The NFL’s Nickelodeon broadcast has officially reached pure perfection. Last year, they broadcasted a playoff game on Nick and it was pretty fun.
This year? It’s going to be absolutely wild. This year’s January 10 NFL Wild Card featured on Nickelodeon will have slime in the endzone, googly eyed players and cuts to SpongeBob and Patrick screaming “touchdown” after every score, according to the Sports Business Journal.
This is going to be fun. The only thing missing from this thing so far is a SpongeBob “Sweet Victory” performance at halftime, but it’s fine. Baby steps.
CBS and Nick already tested the “Nickified” game on a Packers vs. Eagles broadcast from earlier this year and the results were pretty fun — albeit a bit jarring.
SpongeBob, Slime, and Googly Eyes, @NFLonCBS and @Nickelodeon will present the NFL like you’ve NEVER seen it before on Wild Card Weekend.
Details on the January 10 broadcast here: https://t.co/NK00FW2vsN pic.twitter.com/x3wf1dqaIk
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) December 15, 2020
Here’s a bit on how they’re doing it, per SBJ.
“Something that happens on a previous drive, maybe by the next commercial break we can have that Nickified play come back to the truck,” said CBS Sports Coordinating Producer Shawn Robbins. “That’s what we were testing.” Robbins said the test worked out well, with replays coming back to the production truck quicker than anticipated. “It was the most unique thing I’ve ever seen doing football for a while,” he said. “In realtime, replays were pushed to the Nick animation studio and sent back to the truck.
Some fans were pumped about the new look.
Woah! @CBSSports and @Nickelodeon team up for a very special, kid-friendly @NFL Wild Card game on January 10, 2021. 🏈🏟️ https://t.co/Z0CL7gjj9N
— Bryan (he/him) 🇵🇭🇺🇸🎄❄️ #Thankmas ✨🔴 (@unradical_idea) December 15, 2020
This is gonna be so sick pic.twitter.com/zhCrMcP0xG
— Zac Celedonia (@ZeFlashNFL) December 15, 2020
I'm 100% on board with a @Nickelodeon NFL playoff game.
— K1N6 (@SpotlightsOnU) December 15, 2020
Putting an NFL game on Nickelodeon might actually get me to … watch an NFL game
— Julie Kliegman (@jmkliegman) December 15, 2020
Wild Card weekend. Nickelodeon. NFL. I’m in. @CBSSports pic.twitter.com/IauZjnpYjq
— Pat Leonard (@PLeonardNYDN) December 15, 2020
exclusive sneak peek at the nickelodeon nfl game halftime show pic.twitter.com/4CTkb5IB7V
— OLIVIA witherite (@Oliviawitherite) December 15, 2020
Others thought it was pretty weird!
I don’t know how i feel about this. I don’t watch the NFL anymore but I might have to check this out. Could be interesting haha #Nfl @Nickelodeon https://t.co/gygQgbIVAo
— CorbinBenn (@TheNWNerd) December 15, 2020
What the NFL on Nickelodeon ??? https://t.co/pyVTyzJmpe
— Nicholas P. Siefker (@Nicholassief88) December 15, 2020
An NFL playoff game on Nickelodeon? Strange times we live in. https://t.co/Snm4uM1P0S
— Mike 🇵🇷 🇺🇸 (@mike_h1990) December 15, 2020
Literally nobody was asking for this, thanks.
— Bobby Beaulac (@BobbyBeaulac) December 15, 2020
Still, though. Is it too late to get Sweet Victory in the lineup? Because, man. That’s an easy W. Either way, this is going to be fun — albeit really bizarre.
