Editing Super Bowl XIX (section)

==Broadcasting==
===United States===
As a result of the 1982 television contract signed by the NFL, this game was the first Super Bowl to be televised in the [[United States]] by [[NFL on ABC|ABC]], with a new alternation process started for the 1983 game. Previously, the Super Bowl telecast alternated between [[NFL on CBS|CBS]] and [[NFL on NBC|NBC]], while the networks [[simulcast]] [[Super Bowl I|the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game]]. The 1984 season was ABC's 15th year of airing ''[[Monday Night Football]]'', but ABC was never awarded the rights to any Super Bowl before. 

[[Frank Gifford]] was the [[play-by-play|play-by-play announcer]], with analyst [[Don Meredith]] and then-[[1984 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]] quarterback [[Joe Theismann]] served as [[color commentator]]s. [[Al Michaels]] and [[Jim Lampley]] co-hosted the pregame (2 hours), halftime, and postgame coverage. Lampley also presided over the [[Vince Lombardi Trophy]] presentation ceremony coverage for ABC. Michaels and Lampley were joined by [[O. J. Simpson]], the normal ''Monday Night Football'' co-color commentator and [[Dallas Cowboys]] head coach [[Tom Landry]], the latter serving as a special guest analyst. When interviewed as to why Theismann joined Gifford and Meredith in the booth instead of Simpson, ''Monday Night Football'' director [[Chet Forte]] was quoted in the January 14, 1985 edition of ''[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting Magazine]]'' as saying that Theismann could contribute more due to having played both teams in the regular-season as well as having played in the [[Super Bowl XVII|two]] [[Super Bowl XVIII|previous]] Super Bowls.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bowl will be bright for ABC|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-01-14.pdf|website=American Radio History|publisher=Broadcasting Magazine|access-date=March 18, 2017|page=70|archive-date=April 28, 2017|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20170428013144/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-01-14.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Also helping out with ABC's coverage were [[Jack Whitaker]], [[Dick Schaap]], [[Donna de Varona]], [[Ray Gandolf]], and [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] correspondents [[Stone Phillips]], [[Jeff Greenfield]], [[Judd Rose]], and Bill Redeker.

This would be the only ABC Super Bowl for Gifford as play-by-play announcer, the final game for Don Meredith and the second (and last) time a commentator for the Super Bowl (Theismann) was an active player ([[Jack Kemp]] (then of the [[American Football League]] [[1967 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]]) in [[Super Bowl II]] was the only other active player to provide commentary). Michaels would call ABC's next six Super Bowls, until ABC lost their NFL rights in [[2006 NFL season|2006]].

This Super Bowl also marked the first to have [[closed captioning]] in real time throughout the game courtesy of the [[National Captioning Institute]] (previous Super Bowls only had "scoreboard information" captioned);<ref>{{cite web|title=In Brief|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-01-07.pdf|website=American Radio History|publisher=Broadcasting Magazine|access-date=March 18, 2017|page=240|date=January 7, 1985}}</ref> with the captioning sponsored by [[Ford Motor Company]] and [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bowl will be bright for ABC|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-01-14.pdf|website=American Radio History|publisher=Broadcasting Magazine|access-date=March 18, 2017|page=70|archive-date=April 28, 2017|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20170428013144/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-01-14.pdf|url-status=live}}.</ref>

On radio, [[Jack Buck]] was the [[play-by-play|play-by-play announcer]], while [[Hank Stram]] served as [[color commentator]] for [[NFL on Westwood One|CBS Radio Sports]]' national coverage. [[Brent Musburger]] hosted the pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage for CBS Radio; Musburger was joined by analysts [[Irv Cross]] and [[Jimmy Snyder (sports commentator)|Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder]]. Locally, Super Bowl XIX was broadcast by [[WIOD]] in Miami with [[Rick Weaver]] and [[Hank Goldberg]]; and by [[KCBS (AM)|KCBS]] in San Francisco with Don Klein and Don Heinrich.

ABC's [[List of Super Bowl lead-out programs|lead-out program]] was the series premiere of ''[[MacGruder and Loud]]''.

===International===
Shown on [[Channel 4]], the XIX Super Bowl was the third to be broadcast live and in its entirety in the United Kingdom.

Super Bowl XIX was simulcast in [[Canada]] on [[CTV Television Network|CTV]].

In Australia, Super Bowl XIX was broadcast on the [[Nine Network]], live from 10.00am (Australian Eastern Summer Time) on Monday, January 21, 1985, with a repeat screening late at night.<ref>{{cite web|title=Classic TV Guide: 21 January 1985|url=http://televisionau.com/classic-tv-guides/tv210185|website=Television.AU|date=July 16, 2015|access-date=July 16, 2015|archive-date=July 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716200730/http://televisionau.com/classic-tv-guides/tv210185|url-status=live}}</ref> This was the first Super Bowl to be telecast in Australia.

===In popular culture===
Clips from this game can be seen in the movie ''[[Ace Ventura: Pet Detective]]'' as the character Ray Finkle is in reality Dolphins kicker [[Uwe von Schamann]]. Von Schamann made three field goals and an extra point in this game, but Finkle missed the game-winning field goal in a fictional Super Bowl XIX. The latter play actually occurred six years later in [[Super Bowl XXV]].

The ''NFL's Greatest Games'' episode ''Masters of the Game'' focuses on Super Bowl XIX. The film was narrated by [[Brad Crandall]] after legendary NFL Films announcer [[John Facenda]] died in September 1984. This was the last Super Bowl highlight film produced by NFL Films using film stock; beginning with the 1985 season, NFL Films videos were produced on videotape.

The [[Oliver Stone]] film, ''[[Any Given Sunday]]'', features an (off-screen) "Pantheon Cup" championship game where San Francisco beats Miami, 32–13. Stone, a longtime 49ers fan, based his film's finale on Super Bowl XIX.

A major plot point in the episode "Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome" of the television show ''[[Sliders (TV series)|Sliders]]'' is based on this game. In the alternate reality, the 49ers play the Jets in the Super Bowl, which leads the main character Quinn Mallory to the conclusion that something is awry.