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00:00Uncle Sam needs you, so grab your shoulder pads, dust down your helmet, get a ticket
00:06because we're heading to the Super Bowl.
00:08Hi, I'm TV and tech writer Matt Morne-Hickson, and you might be wondering, A, have you just
00:14been drafted up to play American football?
00:17Don't worry.
00:18But B, can you watch the extravaganza of American sports on this side of the Atlantic?
00:24Well, let's take a look, shall we?
00:26So this year, February 2025, it's Super Bowl LIX, which is just Roman numerals for 59.
00:33So it's the 59th Super Bowl, and it will see the Kansas City Chiefs take on Philadelphia
00:38Eagles as they try to win an unprecedented three-peat, a.k.a. three titles in a row.
00:45Kansas City is obviously the team of Taylor Swift's boyfriend, Travis Kelsey, and Patrick
00:51Mahomes.
00:52The Philadelphia Eagles have their star running back at the moment, Saquon Barkley, he's one
00:57to watch for.
00:59Kendrick Lamar is on halftime duty this year, so he's doing the performance between the
01:05two halves.
01:06So that will take place in the early hours of Monday, February the 10th.
01:12The event itself starts late on Sunday, February the 9th in the UK.
01:18Kendrick Lamar's capping off quite the incredible 12 months.
01:23If you don't want to stay up until the wee-wee hours to watch it, well, it will be on YouTube
01:29the next day, so you'll be able to catch up on the performance, even if you don't want
01:34to have blingery eyes on Monday morning.
01:37So ITV are the current free-to-air broadcast partners for the Super Bowl, so they have
01:44a few American football games, particularly when it's the London game, so there's three
01:48of them a year.
01:49So when it's in London, they have the games on TV, and also the Super Bowl, so they've
01:54had it for a couple of years now.
01:56Used to be BBC, swapped over.