Heading into the NFL playoffs, the league billed the Nickelodeon broadcast of the NFC Wild Card round between the New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears as a kid friendly viewing experience.
And the early returns were overwhelmingly positive for the Nickelodeon NFL experience. There were funky graphics, slime animation for touchdowns and some surprisingly good commentary from the team of Nate Burleson, Gabrielle Nevaeh Green and Lex Lumpkin.
But still, this was live television. And NFL football is still a violent, contact sport that also includes plenty of live microphones to pick up language that doesn’t find regular air time on Nickelodeon. You know, like an F-bomb.
Nickelodeon announcers: "Alright, let's uhh." pic.twitter.com/wtpLAyZwUh
— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) January 10, 2021
During the first half, we could hear a player let out an F-bomb within range of the official’s microphone. And the curse word was very audible on the Nick broadcast.
Leave it to Nickelodeon to have a great reaction of “Alright, let’s uh…”
Fans had plenty of jokes for the moment too.
Hey Nickelodeon I fixed that f bomb for y’all pic.twitter.com/rLW8h9i2Bp
— Head Coach Hotline (@sheabooskyy) January 10, 2021
🚨 NICKELODEN JUST HAD AN F BOMB 🚨
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 10, 2021
kids watching the nickelodeon broadcast when a fight breaks out and the hot mic catches an F bomb pic.twitter.com/w8F3qlia1R
— Harry Lyles Jr. (@harrylylesjr) January 10, 2021
NICKELODEON JUST ACCIDENTALLY AIRED AN F BOMB 🆘
— Nicole Auerbach 😷 (@NicoleAuerbach) January 10, 2021
did Cordarrelle Patterson just drop an f bomb on the Nickelodeon broadcast!? pic.twitter.com/pYKEBZCEpH
— physicstweets (@physicstweets1) January 10, 2021
It was inevitable.
