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WEEK 13 "NFL ON CBS" FEATURES YOUNG QUARTERBACKS

 

 

 

THE NFL ON CBS, home of Super Bowl LIII, continues its 59th season on Sunday, Dec. 2 as Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson call the Baltimore-Atlanta game from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga. in leading CBS' coverage into Week 13 of its Super Bowl season.  This season marks the 20th time CBS will broadcast the Super Bowl - the most of any network.

 

The day begins with THE NFL TODAY (12:00 Noon, ET) and THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW on CBS Sports Network (8:00 AM-12:00 Noon, ET) live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.

 

THE NFL TODAY analysts Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason break down some of Week 13's games.  Click links for preview:

Baltimore at Atlanta: https://bit.ly/2Q62OOX
Cleveland at Houston: https://bit.ly/2DQFNbr
Kansas City at Oakland: https://bit.ly/2TRbWW5

And NFL ON CBS Lead Reporter Tracy Wolfson also previews Baltimore-Atlanta:  https://bit.ly/2raQnT9

 

 

 

 

James Brown, along with analysts Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher, Phil Simms, Nate Burleson and NFL Insider Jason La Canfora, lead THE NFL TODAY into its 51st year.

 

THE NFL TODAY previews Week 13 with a CBS SPORTS PRESENTS animated feature focusing on Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck in this "year of the quarterbacks."  In addition, Esiason continues the quarterback discussion by ranking his "Top 5 QBs under the age of 25;" THE NFL TODAY team will start to look at the playoff picture to see what teams are coming into focus; and Jim Rome will be in-studio giving his unique take on the league after 12 weeks.

 

Drew Kaliski is producer and Bob Matina is director of THE NFL TODAY.

 

 

1:00 PM, ET

Baltimore at Atlanta

JIm Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson

Jim Rikhoff (Lead Producer), Mike Arnold (Lead Director) 

 

 

1:00 PM, ET
Buffalo at Miami

Andrew Catalon, James Lofton
Steve McKee (Producer), Andy Goldberg (Director)

 

 

1:00 PM, ET
Denver at Cincinnati

Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta
Sellers Shy (Producer), Jim Cornell (Director)

 

 

1:00 PM, ET

Cleveland at Houston

Greg Gumbel, Trent Green, Bruce Arians, Melanie Collins

Ken Mack (Producer), Suzanne Smith (Director) 

 

 

1:00 PM, ET
Indianapolis at Jacksonville

Tom McCarthy, Steve Beuerlein

Jason Ross (Producer), Chris Svendsen (Director)

 

 

4:00 PM, ET
N.Y. Jets at Tennessee

Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon, Steve Tasker
Jonathan Segal (Producer), Mark Grant (Director)

 

 

4:00 PM, ET
Kansas City at Oakland

Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts, Evan Washburn

Mark Wolff (Producer), Bob Fishman (Director)

 

 

 

THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW (TOPS) (8:00 AM, ET; CBS Sports Network) is hosted by Adam Schein with analysts Amy Trask, London Fletcher, Brandon Tierney and Dana Jacobson, along with fantasy experts Keith Irizarry and Jeff Ratcliffe, discussing the week's issues and biggest games, along with fanstasy football advice and information.  Deb Gelman and Brian Raab are producers and Jay Kincaid is director.

 

The following are announcer assignments for Week 14 (subject to change):

 

December 9

1:00 PM, ET

Game 

 Broadcast Team

Producer/Director 

 N.Y. Jets @ Buffalo

Spero Dedes/Adam Archuleta//Otis Livingston

Sellers Shy/Andy Freedman 

New England @ Miami 

Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts//Evan Washburn 

Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman 

Indianapolis @ Houston 

Kevin Harlan/Rich Gannon//Steve Tasker 

Jonathan Segal/Mark Grant 

Baltimore @ Kansas City 

Jim Nantz/Tony Romo//Tracy Wolfson 

Jim Rikhoff/Mike Arnold 

 

4:00 PM, ET

Game 

Broadcast Team 

Producer/Director 

Denver @ San Francisco 

Andrew Catalon/James Lofton 

Steve McKee/Chris Svendsen 

Cincinnati @ L.A. Chargers 

Greg Gumbel/Trent Green/Bruce Arians//

Melanie Collins

Ken Mack/Jim Cornell 

 

 

The entire 2018 NFL ON CBS schedule will be streamed live on CBS All Access platforms.  CBS All Access subscribers will receive NFL ON CBS games that are broadcast in their local market.

 

 

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.

 


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Jerry Caraccioli, CBS Sports, 212-975-7466, gwcaraccioli@cbs.com

Robin Brendle, CBS Sports, 212-975-1533, rlbrendle@cbs.com