booth to call the game. Sandy Cheeks served as the sideline reporter, while Larry the Lobster provided the live commentary. NFL Slimetime's hosts Young Dylan and Dylan Schefter also reported live from the Raiders' home arena, the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The broadcast also featured Plankton with his giant robot on the field, DoodleBob of writing notes and drawings on the screen and cameo appearances from the new generation designs of the new series "Dora" with Dora the Explorer and her best friend monkey sidekick, Boots as rules analyst and penalty explanations.
During the game, the camera pans over to the audience point-of-view on occasion, featuring the title characters of Rock Paper Scissors, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles from Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise, the live-action Louds from The Really Loud House, and characters from IF, either sharing food or admiring the show.
To keep the audience entertained, every time the Chiefs or 49ers score, an effect would drop on the goal.
Characters appeared in the game[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Sandy Cheeks
- Larry the Lobster
- Squidward Tentacles
- Mr. Eugene H. Krabs
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Karen Plankton
- DoodleBob
- Fred
- Mrs. Puff
Short[]
A short made to promote the event titled "SpongeBob Brings Super Bowl LVIII to Bikini Bottom Bottom w/ Patrick & Sandy!" was released on YouTube on the official Nickelodeon channel on February 9, 2024 where the events of the game happens when SpongeBob uses the Big-ifier 3000 as he accidently makes the TV suck the stadium out of it and land in Bikini Bottom. During the Nickelodeon airing for the event, the short aired as part of it as it was used to create the events of the game.
Sponsors[]
Roblox[]
Super Bowl event on Roblox
Super Bowl LVIII Roblox Event was a cross promotional event hosted by Gamefam Studios on the platform Roblox[6]. Nickelodeon sponsored the event as it began on February 2, 2024 to celebrate the game airing on Nickelodeon. The player has to complete certain NFL related tasks around several Gamefam games, including SpongeBob Simulator, TMNT: Battle Tycoon, Super NFL Tycoon, Twilight Daycare, and Easy Obby to earn UGC[7] and other prizes. SpongeBob himself also appears in the games the event is sponsored in so that people can do the tasks. That event ended on February 19, 2024.
Trivia[]
- This was the first event to occur in 2024.
- The CGI animations for the event was produced by Baros Animation.[8][9]
- To celebrate this game, "SpongeBob's Super Bowl Party" aired six days prior (eight days prior of its YouTube home media release).
- This was the fifth broadcast of an NFL game on Nickelodeon, and the network's first broadcast of a Super Bowl event.
- The first two were NFL Wild Card games: the first one on January 10th, 2021 between the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints, and the second one on January 16th, 2022 between the 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys.
- The third and fourth were Christmas games in 2022 and 2023.
- The broadcast averaged 1.2 million (1,200,000) viewers.[10][11]
- This event preceded the sneak peek of Rock Paper Scissors.
Gallery[]
Videos[]
References[]
- ^ February 11, 2024 - Nickstory
- ^ February 11, 2024/Pacific - Nickstory
- ^ SpongeBob, slime to highlight Nickelodeon Super Bowl telecast - ESPN
- ^ Nickelodeon and CBS Sports Reveal Details for Slime-Filled Super Bowl LVIII Alternate Telecast - Paramount Press Express
- ^ CBS Sports on Twitter - Sweet Victory: Super Bowl LVIII Edition
- ^ Gamefam Studios on Twitter: The official countdown to Super Bowl LVIII on...
- ^ Gamefam Studios on Twitter: Take a look at all of the NEW and EXCLUSIVE UGC...
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/baros.animation/p/C3ni9OPOz3S/?img_index=1
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/baros.animation/p/C38R8IBu5pe/?img_index=1
- ^ TV Ratings: Super Bowl LVIII Sets All-Time Record With 123M Viewers - The Hollywood Reporter
- ^ The Audience For Super Bowl LVIII Grew By All Measurement Providers - Forbes