Summerall was name-checked on "The Simpsons" in the episode "Springfield Up", where his caricature and name appear on the cover of a book held by Homer Simpson titled "Smut Yuks." Summerall and his partner John Madden also appeared in (and lent their voices to) the "Simpsons" episode "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday", which premiered following the duo's broadcast of Super Bowl XXXIII on Fox in 1999, and on the same night Summerall appeared on the "Family Guy" premiere episode "Death Has a Shadow". The pair was also featured in the movie "The Replacements", calling the games of the Washington Sentinels on their run to the playoffs. Summerall is referenced in the Season 4 "Gilmore Girls" episode, "The Lorelais' First Day at Yale."