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            …from CBS Sports Network

CBS Sports Network kicks off its first official NFL programming with two roundtable shows debuting this weekend featuring NFL ON CBS announcers.

EYE ON THE NFL: SEASON PREVIEW airs Sunday, Sept. 2 (7:00 PM, ET) and previews the upcoming 2012 season. Jim Nantz hosts, and is joined by analysts Shannon Sharpe, Dan Marino and Dan Dierdorf.

A clip from the show can be viewed here: http://cbsprt.co/Q4v90w.

EYE ON THE NFL: HOT TOPICS airs Monday, Sept. 3 (7:00 PM, ET). Host James Brown and analysts Phil Simms, Boomer Esiason and Bill Cowher debate the hot-button issues surrounding the NFL. Jeff Pash, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, NFL, joins as a guest. 

A clip from the show can be viewed here: http://cbsprt.co/Q4v3WE.

Beginning Monday, Sept. 10 (5:00 PM, ET), CBS Sports Network will air its first regularly scheduled NFL programming with NFL MONDAY QB.Led by Simms, Rich Gannon and Steve Beuerlein, NFL MONDAY QB brings together an elite roster of quarterbacks providing their unique opinions breaking down the week’s games purely from a quarterback’s perspective.

CBS Sports Network is available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers including Verizon FiOS Channel 94 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 643 (1643 in HD) and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 613 and DISH Network Channel 158. For more information, including a full programming schedule and how to get CBS Sports Network, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.

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