Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
USA Today Sports Media Group
USA Today Sports Media Group
Sport
John Sigler

Saints-Bears earns Nickelodeon simulcast; full NFL Wild-Card Round schedule

New Orleans Saints fans looking for a colorful twist on their usual anxiety-inducing playoff experience will have the option to turn to Nickelodeon for the Saints’ Wild-Card Round game with the Chicago Bears. The network, which specializes in children’s animation, will be pairing with CBS Sports for a unique broadcast of the Saints-Bears matchup for the first time this season.

So expect to see plenty of cutaways to SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends celebrating big plays, with Nickelodeon’s signature green slime drenching players (created by CGI, of course), of course. They have a lot of bells and whistles planned for the show, which will be called by Nate Burleson and Noah Eagle (son of CBS Sports play-by-play man Ian Eagle). The usual CBS broadcast will also be available.

Here are the details for each matchup in the Wild-Card Round:

 

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.