What Dallas-Area TV Channel Will Air Super Bowl 2014?

Technically, it's Super Bowl XLVIII since the football season crosses two calendar years. But that isn't important when you're trying to find the right channel. This year's Super Bowl is airing February 2nd, on FOX 4 in the Dallas area. Football fever begins at noon with "Football America: Our Stories," a documentary following  five super fans who won trips to attend the game. (Tyler, a Frisco seventh grader and football player who was born missing a portion of his right arm, is featured.) The pregame show, 1 til 5, leads into the main event, with kickoff scheduled for 5:30. After the postgame show, 9 to 9:30, new episodes of "New Girl" and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" will air.

Will Snowy Weather Reschedule Super Sunday?

beautiful morning @MLStadium. painting @Seahawks endzone under the tent. #sb48 pic.twitter.com/befKi8baeL
— Brian McCarthy (@NFLprguy) January 22, 2014

Heavy snowfall in New Jersey's MetLife Stadium forced workers to use a tent as they prepared the field. (In case you're wondering, the Super Bowl will take place in East Rutherford, New Jersey even though it is referred to as New York and New York/New Jersey.) Unphased, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said, "We are embracing the weather. Football is played in the elements."

Ultimately, the Super Bowl involves logistics beyond the on-field conditions. Officials will also have to consider the safety of fans and issues such as traffic. The NFL's contingency plans could move the big game to any day between January 31 and February 3. With little more than a week before the big game, The Weather Channel is cautiously optimistic the cold weather will hold.