It’s almost February, which means that football’s biggest show is coming. Played during a pandemic, however, the Super Bowl LV will be very different from the 54 Super Bowl games that came before it. The good news is that you don’t need a cable subscription to watch the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the Kansas City Chiefs on February 7.
If you have cable, the Super Bowl will be broadcast on CBS this year, starting at 6:30 pm (Eastern Time) on Sunday, February 7, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. For those of us who cut the cord long ago and prefer to broadcast live events, see how you can watch Super Bowl 2021 and all the associated formalities, like Media Day.
Stream via CBS for free
The CBS app family has rights to this year’s Super Bowl, but luckily you can stream the game for free with the regular CBS app on your connected device. CBS All-Access will also display the game, but requires a subscription. If you want to watch the game in Spanish, ESPN Deportes will be broadcasting on TV, as well as in your app for free. There is also the possibility to watch the game on Hulu Live or FuboTV – both offer free seven-day trials, but cost a monthly fee thereafter.
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The NFL will also stream the game on its own app, but it may not be a necessary download if you are not yet a football fanatic.
Virtual Media Day
Given the reality of COVID-19, much of the usual fanfare and pomp will be absent from the Super Bowl. Typically, the media day takes place on the Monday before the game – meaning that if we were living under normal circumstances, the media band would be falling on players and coaches today.
ESPN Reports that there will be a kind of virtual media day, but it will be much more moderate than normal and will most likely look like a standard press conference. Teams will also not fly until the Friday before the game. In a typical situation, they are usually in town making a cut at a team hotel for a week before the festivities.
There will still be entertainment
It’s not the Super Bowl without headline entertainment, and Weeknd is this year’s break artist. It will be strange, as the NFL will undoubtedly try to create the standard stadium-rock atmosphere worthy of a superstar, albeit with social distance in mind.
The Weeknd – whose real name is Abel Tesfaye – will be playing at halftime, while country singer Eric Church and R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan will present the National Anthem before the game. The singer HER will also sing “America The Beautiful”, before the game.
The show will continue, despite the bleak circumstances across the country and beyond. Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is also 43 and is making his tenth appearance in the Super Bowl, something that announcers will be delighted with, no matter what service you choose to broadcast.