How to watch Super Bowl LIX in the UK: TV channels & more info

Jonathan Victoria • 04 Feb 2025 Guides

The biggest game of the year is here.

18 weeks of the regular season plus three weeks of playoffs has led us to this, the big game, Super Bowl LIX.

Grumble all you want about who is involved, the game will go on, so if you’re interested in watching or want to know any more information about the fixture, read on to get informed.

How to watch Super Bowl LIX in the UK

The Super Bowl has long been shown live in the UK, as has the whole NFL season that year, but unlike the regular season and other playoff games, the Super Bowl each year is shown not just behind a paywall but also on free-to-air TV.

Super Bowl LIX will be available to watch via Sky Sports or for free on ITV.

NFL on Sky Sports

Sky Sports had held the rights to the NFL since 1995, showing live games plus highlights and other shows surrounding the action each week.

Since 2019, Sky has obtained more exclusive broadcasting rights for several key games, including the two London Games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as well as the playoffs, which were previously also available on BBC Sport, like with the Super Bowl.

If you’re interested in watching the NFL, be it for the Super Bowl via Sky Sports or ready for next season, you’ll need a valid Sky Sports subscription.

New customers can obtain this via a pre-made package that puts together Sky TV and Sky Sports, sometimes with other services such as broadband, although you can choose the package with the inclusions you want/need.

You can also simply add it on to a different package, with the option of a 31 day rolling contract (£27 a month*) or a 24 month contract (£20 a month*). 

As for existing customers without Sky Sports, it can be added to your Sky TV package via the add ons, with the same choice shown above available.

Super Bowl LIX on ITV

As mentioned, Super Bowl LIX will be available to watch on free-to-air ITV as well as on Sky.

Before Super Bowl LIV in 2021, BBC held the free-to-air rights to the big game. However, since then ITV took over and has hosted the Super Bowl on their channels ITV1, STV and UTV, as well on the ITVX and STV Player streaming services.

BBC will have the radio rights, though, allowing you to listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sport Online and BBC Sounds, as well as via talkSPORT.

When is Super Bowl LIX?

Super Bowl LIX will be going down on Sunday 9th February 2025.

What time does Super Bowl LIX start?

Kick-off is scheduled for 6:40pm local time, which will be 11:40pm GMT. Typical NFL games last between two to three hours, but with all the spectacle of this game and the likelihood of it being a tightly-fought battle, it will likely go on until 3:30am GMT.

Where is Super Bowl LIX?

Super Bowl LIX will be played at Caesars Superdome located in New Orleans, Louisiana.

This will be the eighth Super Bowl played at the Superdome, with New Orleans alone hosting 11 total Super Bowl’s. The last time the Superdome hosted was in 2013 for Super Bowl XLVII, which saw the Baltimore Ravens defeat the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in the battle of the Harbaugh brothers (both head coaches of either side).

Who is in Super Bowl LIX?

This year will see a replay of Super Bowl LVI from two years ago, with the defending champions Kansas City Chiefs once again taking on the Philadelphia Eagles.

For Kansas City, they are looking to do what no other NFL side has ever done before - become the first three-peat champion in history.

Their road to the big game saw them finish with a joint league best 15-2 record (tied with the Detroit Lions). This gave them a bye week for the first round of the playoffs (Wildcard Round), so they were refreshed for the Divisional Round, where they beat the Houston Texans 23-14.

In the AFC Championship, they faced their hardest test yet, up against the Josh Allen-led Buffalo Bills, who many thought would take down the Chiefs. Ultimately, Patrick Mahomes and his band of four All-Pros prevailed 32-29.

Over in the NFC, the Eagles went 14-3 in the regular season, giving them the second seed which meant they had to play in the Wildcard Round of the playoffs.

They eased past the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the playoffs 22-10 before meeting the Los Angeles Rams in the Divisional Round. This provided more of a test, but not enough to halt their progress as they won 28-22.

The Eagles then made history in the NFC Championship as they faced fellow NFC East divisional opponent the Washington Commanders for the first time ever in the playoffs, who had beaten them only five weeks before in week 16 of the regular season.

This time around, though, the Eagles not only beat them but with a record points tally, winning 55-23, with the 55 points scored being the most ever in an NFL conference championship game.

Who is playing the Super Bowl LIX halftime show?

The halftime show is a main event in itself, with many people tuning in purely for it (and the gloriously expensive ads that came alongside the show).

This year, multi-time Grammy Award-winner Kendrick Lamar will be performing, with fellow Grammy winner SZA set to feature as well.

Who won the Super Bowl last year?

Super Bowl LVIII emanated from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, where the Kansas City Chiefs successfully retained their title, defeating the San Francisco 49ers 25-22.

Super Bowl winners

The Chiefs are the reigning back-to-back champions and have three titles in five years, although their four total Super Bowl titles puts them in joint-third for most all-time.

Past 10 winners

• Super Bowl LVIII (2024) – Kansas City Chiefs
• Super Bowl LVII (2023) – Kansas City Chiefs
• Super Bowl LVI (2022) – Los Angeles Rams
• Super Bowl LV (2021) – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Super Bowl LIV (2020) – Kansas City Chiefs
• Super Bowl LIII (2019) – New England Patriots
• Super Bowl LII (2018) – Philadelphia Eagles
• Super Bowl LI (2017) – New England Patriots
• Super Bowl 50 (2016) – Denver Broncos
• Super Bowl XLIX (2015) – New England Patriots

All-time records

Most Super Bowl wins: 6 – New England Patriots & Pittsburgh Steelers

Most Super Bowl losses: 5 – New England Patriots & Denver Broncos

Most Super Bowl appearances: 11 – New England Patriots

Most Super Bowl appearance without a victory: 4 – Minnesota Vikings & Denver Broncos

Biggest Super Bowl win: 55-10 – Super Bowl XXIV, San Francisco (C) vs Denver Broncos

Most Super Bowl wins by player: 7 – Tom Brady