Super Bowl LVI sees Los Angeles Rams vs Cincinnati Bengals — how to watch, when it starts, who's in half-time show plus more

The game that America stops for, the finale of the NFL season — the Super Bowl — is upon us.

This year's Super Bowl LVI — or 56 if you prefer non-Roman numerals — features the Los Angeles Rams against the Cincinnati Bengals. 

This event is traditionally the most-watched program in the United States every year. The day is known as Super Bowl Sunday, but here in Australia it will be a Valentine's Day broadcast tomorrow morning.

Regardless of whether you're at home, at a party or just trying to keep up on your phone or tablet, here is what you need to know about Super Bowl LVI.

The NFL is split into two, 16-team conferences. As always, the Super Bowl pits the winner of the National Football Conference (NFC) against the winner of the American Football Conference (AFC).

This year, the NFC champions are the Los Angeles Rams and the AFC champions are the Cincinnati Bengals.

The venue for the Super Bowl is decided years in advance, designed to avoid the teams getting a home advantage.

This year, however, it hasn't worked that way: The venue of SoFi Stadium in California happens to the be home ground of the Los Angeles Rams.

Apart from the title of NFL champions — or world champions as the league tags its winners (if you ignore the lack of international team involvement) — the two teams are playing for the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

The game starts at 10:30am AEDT in New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania; (10am ACDT in South Australia, 9:30am AEST in Queensland, 9am ACST in the Northern Territory, 7:30am AWST in Western Australia). 

The average Super Bowl goes for about three and a half hours. This includes a 20-30 minute break for half-time, when organisers put on a half-time show.

If you have free-to-air TV, you