CBS, NBC in 'Freaky Friday' Super Bowl swap
CBS and NBC are planning what amounts to a "Freaky Friday"-type body swap on Super Sunday, as the two networks have agreed to an even trade for their next Super Bowl broadcasts.
In a bid to align the Big Game with its coverage of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, NBC will take Super Bowl LVI off of CBS's hands in exchange for the rights to broadcast Super Bowl LV in February 2021. In other words, CBS will carry two Super Bowls in the space of three years, while NBC's agreed-upon delay will present it with a reprise of last winter, when its presentation of Super Bowl LII served as a promotional platform for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, which kicked off four days later.
CBS, NBC and the NFL this afternoon confirmed the switcheroo, which was first reported by the New York Post.