Super Bowl on FOX

Super Bowl XLV will be televised live on FOX on February 6, 2011. The game will be between the NFC champion and the AFC champion. Super Bowl XLV will be held at Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington Texas.http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/45/events

The game will be the sixth time that the Super Bowl will be televised on FOX. The network, which began televising National Football League games in 1994, televised their first Super Bowl in 1997. That year, the Green Bay Packers defeated the New England Patriots to win the championship. FOX drew a rating of 44.3 for the game, which is the highest rating for a FOX televised Super Bowl. FOX has also televised Super Bowls in 1999, 2002, 2005, and 2008.http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/01/18/historical-super-bowl-tv-ratings/11044

Super Bowl XLII was televised live on FOX. It pitted the undefeated New England Patriots against the New York Giants. In the game, the Giants defeated the Patriots, becoming the fifth wild card team in history to win a Super Bowl.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=280203017 Had the Patriots won, they would have been only the second NFL team to have completed a season undefeated. With an average of 97.5 million viewers Super Bowl XLII was the most-watched Super Bowl of all time.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs07/news/story?id=3229763

FOX's pre-game show lasted four hours, running from 2-6 PM Eastern Standard Time. The national anthem at the game was sung by former American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. The halftime performance was done by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1214jordin1214.html