Editing Super Bowl XXIX (section)

==Broadcasting==
The game was broadcast in the United States by [[NFL on ABC|ABC]], with [[play-by-play|play-by-play announcer]] [[Al Michaels]] and [[color commentator]]s [[Frank Gifford]] and [[Dan Dierdorf]]. [[Lynn Swann]] reported from the [[1994 San Diego Chargers season|Chargers]] sideline and [[Lesley Visser]] reported from the [[1994 San Francisco 49ers season|49ers]] sideline). Visser became the first woman assigned to a Super Bowl sideline; she had previously become the first woman sportscaster to cover the [[Vince Lombardi Trophy]] presentation ceremony, when she covered [[Super Bowl XXVI]] for [[NFL on CBS|CBS]]. [[Brent Musburger]] hosted all the Super Bowl XXIX pregame (2 hours), halftime, and postgame events with the help of then-ABC Sports analyst [[Dick Vermeil]], Musburger's regular color commentator on ABC's [[ESPN College Football on ABC|college football telecasts]], and then-[[1994 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] quarterback [[Boomer Esiason]].

This was the last Super Bowl broadcast by the broadcast team of Michaels, Gifford and Dierdorf. The three called ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' from the [[1987 NFL season|1987]] to [[1997 NFL season|1997]], and also worked ABC's coverage of Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XXII|XXII]] and [[Super Bowl XXV|XXV]]. This would also be the last Super Bowl aired on ABC until the [[Super Bowl XXXIV|1999 season]] (when Al Michaels called the game with Boomer Esiason). This would also be the final Super Bowl hosted by Musburger, as all subsequent Super Bowls on ABC were hosted by [[ESPN]]'s [[Chris Berman]] following the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] purchase of ABC (which included ESPN), and the subsequent integration of ESPN and ABC Sports (now ESPN on ABC). Also, the trophy presentation for this game was the last to be held in the winning team's locker room, as all subsequent Vince Lombardi Trophy presentations would be held on the field.

For the [[List of Super Bowl lead-out programs|Super Bowl lead-out program]], ABC premiered the television drama ''[[Extreme (1995 TV series)|Extreme]]'' starring [[James Brolin]]; this was the last series to premiere following the Super Bowl until ''[[Family Guy]]'' premiered following [[Super Bowl XXXIII]] and is one of only four in the last 14 years to premiere following a Super Bowl (joining ''Family Guy'', its spinoff ''[[American Dad!]]'', and ''[[Undercover Boss]]'' which premiered following [[Super Bowl XLIV]]), since the networks have preferred to have new episodes of established shows to catch as much of the post-game audience as possible.

Thirty-second television advertisements for Super Bowl XXIX averaged $1.15 million in costs, the first time that Super Bowl ads exceeded the $1 million mark.

Super Bowl XXIX aired in over 150 countries worldwide. It was simulcast in Canada on [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] and [[TVA (Canada)|TVA]] (in French), in Mexico on [[Televisa]]'s [[XHGC-TV|Canal 5]], whose commentators were able to call the game live from San Diego on the last minute,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/nfl-el-dia-que-una-burla-de-jose-ramon-fernandez-llevo-televisa-al-super-bowl|title= El día que una burla de José Ramón Fernández llevó a Televisa al Super Bowl|last= García Mendez|first= Sebastian|date= February 7, 2023|website= Universal Deportes|publisher= [[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]]|access-date=February 15, 2023|language= Spanish|trans-title=NFL: The day when taunting by Jose Ramón Fernández sent Televisa to the Super Bowl. }}</ref> in Germany on [[Tele 5]], in [[Australia]] on [[ABC TV (Australian TV channel)|ABC]], in the [[Philippines]] on the [[GMA Network]] and later aired in the United Kingdom on [[Channel 4]].

This Super Bowl would later be featured on ''NFL's Greatest Games'' under the title ''Exercise in Excellence.''  The Super Bowl highlight film on which the episode was based was the only Super Bowl highlight film to be narrated by [[Harry Kalas]].

===In popular culture===
In the Tuesday prior to the Super Bowl, the ABC sitcom ''[[Full House]]'' aired an episode called "[[Full House (season 8)|Super Bowl Fun Day]]" involving main characters Danny Tanner and Rebecca Donaldson reporting at the game for their show ''Wake Up, San Francisco''. (''Full House'' was set in San Francisco, and this was the only time during the show's run that the 49ers advanced to a Super Bowl aired on ABC.) A week earlier, the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "[[The Label Maker]]" involved [[Jerry Seinfeld (character)|Jerry]] trying to give away his tickets to the game. He eventually decided to go, but unfortunately was stuck sitting next to [[Newman (Seinfeld)|Newman]]. Two days after the Super Bowl, the game was the main plot feature of an episode of the ABC sitcom ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', "[[List of Home Improvement episodes#Season 4 (1994–95)|Super Bowl Fever]]", in which [[Jill Taylor (Home Improvement)|Jill]] was sick with the flu while [[List of Home Improvement characters#Tim Taylor|Tim]] and his buddies tried to watch the game.