Editing Super Bowl V (section)

==Broadcasting==
The game was broadcast in the [[United States]] by [[NFL on NBC|NBC]] with [[Play-by-play|play-by-play announcer]] [[Curt Gowdy]], [[color commentator]] [[Kyle Rote]], and [[sideline reporter]] [[Bill Enis]].

Although the Orange Bowl was sold out for the event, unconditional [[blackout (broadcasting)|blackout]] rules in the NFL in the era prohibited the live telecast from being shown [[WSVN|in the Miami area]]. The blackout was challenged in Miami-Dade District Court by attorney [[Ellis Rubin]], and although the judge denied Rubin's request since he felt he did not have the power to overrule the NFL, he agreed with Rubin's argument that the blackout rule was unnecessary for the Super Bowl.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/14/archives/all-of-a-sudden-miami-is-excited-about-super-bowl-as-indicated-by.html|title=All of a Sudden, Miami Is Excited About Super Bowl, as Indicated by TV Blackout Fight|author=William N. Wallace|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 14, 1971}}</ref> The game was also the first Super Bowl to be carried live in the state of [[Alaska]], thanks to NBC's then-parent company [[RCA]] acquiring the [[Alaska Communications System]] from the [[United States Air Force]].<ref>Hot Super Bowl contest targeted for Alaska fans http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1971/1971-01-18-BC.pdf</ref>

The video of the complete original broadcast, up until [[Chuck Howley]]'s second interception, the first play of the fourth quarter, exists; however, the rest of the fourth quarter is missing from network vaults. The complete audio, including the post-game, does exist. Broadcast excerpts of the crucial fourth-quarter plays, recovered from the Canadian feed of NBC's original, also exist and circulate among collectors. (Two different NFL Films game compilations also cover the fourth-quarter plays, in part.)

46.04 million people in the US watched the game on television, resulting in a rating of 39.9 and a market share of 75.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Super Bowl Nielsen TV Ratings, 1967–2009 – Ratings|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/01/18/historical-super-bowl-tv-ratings/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222115433/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/01/18/historical-super-bowl-tv-ratings/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2015|publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]]|date=January 18, 2009|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref>