AP: NBC unveils Sunday night NFL plans

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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.

http://bc.us.yahoo.com/b?P=BJMzXkLa...5661.7609198.8520553.1442997/D=LREC/B=3172774
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.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

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oh boy, football night in america! okay, yeah, excuse me but, that sounds a little gay.
 

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Football Night in America? What the hell is that? It sounds like a translation from Japanese or something.
 

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Football Night in America, somebody was drunk when they came up with that. Everyone will still call it the Sunday Nighter! :starspin
 

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ghosttown cowboy said:
Football Night in America, somebody was drunk when they came up with that. Everyone will still call it the Sunday Nighter! :starspin

Must have been a Canuck that couldn't get "Hockey Night in Canada" out of his mind...
 

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Must have been a Canuck that couldn't get "Hockey Night in Canada" out of his mind...

...don't blame us for the "lame" name. We got enough embarassing things to admit to without the bearing the burden of errors from our southern neighbors.
 

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I'm going to be nice and not say a word..........
 

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I could have come up with better than that...not like it would be hard anyways
 

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Asklesko said:
oh boy, football night in america! okay, yeah, excuse me but, that sounds a little gay.
Football in america sounds gay? Who decides that?

Who cares about what they name it?
 

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calico said:
Football Night in America? What the hell is that? It sounds like a translation from Japanese or something.
:lmao2::lmao: :rake: what the hell is NBC thinking, hope the cowboys dont play on sunday night,
 

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I thought John Madden died? Oh no, that was just his Monday night performance.
 

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dmq said:
I thought John Madden died? Oh no, that was just his Monday night performance.
I think John will do a lot better without Al Michaels butting in while he is talking all the time. They just need to get him a play-by-play guy who knows how to call a game and keep his mouth shut during the commentary.

As for what they call the show...who cares? No one will refer to it by it's name anyway. But in truth everyone knows that "Football Night in America" is Friday nights when the High Schools play anyway.
 

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JackMagist said:
I think John will do a lot better without Al Michaels butting in while he is talking all the time. They just need to get him a play-by-play guy who knows how to call a game and keep his mouth shut during the commentary.

As for what they call the show...who cares? No one will refer to it by it's name anyway. But in truth everyone knows that "Football Night in America" is Friday nights when the High Schools play anyway.

...refer to it by a simple amd clear cut name? Say, Sunday Night Football on NBC. It describes the activity, when it is on and who is the broadcaster. Big hairy deal after that.
 

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...don't blame us for the "lame" name. We got enough embarassing things to admit to without the bearing the burden of errors from our southern neighbors.

HNIC is an institution ;)

Are you getting ready to vote January 23? As I say every election, I look at all sides of every issue then vote Liberal.
 

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HNIC is an institution ;)

Are you getting ready to vote January 23? As I say every election, I look at all sides of every issue then vote Liberal.

...blessed event that is wasting more money from the public coffers!

Lately I have been finding myself drawing smiley faces on the ballot circles.

Frown for the conservatives, smiley face for the Green Party, sour face for the NDP and Wincing colo rectal pain in the face for the Liberals.

It's my humble contribution to the electorate process. :rolleyes:
 
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