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Super Sunday: Are you ready?
Are you ready for some football? Boy, if not, you’ll want to avoid Fox most of the weekend — and especially Sunday.
In case you’ve been orbiting another planet, Sunday is the Super Bowl, allegedly a time for football but mostly a time to eat too much guacamole, drink too much beer and start the whole she-bang way too early in the day … considering the game itself doesn’t start until late afternoon.
Fox (KTBC Channel 7) gets the festivities underway at 9 a.m. Sunday. No, that’s not a typo. At 9 a.m. Sunday, a gaggle of reporters will gather to babble about politics and sports. Mostly sports. At 11 a.m., Fox does a re-cap of the entire 2007-08 football season in “The Road to the Super Bowl.” Lots of great clips, for those who haven’t seen a NFL single game.
The bloated “Pre-Game Show,” hosted by “American Idol” man-child Ryan Seacrest, starts at 1 p.m. This is the portion of the day that will have way more commercials than programming, but since the ads are the main reason millions tune in, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. But keep in mind the hottest new ads won’t appear until the second half of the game.
The football game? That little thing? The Perfect New England Patriots take on the Surprising New York Giants at 5 p.m., with Troy Aikman and Joe Buck calling the action. Kickoff actually is scheduled for 5:18, but you’ll want to calm the rowdiness in your house before the serious stuff starts, so think of 5 p.m. as the start.
Super Sunday isn’t over until around 9 p.m., because Fox has to squeeze in more commercials and the “Post-Game Show,” scheduled for 8:30 p.m. but possibly later depending on time-outs and penalties and such.
The network that lands the Super Bowl always packs the day with promos for its prime-time lineup, and Fox is poised and ready to promote itself. “American Idol” will be everywhere, including the half-time show, when Paula Abdul is expected to sing and dance. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are the headliners, but Judge Paula is likely to get more attention from the network.
Super Sunday is a very long day, so plan accordingly. Take a trot around Lady Bird Lake on Saturday; get all your errands out of the way that day, too. If you’re a churchgoer, consider the early service you never thought you’d ever attend. Now, you’re ready for some football!
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