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The game was televised in the United States by NBC, with Dick Enberg handling the play-by-play duties and color commentator Merlin Olsen in the broadcast booth.

Len Berman and his NFL ' 82 castmates, Mike Adamle ( who also covered the Vince Lombardi Trophy presentation ceremony ), Ahmad Rashad and Pete Axthelm anchored the pregame, halftime and postgame coverage.

NBC's national Nielsen rating of 48. 6 was the second-highest for a Super Bowl broadcast, trailing only the 49. 1 garnered by Super Bowl XVI on CBS the year before.