This is a list of Super Bowl lead-out programs broadcast in the United States at the conclusion of coverage of the Super Bowl, the National Football League's championship game and typically the highest-rated single television broadcast of any given year. Since at least 1983, the network broadcasting the game has made use of the post-game timeslot either to debut a new series or movie, or broadcast a special episode of an "up-and-coming" series. These programs typically air across most U.S.

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  • This is a list of Super Bowl lead-out programs broadcast in the United States at the conclusion of coverage of the Super Bowl, the National Football League's championship game and typically the highest-rated single television broadcast of any given year. Since at least 1983, the network broadcasting the game has made use of the post-game timeslot either to debut a new series or movie, or broadcast a special episode of an "up-and-coming" series. These programs typically air across most U.S. markets simultaneously, with (since 1991) a nominal start time of 10:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. PT, although they are almost inevitably delayed due to the extended length of the pre-game, halftime, and post-game festivities. It is common for affiliates in the home markets of the competing teams to delay the lead-out show further until after additional local post-game coverage. The Super Bowl lead-out is typically one hour in length, although before the game adopted its standard kickoff time of just after 6:00 p.m. ET in the early 1990s, it was not uncommon for longer programs to be broadcast. Currently, a regular-length episode of a drama series will usually air, although in some cases a one-hour episode of a sitcom (normally 30 minutes in length), or two episodes of different sitcoms paired together, may air instead. A trend beginning in the 1980s was that the lead-out program would be a series premiere (though the first such occurrence was in 1979); however, many of the series were ultimately unsuccessful, with some being cancelled within a matter of weeks. In the early years and since 1996, virtually all of the programs in the post-game timeslot have been special episodes of series that had already aired for at least one season, with the notable exceptions of the premieres of animated sitcoms Family Guy and American Dad!, both paired with a more established counterpart, The Simpsons. Quite often the selected series is a moderate hit which the network wants to give a higher profile. An occasional practice used to maximize the effect of the lead-in is to make the Super Bowl episode a cliffhanger, with a story that concludes later in the week in the program's regularly-scheduled timeslot.
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  • February 2009
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  • This is a list of Super Bowl lead-out programs broadcast in the United States at the conclusion of coverage of the Super Bowl, the National Football League's championship game and typically the highest-rated single television broadcast of any given year. Since at least 1983, the network broadcasting the game has made use of the post-game timeslot either to debut a new series or movie, or broadcast a special episode of an "up-and-coming" series. These programs typically air across most U.S.
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  • List of Super Bowl lead-out programs
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