Editing Super Bowl XXVII (section)

==Entertainment==
===Pregame ceremonies===
The pre show featured [[The Rockettes]] dance company in a tribute to [[Film score|Hollywood music]] and [[cinema in the United States]]. Also featured were former [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] singer [[Glenn Frey]] and [[Fleetwood Mac]].

====National anthem====
[[Country music]] singer [[Garth Brooks]] sang the national anthem. He was accompanied by actress [[Marlee Matlin]], who [[American Sign Language|signed]] the anthem for the deaf fans. Brooks very nearly did not perform the anthem—he left the stadium less than an hour before he was slated to sing, because of a dispute with NBC, regarding a video he asked them to air for the song "[[We Shall Be Free]]". Television producers spotted rocker [[Jon Bon Jovi]] in the crowd and were prepared to have him perform the anthem, until Brooks was finally coaxed back into the stadium.

====Coin toss====
The [[coin flipping|coin toss]] ceremony featured a future infamous celebrity, former Bills running back [[O. J. Simpson]], who was working for NBC Sports at the time.

===Halftime show===
{{Main|Super Bowl XXVII halftime show}}
After [[Super Bowl XXVI]], where a special episode of ''[[In Living Color]]'', broadcast by [[Fox NFL|future NFL broadcaster]] [[Fox network|Fox]] [[Super Bowl counterprogramming|during]] the game's halftime period, successfully attracted viewers away from the Super Bowl telecast on [[CBS]] (with viewership falling by 22% over halftime), the NFL began the process of heightening the profile of the halftime show in an effort to attract mainstream viewers. Radio City Productions, who would produce the halftime show, attempted to court [[Michael Jackson]] to serve as the headline act by meeting with him and his manager [[Sandy Gallin]]. After three failed negotiations, one having asked the NFL for a fee of $1 million, Jackson's management agreed to allow him to perform at Super Bowl XXVII.<ref name=nyt-jacksonredefine>{{cite news|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|title=How Jackson Redefined the Super Bowl|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/sports/football/30sandomir.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 1, 2013|date=June 30, 2009}}</ref><ref name="trib-goalofspectacle">{{cite news|last=Miers|first=Jeff|date=February 1, 2019|title=Michael Jackson Changed Super Bowl Halftime Shows Forever|work=Buffalonews.com|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/jeff-miers-michael-jackson-changed-super-bowl-halftime-shows-forever/article_d087d825-dc55-5d34-ab5f-9c0b3c91ba01.html|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref><ref name="lat-tacklessuperbowl">{{cite web|last1=Weinstien|first1=Steve|title=Fox Tackles Super Bowl With Sly Plan : Television: The 'rebel network' hopes to siphon off viewers from CBS with a halftime show of its own featuring the gang from 'In Living Color.'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-25-ca-724-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=January 25, 1992 |access-date=November 15, 2016}}</ref>

Although the league does not pay appearance fees for Super Bowl halftime performers, the NFL and [[Frito-Lay]] agreed to donate $100,000 to the [[Heal the World Foundation]]—a charity that was founded by Jackson, as well as commercial time to air an appeal for the foundation's Heal L.A. campaign, which aimed to provide health care, drug education, and mentorship for Los Angeles youth, particularly children affected by the aftermath of the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]].<ref name="lat-healla">{{Cite web |last=Rivera |first=Carla |date=January 27, 1993 |title=Heal the Kids : Rebuilding: Michael Jackson announces a $1.25-million program to help children in riot-torn areas. Drug education, immunizations and mentor services will be provided. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-27-me-1822-story.html |access-date=January 26, 2017 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name=nyt-jacksonredefine/><ref name="SeattleTimesPabst">{{cite news|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19930208/1684302/jacksons-foundation-aimed-at-helping-children|title=Jackson's Foundation Aimed At Helping Children|last=Pabst|first=Georgia|date=February 8, 1993|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=August 12, 2009|archive-date=September 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913045746/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930208&slug=1684302|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jackson's set included a medley consisting of "[[Jam (Michael Jackson song)|Jam]]" (with the beginning of "Why You Wanna Trip On Me"), "[[Billie Jean]]" and "[[Black or White]]" (with the beginning of "[[Another Part of Me]]"). The finale featured an audience [[card stunt]], a video montage showing Jackson participating in various [[humanitarianism|humanitarian]] efforts around the world, and a choir of 3,500 local Los Angeles area children singing "[[We Are the World]]", later joining Jackson as he sang his single "[[Heal the World]]".

The halftime show was a major success, marking the first time in Super Bowl history that ratings increased between halves during the game with a whopping 133.4 million people tuning in, making it the most watched Halftime Show at the time.<ref name=trib-goalofspectacle/> Nine days later, Jackson would give the most watched television interview of all time with [[Oprah Winfrey]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8105428/Michael-Jacksons-brother-angry-at-Oprah-Winfrey-visit.html|date=November 2, 2010|title=Michael Jackson's brother angry at Oprah Winfrey visit |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]}}</ref>
 
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