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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

2014 NFL TV Primer


NBC Sports
NBC will be the home for Super Bowl XLIX, the network’s 18th Super Bowl broadcast in its history. The game will air on on Sunday, February 1, 2015 from University of Phoenix Stadium, in Arizona. It will be one of three postseason games NBC will air, including a Wild Card Game and a Divisional playoff game the following week. They will no longer air the opening Wild Card game.

  • NBC will air 19 games this season, 17 Sunday Night Football games and two Thursday night games. Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth return to the booth for their sixth season, with sideline reporter Michele Tafoya in her fourth.
  • NBC’s Football Night in America pregame show airs at 7 pm ET with Bob Costas hosting from the game site. Dan Patrick hosts from New York, along with Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison previewing the scheduled game and recapping the earlier games. Sports Illustrated’s Peter King and Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio are the show’s NFL Insiders, with Josh Elliot contributing.
  • Flex Scheduling will be tweaked for the new season, as the league can choose up to two games to flex from Week’s 5 to 10. The traditional flex scheduling format begins Week 11, with Week 17 open to a contest with direct impact to the playoffs.

Football Night in America: Sunday 7 pm 
NBC Sunday Night Football; Sunday 8:30 pm 
Game Announcers: Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth; Reporter: Michele Tafoya 
Site Host: Bob Costas; Studio: Dan Patrick; Tony Dungy, Rodney Harrison; 
Insiders: Mike Florio, Peter King; Contributors: Josh Elliott, Hines Ward 
Offsite Reporters (rotating): Alex Flanagan, Carolyn Manno or Kathryn Tappen 

Pro Football Talk: Weekdays NBCSN 5:30 pm
Fantasy Football Live: Tuesday-Friday, NBCSN 6:30 pm
NFL Turning Point: Wednesday, NBCSN 11 pm 

Sunday Night Schedule, NBC 8:30 pm
Week 1, Thu, Sep. 4, Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks
Week 1, Sun, Sep. 7, Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos
Week 2, Sun, Sep. 14, Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49ers
Week 3, Sun, Sep. 21, Pittsburgh Steelers at Carolina Panthers
Week 4, Sun, Sep. 28, New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys
Week 5, Sun, Oct. 5, Cincinnati Bengals at New England Patriots - *
Week 6, Sun, Oct. 12, New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles - *
Week 7, Sun, Oct. 19, San Francisco 49ers at Denver Broncos - *
Week 8, Sun, Oct. 26, Green Bay Packers at New Orlean Saints - *
Week 9, Sun, Nov. 2, Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers - *
Week 10, Sun, Nov. 9, Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers - *
Week 11, Sun, Nov. 16, New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts - *
Week 12, Sun, Nov. 23, Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants - *
Week 13, Thu, Nov. 27, Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers
Week 13, Sun, Nov. 30, Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs - *
Week 14, Sun, Dec. 7, New England Patriots at San Diego Chargers - *
Week 15, Sun, Dec. 14, Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles - *
Week 16, Sun, Dec. 21, Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals - *
Week 17, Sun, Dec. 28, TBA, NBC 8:30 pm
* - Subject to change due to flex scheduling

NFL on FOX
FOX Sports will have regular season coverage of NFC games, as well as select games usually assigned to CBS. The league will also use the option to flex games between the networks to enhance national doubleheader coverage. FOX will broadcast four playoffs games, including a Wild Card game, two Divisional games and the NFC Championship. FOX’s NFL broadcast will be led by Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, with the new lead sideline reporter Erin Andrews.
  • FOX NFL Sunday pregame show will remain intact with hosts Terry Bradshaw and Curt Menefee, joined by Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson. NFL insider Jay Glazer and rules expert Mike Pereira will return to contribute to the broadcast, with Rob Riggle providing comedy and predictions
  • Additions: Brendon Ayanbadejo, David Diehl, Mike Goldberg, Justin Kutcher, Donovan McNabb, Kirk Morrison, Brady Quinn (recently cut by Miami, but no confirmation if he will remain committed to FOX); Departures: Brian Billick, Tim Ryan
NFL on FOX Broadcast Pairs
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman; Reporter: Erin Andrews
Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch; Reporter: Pam Oliver
Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston; Field Analyst: Tony Siragusa
Chris Myers, Ronde Barber; Reporter: Jennifer Hale
Thom Brennaman, David Diehl; Reporter: Laura Okmin
Dick Stockton, Donovan McNabb/Kirk Morrison/Brady Quinn(?); Reporter: Kristina Pink
Select: Justin Kutcher, Sam Rosen, Gus Johnson, Mike Goldberg; Brendon Ayanbadejo, Charles Davis; Reporter: Paul Schrager, Charissa Thompson

FOX NFL Sunday: Sunday, Noon
Talent: Curt Menefee, Terry Bradshaw; Howie Long, Michael Strahan, Jimmy Johnson
Insider: Jay Glazer; Rules Analyst: Mike Pereira; Predictions: Rob Riggle

FOX NFL Kickoff : Sunday, Fox Sports 1 11 am
Talent: Joel Klatt, Donovan McNabb, Randy Moss, Brian Urlacher,

FOX National Games
Week 1, Sun, Sep. 7, San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys, FOX 4:25 pm
Week 4, Sun, Sep. 28, Philadelphia Eagles at San Francisco 49ers, FOX 4:25 pm,
Week 6, Sun, Oct. 12, Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks, FOX 4:25 pm,*
Week 7, Sun, Oct. 19, New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys, FOX 4:25 pm*
Week 8, Sun, Oct. 26, Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons @ London, FOX 9:30 am
Week 10, Sun, Nov. 9, New York Giants at Seattle Seahawks, FOX 4:25 pm*
Week 11, Sun, Nov. 16, Philadelphia Eagles at Green Bay Packers, FOX 1 pm*
Week 13, Thu, Nov. 27, Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys, FOX 4:30 pm
Week 14, Sun, Dec. 7, Seattle Seahawks at Philadelphia Eagles, FOX 4:25 pm*
Week 15, Sun, Dec. 14, San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks, FOX 4:25 pm*
* - Subject to change due to flex scheduling

NFL on CBS
CBS have enhanced their coverage this season, broadcasting Thursday Night Football (simulcasted on NFL Network) for the first half of the season. CBS will air the majority of the AFC contests on Sundays, with a select number of NFC games. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms return as the primary announcers and will be joined by Tracy Wolfson, as the new lead sideline reporter, the first full time SLR since 2005.  They will be the main broadcast team for Thursday nights and select Sundays. 
  • CBS will broadcast three AFC Playoff games including a Wild Card game, a Divisional game and the AFC Championship Game.
  • Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts are the new #2 team and will be assigned the national game when the #1 team are unavailable.
  • The NFL Today will introduce Tony Gonzalez and Bart Scott to the show, as well as former NFL referee Mike Carey as the show’s rules expert. They will join host James Brown, Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher and NFL Insider Jason La Canfora. Deion Sanders will join Brown and Cowher for the NFL Thursday Night Kickoff pregame show before TNF, with Rich Eisen anchoring the second set.
  • Additions: Trent Green; Andrew Catalon, Brian Anderson, Tom McCarthy, Adam Archuletta, Chris Simms, Jenny Dell, Evan Washburn, Gonzalez, Scott, Carey Departures: Dan Marino, Shannon Sharpe, Dan Dierdorff, Marv Albert, Bill Macatee. 
NFL on CBS Broadcast Pairs
Thurs|Sun: Jim Nantz, Phil Simms; Reporter: Tracy Wolfson
Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts
Greg Gumbel, Trent Green
Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon
Spero Dedes, Solomon Wilcots
Andrew Catalon, Steve Beuerlein, Steve Tasker
Select: Brian Anderson or Tom McCarthy, Adam Archuleta or Chris Simms;
Reporters: Jenny Dell; Evan Washburn; Local CBS Reporters for select games

The NFL Today: Sunday, CBS Noon
Talent: James Brown; Bill Cowher, Boomer Esiason, Tony Gonzalez, Bart Scott
Insider: Jason La Canfora; Rules Analyst: Mike Carey

Other Programming
TOPS; Sunday, CBSSN 9 am; Talent: Adam Schein, London Fletcher, Anita Marks, Amy Trask, Brandon Tierney, Fred Smoot

NFL Monday QB; Monday, CBSSN 6 pm; Talent: Adam Schein, Steve Beuerlein, Rich Gannon, Trent Green

Inside the NFL, Tuesday, Showtime 10 pm; Talent: Greg Gumbel, Boomer Esiason, Phil Simms; Brandon Marshall, Ed Reed

Thursday Night Football; CBS|NFLN 8:26 pm; Jim Nantz, Phil Simms; Reporter: Tracy Wolfson

NFL Thursday Night Kickoff: CBS|NFLN 7:30 pm;
Talent: James Brown, Bill Cowher, Deion Sanders
Second Set: Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci

Thursday Night Schedule, CBS|NFLN 8:25 pm
Week 2, Thu, Sep. 11: Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
Week 3, Thu, Sep. 18: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons
Week 4, Thu, Sep. 25: New York Giants at Washington Redskins
Week 5, Thu, Oct. 2: Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers
Week 6, Thu, Oct. 9: Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans
Week 7, Thu, Oct. 16: New York Jets at New England Patriots
Week 8, Thu, Oct. 23: San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos

CBS National Games
Week 2, Sun, Sep. 14, New York Jets at Green Bay Packers, CBS 4:25 pm
Week 3, Sun, Sep. 21, Denver Broncos at Seattle Seahawks, CBS 4:25 pm
Week 9, Sun, Nov. 2, Denver Broncos at New England Patriots, CBS 4:25 pm*
Week 12, Sun, Nov. 23, Washington Redskins at San Francisco 49ers, CBS 4:25 pm*
Week 13, Thu, Nov. 27, Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions, CBS 12:30 pm
Week 13, Sun, Nov. 30, New England Patriots at Green Bay Packers, CBS 4:25 pm*
Week 16, Sun, Dec. 21, Indianapolis Colts at Dallas Cowboys, CBS 4:25 pm*
Week 16, Sat, Dec. 20: Philadelphia-Washington or San Diego-San Francisco, CBS TBA
* - Subject to change due to flex scheduling


ESPN/NFL
ESPN will air 17 Monday Night Football games through Week 16, including a Week 1 doubleheader. Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden will return to the booth, along with field reporter Lisa Salters. ESPN will air its first NFL playoff game in January 2015, as well as the Pro Bowl from Arizona. Sunday NFL Countdown returns with Chris Berman hosting and Monday Night Countdown opens the MNF broadcast with Berman in Bristol and Stuart Scott from the game site.

    Sunday NFL Countdown, ESPN Sunday, 10 am
    Monday Night Countdown, ESPN Monday, 7 pm 
    ESPN Monday Night Football; Monday 8:30 pm
    Game Announcers: Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden; Reporter: Lisa Salters
    Talent: Chris Berman, Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Keyshawn Johnson, Tom Jackson, Ray Lewis
    Monday Talent: Suzy Kolber, Stuart Scott; Trent Dilfer, Lewis (Monday), Steve Young
    Insiders: Chris Mortensen, Adam Schefter; 
    Reporters (National Game): Lindsay Czarniak and Ron Jaworski or Merrill Hoge 
    Reporters: Josina Anderson, Bob Holtzman, Britt McHenry, Wendy Nix, Sal Paolantonio, Jim Trotter, Ed Werder; Contributors: Gerry Austin; Michelle Beisner; Frank Caliendo

    Monday Night Schedule; ESPN 8:30 pm
    Week 1, Sept. 8, New York Giants at Detroit Lions, ESPN 7:10 pm
    Week 1, Sept. 8, San Diego Chargers at Arizona Cardinals, ESPN 10:20 pm
    Week 2, Sept. 15, Philadelphia Eagles at Indianapolis Colts
    Week 3, Sept. 22, Chicago Bears at New York Jets
    Week 4, Sept. 29, New England Patriots at Kansas City Chiefs
    Week 5, Oct. 6, Seattle Seahawks at Washington Redskins
    Week 6, Oct. 13, San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams
    Week 7, Oct. 20, Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers
    Week 8, Oct. 27, Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys
    Week 9, Nov. 3, Indianapolis Colts at New York Giants
    Week 10, Nov. 10, Carolina Panthers at Philadelphia Eagles
    Week 11, Nov. 17, Pittsburgh Steelers at Tennessee Titans
    Week 12, Nov. 24, Baltimore Ravens at New Orleans Saints
    Week 13, Dec. 1, Miami Dolphins at New York Jets
    Week 14, Dec. 8, Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers
    Week 15, Dec. 15, New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears
    Week 16, Dec. 22, Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals

    ESPN NFL Programming
    Sunday
    NFL Matchup, Sunday, ESPN, 3:30 or 4:30 am
    Sunday NFL Countdown: ESPN, Sunday, 10 am
    Colin’s Football Show; ESPN2 Sunday 9 am
    Fantasy Football Now; ESPN2 Sunday 11 am
    SportsCenter’s NFL Blitz; ESPN, Sunday 11:30 pm

    Weekdays
    NFL Primetime; ESPN Monday 2 pm
    Monday Night Countdown; Monday, 6 pm
    ESPN Monday Night Football; Monday 8:15 pm
    NFL Insiders; ESPN Weekdays 3 pm; Tuesdays half hour
    Mike and Mike: NFL Rank, ESPN Tuesday 3:30 pm
    NFL Live; ESPN Weekdays 4 pm
    NFL Kickoff; ESPN2 Friday 7 pm
    NFL Matchup: ESPN2, Saturday 8 am

    NFL on ESPN Radio
    Play by Play: Marc Kestecher, Ryan Ruocco, Sean McDonough, Bill Rosinski
    Analysts: Bill Polian, Herm Edwards, Shaun O’Hare

    NFL Network
    NFL Network's Thursday Night Football will now be produced by CBS Sports, with half the schedule simulcasted between the two networks.  NFLN will have exclusive coverage from Week 9 through 16 and one Saturday broadcast.  There will be two pregame shows to open the game broadcast, each hosted by Rich Eisen and James Brown. NFLN will devote an entire day of live NFL coverage on Sundays, with the addition of NFL GameDay Live beginning at kickoff.

    NFL Network GameDay Sunday Programming
    NFL GameDay First; 7 am; Talent: Melissa Stark, Sean O’Hare, Sterling Sharpe 

    NFL GameDay Morning: 9 am; Talent: Rich Eisen; Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner, Warren Sapp, Michael Irvin; Insiders: Ian Rapoport, Mike Silver 

    NFL GameDay Live: Sunday 1 pm; Talent: Kevin Frazier, Dan Hellie, Heath Evans, Brian Billick, LaDanian Tomlinson, Daniel Jeremiah 

    NFL GameDay Highlights: 7:30 pm; Talent: Chris Rose, Deion Sanders, Mariucci, Tomlinson 

    NFL GameDay Overtime & Final: 11:30 pm | Midnight; Talent: Rose, Sanders, Irvin, Faulk

    Thursday Night Football
    NFL Total Access Kickoff; NFL Network 6 pm
    NFL Thursday Night Kickoff; NFL Network (CBS Weeks 2-8) 7:30 pm
    NFL Network Thursday Night Football; NFL Network (CBS Weeks 2-8) 8:25 pm

    Thursday/Saturday Schedule, NFLN 8:25 pm
    Week 2 - Week 8, CBS|NFLN Simulcast (see CBS above)
    Week 9, Thu, Oct. 30: New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
    Week 10, Thu, Nov. 6: Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals
    Week 11, Thu, Nov. 13: Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins
    Week 12, Thu, Nov. 20: Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders
    Week 14, Thu, Dec. 4: Dallas Cowboys at Chicago Bears
    Week 15, Thu, Dec. 11: Arizona Cardinals at St. Louis Rams
    Week 16, Thu, Dec. 18: Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars
    Week 16, Sat, Dec. 20: Philadelphia-Washington or San Diego-San Francisco, NFLN TBA

    Other
    Programming
    NFL Red Zone, Cable/Satellite Sunday 1 pm
    NFL AM, Weekdays 6 am
    NFL Total Access; Mon-Wed; Fri; Sat 7 pm 
    Around the NFL; Mon-Wed; Fri 6 pm; Thu 2 pm
    NFL Fantasy Live, Weekdays 5 pm
    NFL Replay, Tuesday 2 pm
    NFL Top 10, Tuesday 10 pm
    NFL Replay, Wednesday 8 pm
    Inside the NFL, Wednesday 9 pm
    NFL Playbook, Friday 4 pm|8 pm
    A Football Life, Friday 9 pm
    Sound FX, Friday 10 pm

    Westwood One
    WestWood One Radio
    Monday Night Football: Kevin Harlan, Boomer Esiason|Kurt Warner
    Thursday Night Football: Ian Eagle, TBA
    Sunday Night Football: Kevin Kugler, James Lofton

    Sunday Afternoon: Dave Sims, Mark Malone; Kevin Lee|Tom McCarthy, Rod Woodson
    Reporters: Chad Brown, Chris Doering, Derek Rackley, Hub Arkush, Laura Okmin, Ross Tucker, Scott Kaplan, Steve Tasker
    Studio Host: Jim Gray (Monday); Scott Graham (Sunday)

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