section_path: Broadcasting/United States/Television
section_name: Television
paragraph_text: Television
  
  Super Bowl LIX was televised in English by Fox, with game commentary called by play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt, color analyst Tom Brady, sideline reporters Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi, and rules analyst Mike Pereira. Studio coverage was provided by the network's Fox NFL Sunday crew, with Curt Menefee hosting, Terry Bradshaw, Rob Gronkowski, Howie Long, Michael Strahan, and Jimmy Johnson providing analysis, and Jay Glazer contributing insider reports. It was the second Super Bowl to be broadcast under the 11-year NFL television contract as part of the four-year rotation between CBS, Fox, NBC, and ABC / ESPN. On October 14, 2024, it was announced that both Fox Deportes and Telemundo would air separate Spanish-language feeds of the game for the first time.
  
  Fox used over 140 cameras, including a new 4K, 240 Hz model from Sony as its high skycam. The lower skycam employed the use of lidar and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology to provide more precise tracking of its position, data which will primarily be used to improve the performance of augmented reality (AR) graphics. Fox produced the game in 1080p high definition with HLG high-dynamic-range color, upconverted to a 4K ultra-high-definition feed available through participating television and streaming providers. Comcast announced that it would carry the game in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos surround sound on Xfinity. On broadcast television, Gray Media announced it would carry the game in Dolby Vision and HDR10+ on its Fox affiliates that offer ATSC 3.0 signals, including New Orleans' WVUE-DT.
  
  The season 3 premiere of Fox's game show The Floor aired after the game. Beginning in January 2025, the Fox series Kitchen Nightmares aired a series of "Road to Super Bowl LIX" episodes during the first half of its ninth season, which primarily featured restaurants in the New Orleans area, and featured guest appearances by NFL players and personalities. As part of its Super Bowl week programming, Fox scheduled special broadcast television airings of the Fox Sports 1 lineup of weekday studio programming (including The Herd with Colin Cowherd among others) from New Orleans on February 7.
  
  Fox Corporation announced, based on preliminary Nielsen data and internal Tubi measurements, the game was watched by an average of 126 million people across all channels and streaming services, which would make it the most-watched Super Bowl in history. Viewership peaked at around 135.7 million during the second quarter. This increase was largely due to changes in the audience measurement methodologies that added out-of-home viewing in smaller media markets that had not been counted in previous years, as well as a major spike in online viewing, as Fox reported that 13.6 million of those viewers came from the Tubi broadcast and 900,000 viewers from NFL+. Direct streaming comparisons are not possible because Paramount+, which had streamed the previous year's Super Bowl, did not make its data public. Nielsen revised that number upward to 127.7 million the next day, adding in 1.87 million viewers who watched the Spanish language simulcasts. Samba TV measurements calculated a 5% decline compared to the previous year.
  
  Super Bowl LIX was televised in English by Fox, with game commentary called by play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt, color analyst Tom Brady, sideline reporters Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi, and rules analyst Mike Pereira. Studio coverage was provided by the network's Fox NFL Sunday crew, with Curt Menefee hosting, Terry Bradshaw, Rob Gronkowski, Howie Long, Michael Strahan, and Jimmy Johnson providing analysis, and Jay Glazer contributing insider reports. It was the second Super Bowl to be broadcast under the 11-year NFL television contract as part of the four-year rotation between CBS, Fox, NBC, and ABC / ESPN. On October 14, 2024, it was announced that both Fox Deportes and Telemundo would air separate Spanish-language feeds of the game for the first time.
  
  Fox used over 140 cameras, including a new 4K, 240 Hz model from Sony as its high skycam. The lower skycam employed the use of lidar and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology to provide more precise tracking of its position, data which will primarily be used to improve the performance of augmented reality (AR) graphics. Fox produced the game in 1080p high definition with HLG high-dynamic-range color, upconverted to a 4K ultra-high-definition feed available through participating television and streaming providers. Comcast announced that it would carry the game in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos surround sound on Xfinity. On broadcast television, Gray Media announced it would carry the game in Dolby Vision and HDR10+ on its Fox affiliates that offer ATSC 3.0 signals, including New Orleans' WVUE-DT.
  
  The season 3 premiere of Fox's game show The Floor aired after the game. Beginning in January 2025, the Fox series Kitchen Nightmares aired a series of "Road to Super Bowl LIX" episodes during the first half of its ninth season, which primarily featured restaurants in the New Orleans area, and featured guest appearances by NFL players and personalities. As part of its Super Bowl week programming, Fox scheduled special broadcast television airings of the Fox Sports 1 lineup of weekday studio programming (including The Herd with Colin Cowherd among others) from New Orleans on February 7.
  
  Fox Corporation announced, based on preliminary Nielsen data and internal Tubi measurements, the game was watched by an average of 126 million people across all channels and streaming services, which would make it the most-watched Super Bowl in history. Viewership peaked at around 135.7 million during the second quarter. This increase was largely due to changes in the audience measurement methodologies that added out-of-home viewing in smaller media markets that had not been counted in previous years, as well as a major spike in online viewing, as Fox reported that 13.6 million of those viewers came from the Tubi broadcast and 900,000 viewers from NFL+. Direct streaming comparisons are not possible because Paramount+, which had streamed the previous year's Super Bowl, did not make its data public. Nielsen revised that number upward to 127.7 million the next day, adding in 1.87 million viewers who watched the Spanish language simulcasts. Samba TV measurements calculated a 5% decline compared to the previous year.