December 15, 200520 yr NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Nine months before it takes over the Sunday night NFL game from ESPN, NBC is making more moves to brand that night its own. NBC Sports said Wednesday that the name of the studio show will be "Football Night in America." NBC's multiyear rights deal begins in early September with a Thursday night extravaganza and game. The details of the first Sunday night game won't be announced until April, but the four-hour coverage will be anchored by NBC Olympics and sports personality Bob Costas. He also will host the studio show, which NBC Sports said is the first primetime Sunday broadcast TV show about the NFL. The one-hour show will begin at 7 p.m. ET, around the same time games on CBS and NBC will conclude. Kickoff is set for 8:15 p.m. ET. Several other pieces of the broadcast already are in place, with the naming of John Madden as on-air analyst and Cris Collinsworth as in-studio analyst. A play-by-play announcer hasn't been picked, though the natural -- Al Michaels -- agreed during the summer to remain with ABC and move to ESPN when it takes over "Monday Night Football" in the fall. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051215/sp_nm/nfl_dc
December 15, 200520 yr I don't care who announces as long as it isn't Joe Theismann :banghead Joe is awesome! This coming from a Skins fan? :o
December 15, 200520 yr I don't care who announces as long as it isn't Joe Theismann :banghead Joe is awesome! This coming from a Skins fan? :o By awesome, I assume you mean arguably the worst color guy in the business.
December 15, 200520 yr I would love to see Danny boy on that 1 hour show. But, I dont wanna see Madden, he has gotten worse and worse as time has gone on.
December 15, 200520 yr I don't care who announces as long as it isn't Joe Theismann :banghead Joe is awesome! This coming from a Skins fan? :o Your sig pwns..
December 15, 200520 yr I don't care who announces as long as it isn't Joe Theismann :banghead Unfortunately he's on ESPN's MNF next year with Al Michaels. :plain
December 16, 200520 yr I don't care who announces as long as it isn't Joe Theismann :banghead Joe is awesome! This coming from a Skins fan? :o He is the most obnoxious commentator ever.
December 16, 200520 yr Why can't Bob Costas announce? I dunno. He tries and he tries, just can't do it.
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