The WebTV interface implements the <fn> element to handle footnotes like anchor fragments defined with <a name="anchor name">. That is, clicking on a footnote reference simply scrolls to the definition.

HREF
Use the href attribute to set the selectable link to the footnote using the id attribute.

See the <FN href="#ref">reference section</FN> for more info. other text, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah <FN id="ref">Reference section</FN>

See the reference section for more info. other text, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Reference section