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*** THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL*** KICKOFF CALL
MONDAY, SEPT. 8 (2:00 PM, ET/11:00 AM, PT) DIAL: (719) 457-2664 CBS Sports and NFL Network will host a THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL conference call on Monday, Sept. 8 (2:00 PM, ET/11:00 AM, PT) featuring Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports, and Executive Producer of THE NFL ON CBS, Brian Rolapp, EVP of Media, NFL, the Thursday Night Football announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, and studio analysts Deion Sanders and Bill Cowher. The Thursday Night Football schedule kicks off on Sept. 11 with Steelers vs. Ravens from Baltimore. Nantz and Simms call the action along with sideline report...
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“CBS FALL PREVIEW,” A SPECIAL PRESENTING A “FIRST LOOK” AT THE NETWORK’S NEW FALL SERIES, WILL BE BROADCAST MONDAY, SEPT. 1
“CBS Fall Preview” Will Be Hosted by CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz,Lead Play-By-Play Announcer of the Network’s “Thursday Night Football” “CBS Fall Preview” Will Also Be Available On Demand on TV To Customers of Armstrong, AT&T U-verse® TV, Bright House Networks, Cablevision’s Optimum TV, Charter Communications, Cincinnati Bell Fioptics, Comcast’s Xfinity TV, Cox Communications, DIRECTV,Frontier® Communications, HTC, Inc., Mediacom Communications,Midcontinent Communications, Service Electric Cablevision,Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS TV CBS Stations Have Opportunity to Present the Specia...
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“THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” AND “THE NFL ON CBS” MEDIA DAY LUNCHEON
MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2014 12:30 PM, ET WHO: “THE NFL ON CBS” ANNOUNCERS Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts, Tony Gonzalez, Bart Scott, Greg Gumbel, Trent Green, Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon, Steve Beuerlein, Steve Tasker, Tracy Wolfson and others. CBS & NFL NETWORK “THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” ANNOUNCERS Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, Tracy Wolfson, James Brown, Bill Cowher, Deion Sanders and others CBS SPORTS AND NFL EXECUTIVES Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports & Executive Producer, THE NFL ON CBS; Brian Rolapp, Executive Vice Pre...
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“THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” LAUNCHES ON NETWORK TELEVISION WITH PRIMETIME SPECIAL “UNDER THE LIGHTS” ON WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10 ON CBS
Special to Air Tuesday, Sept. 16 on NFL Network Thursday Night Football launches its first-ever Network television coverage with a primetime special, UNDER THE LIGHTS, on Wednesday, Sept. 10 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network and also on NFL Network on Tuesday, Sept. 16 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET). CBS Sports’ lead NFL play-by-play announcer and the voice of Thursday Night Football Jim Nantz will host the one-hour special that will celebrate some of the greatest and most memorable moments in the history of prime time football and preview the Thursday Night Football sched...
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CBS SPORTS ADDS FORMER NFL REFEREE MIKE CAREY TO THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AND THE NFL ON CBS AS NFL RULES EXPERT FOR 2014 SEASON
CBS Sports has added former NFL Official Mike Carey to the broadcast team for coverage of Thursday Night Football on CBS and NFL Network, and THE NFL ON CBS coverage on Sundays during the 2014 NFL season. The announcement was made today by Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports and Executive Producer, THE NFL ON CBS. Carey will provide rules analysis, interpretation and explanations on Thursday nights from the game site, as well as NFL Network’s studio in Culver City, Calif., and on Sundays from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. “So many times throughout the years of watch...
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CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCES NEW BROADCAST PAIRINGS FOR 2014 NFL SEASON
Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts Named THE NFL ON CBS’s No. 2 Announce Team Reporter Tracy Wolfson Joins Jim Nantz and Phil Simms on Network’s Lead Crew Newcomer Trent Green Teams with Veteran Greg Gumbel The CBS Television Network will begin its 55th year of broadcasting the NFL with Jim Nantz, Phil Simms and Tracy Wolfson leading THE NFL ON CBS into the Network’s 2014 NFL season. Nantz, Simms and Wolfson will call the full slate of Thursday Night Football games on CBS and the NFL Network, along with selected Sunday games on CBS. Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports,and Executive Produc...
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NFL ON CBS
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CBS SPORTS NAMES TRACY WOLFSON AS NEW “NFL ON CBS” LEAD REPORTER
Wolfson Joins Jim Nantz and Phil Simms on Network’s Lead Broadcast Team on “Thursday Night Football” and Sunday Afternoons Tracy Wolfson has been named THE NFL ON CBS’s new lead game reporter. The announcement was made today by Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports, and Executive Producer, THE NFL ON CBS. Wolfson, an Emmy Award-nominated reporter who served as CBS Sports’ lead college football reporter for the Network’s coverage of the Southeastern Conference for the past 10 years, joins the lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms as lead reporter on all THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ga...
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CBS SPORTS NAMES TRACY WOLFSON AS NEW NFL ON CBS LEAD REPORTER
Wolfson Joins Jim Nantz and Phil Simms on Network’s Lead Broadcast Team on Thursday Night Football and Sunday Afternoons Tracy Wolfson has been named THE NFL ON CBS’s new lead game reporter. The announcement was made today by Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports, and Executive Producer, THE NFL ON CBS. Wolfson, an Emmy Award-nominated reporter who served as CBS Sports’ lead college football reporter for the Network’s coverage of the Southeastern Conference for the past 10 years, joins the lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms as lead reporter on all Thursday Night Football...
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CBS SPORTS AND NFL NETWORK TEAM UP FOR EXTENSIVE ON-SITE COVERAGE OF THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Featuring Multiple Sets on Location, Pre-Game Coverage Begins at 6:00 PM ET and Concludes With Immediate Post-Game Show on CBS and NFL Network James Brown, Deion Sanders, and Bill Cowher Anchor Prime Time Coverage at 7:30 PM, ET on CBS and NFL Network CBS Sports and NFL Network today announced plans for extensive on-site pre-game and post-game coverage for its broadcasts of Thursday Night Football. The networks team up for more than two hours of coverage featuring CBS Sports and NFL Network analysts and reporters, originating from the site of each game for all 15 weeks, beginning at 6:...