Bruce Arians Joins “The NFL on CBS” as Game Analyst and

Gene Steratore as Rules Analyst for 2018 NFL Season

Assignments for “The NFL on CBS” Preseason Games and Weeks 1-4 Set

Led by Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson, THE NFL ON CBS, home of Super Bowl LIII, heads into the 2018 NFL season with the deepest NFL announcer lineup in sports television.

CBS Sports is set to once again produce and distribute many of the best games of the 2018 NFL season culminating with Super Bowl LIII on Feb. 3, 2019 from Atlanta, Ga. Super Bowl LIII marks the Network’s 20^th time broadcasting the Super Bowl in its storied history, the most of any network.

Nantz, Romo and Wolfson call CBS’ marquee game each week, along with the Super Bowl for the first time together.

CBS Sports has added former Arizona Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians as a game analyst alongside Greg Gumbel and Trent Green, as well as sideline reporter Melanie Collins also joining the announce team this season. Former 15-year NFL veteran referee Gene Steratore also joins THE NFL ON CBS as the Network’s NFL Rules Analyst for the 2018 season. Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts and Evan Washburn continue to serve as CBS Sports’ #2 announce team. And Steve Tasker moves to sideline reporter with the team of Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon.

The following are the Network’s NFL announcer pairings for the 2018 season (play-by-play/analyst//reporter):

Jim Nantz/Tony Romo//Tracy Wolfson

Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts//Evan Washburn

Greg Gumbel/Trent Green/Bruce Arians//Melanie Collins

Kevin Harlan/Rich Gannon//Steve Tasker

Andrew Catalon/James Lofton

Spero Dedes/Adam Archuleta

Tom McCarthy/Steve Beuerlein

Beth Mowins/Jay Feely

In addition to Wolfson, Washburn, Collins and Tasker, game coverage includes regional sideline reporters for games throughout the season.

This season marks THE NFL TODAY’s 51^st year. Host James Brown anchors the show alongside Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher, Phil Simms and Nate Burleson from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. Steratore serves as NFL rules analyst, and Jason La Canfora continues to serve as the “NFL Insider.”

Jim Rikhoff is the lead game producer for THE NFL ON CBS, and Michael Arnold is the lead game director. Drew Kaliski is the producer for THE NFL TODAY, while Bob Matina directs.

Sean McManus is Chairman, CBS Sports, and serves as the Executive Producer for THE NFL ON CBS. David Berson is President, CBS Sports. Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Senior Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

The following are THE NFL ON CBS assignments for the preseason and weeks 1-4 (subject to change).

PRESEASON

August 24

August 25

WEEK 1 – Sept. 9

WEEK 2 – Sept. 16 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER