Super Bowl: NBC Attributes Brief Blackout to "Equipment Failure"

NBC's telecast of Super Bowl LII briefly went dark on Sunday night.

Viewers experienced several seconds of a black screen during a commercial break.

The Twitter account for NBC Sports PR attributed the darkness to a "brief equipment failure."

From NBC Sports spokesperson:

"We had a brief equipment failure that we quickly resolved. No game action or commercial time were missed."

— NBC Sports PR (@NBCSportsPR) February 5, 2018