Editing Super Bowl XXXII (section)

==Broadcasting==
The game was televised in the [[United States]] by [[NFL on NBC|NBC]], with [[play-by-play|play-by-play announcer]] [[Dick Enberg]] (calling his eighth and final Super Bowl), [[color commentator]]s [[Phil Simms]] and [[Paul Maguire]], and [[sideline reporter]] [[Jim Gray (sportscaster)|Jim Gray]]. [[Greg Gumbel]] hosted all the events and was joined by co-host [[Ahmad Rashad]] and commentators [[Cris Collinsworth]], [[Sam Wyche]], and [[Joe Gibbs]]. This was Gumbel's final assignment for NBC as he returned to CBS for the 1998 season. During the game, NBC (partnering with [[Silicon Graphics]] Inc.) included real-time [[3D computer graphics]] on SGI's [[SGI Onyx2|Onyx2]] computers to display a model of Qualcomm Stadium and simulating [[Digital puppetry|real-time animation]] of action such as receiver patterns and yards after the catch; along with a second model known as "Football Guy", which allowed viewers to see defensive players from the quarterback's vantage point, accompanied by commentary by [[Randy Cross]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dickson|first1=Glen|title=NBC gets animated for Super Bowl|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1998/BC-1998-01-26.pdf|website=American Radio History|publisher=Broadcasting & Cable|access-date=August 15, 2017|page=15|date=January 26, 1998}}</ref>

This broadcast was the last for NBC as the [[American Football Conference|AFC]] network after 33 years. [[NFL on CBS|CBS]] was awarded the AFC package for the 1998 season, and NBC would not return to covering the NFL until [[2006 NFL season|2006]] when they signed on to televise ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football|Sunday Night Football]]'' and then [[Super Bowl XLIII]] in February 2009. As a result of NBC losing NFL rights, among others, Gumbel and Simms moved on to become CBS's lead NFL broadcast team.

For the [[List of Super Bowl lead-out programs|Super Bowl lead-out program]], NBC broadcast an hour-long episode of ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'', "36! 24! 36! Dick". As a transition from NBC's live Super Bowl coverage and the program, Gumbel played himself attempting to close the postgame show before he was "attacked" by show star [[John Lithgow]]. NBC's Denver affiliate [[KUSA (TV)|KUSA]] instead broadcast its own 30-minute local postgame show before airing the episode.<ref>{{cite news | title=Lead-In Show Drags Down A Good Game | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E3DC103BF935A15752C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=January 26, 1998 | access-date=February 24, 2008 | first=Richard | last=Sandomir}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E1DA113BF934A15752C0A96E958260&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss | title=Last Half-Hour Rang the Nielsen Bell | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=January 27, 1998 | access-date=February 24, 2008 | first=Richard | last=Sandomir}}</ref>

This was the last time [[Channel 4]] in the [[United Kingdom]] showed the Super Bowl – and their last NFL coverage until 2010 – after they had been showing the event since 1983 ([[Super Bowl XVII]]). Only [[Sky Sports]] showed it live until [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] joined them in 2003 ([[Super Bowl XXXVII]]).  It also marked the last Super Bowl until 2007 for [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] in [[Canada]] after airing the NFL and the event since [[Super Bowl XVI]] (the lead out program rights were held by new rightsholder Global); from 1999 to 2006 the Super Bowl aired on the [[Global Television Network]].  CTV had aired NFL football since 1970 and the Super Bowl since 1982 ([[Super Bowl XVI]]).  It was also the final NFL game for [[GMA Network]] in the [[Philippines]] until the [[2006 NFL season|2006 season]]; GMA had aired NFL football since [[1986 NFL season|1986]] and the Super Bowl since [[Super Bowl XXI]] in 1987.  The Super Bowl was broadcast on [[TV5 (Philippines)|ABC 5]], also from 1999 until 2006.  It was also the final Super Bowl in which the [[Televisa]] family of networks aired on its own in [[Mexico]], also until 2007, being broadcast on [[Canal 5 (Televisa Network)|Canal 5]]; Televisa had aired NFL football since 1970 and the Super Bowl since 1988 (at the time, [[Super Bowl XXII|the only other Super Bowl in San Diego]]). [[Azteca 13]] likewise exclusively aired all Super Bowls from 1999 until 2006, except for 2004,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol-americano/nfl/super-bowl-la-temporada-2003-que-televisa-y-tv-azteca-no-transmitieron-nfl-por-derechos-televisivos|title=Super Bowl de Tom Brady que 'nadie vio' porque TV Azteca y Televisa no lo pasaron|access-date=February 13, 2022|publisher=mediotiempo.com|date=February 13, 2023 |language=Spanish |trans-title=''Tom Brady's Super Bowl that 'no one's watched because Televisa and Azteca don't showed it.''}}</ref> including [[Super Bowl XXXVII]] which was the next Super Bowl to be played at Qualcomm Stadium.

In [[Australia]], Super Bowl was broadcast live on [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]].

This game was later featured on ''NFL's Greatest Games'' as '''This One's for John'''.