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The NFL on CBS is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that are produced by CBS Sports, the sports division of the CBS television network in the United States. The network has aired NFL game telecasts since 1956 (with the exception of a break from 1994 to 1997).
The 2019 NFL season was the 100th season of the National Football League (NFL) and the 54th of the Super Bowl era. The season began on September 5, 2019, with the NFL Kickoff Game , in which the Green Bay Packers defeated the Chicago Bears .
- January 4, 2020
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Harrison Butker, Kansas City (34)
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Dawn of The Pregame Format
- Musburger, George and Cross
- Gumbel and Bradshaw
- CBS Reacquires Rights
The program began on September 17, 1961, when CBS debuted the first remote 15-minute pre-game show, the first of its kind on network sports television. Originally titled Pro Football Kickoff, hosted by Johnny Lujack, the program originated from NFL stadiums around the country with a comprehensive look at the day's games. This show was succeeded in ...
The program reinstated its previous NFL Today title on the September 21, 1975 broadcast, with former WBBM-TV and KCBS-TV sportscaster/anchorman Brent Musburger (previously a play-by-play announcer for CBS) serving as host, former NFL player Irv Cross as an analyst, and former Miss America Phyllis George as one of the reporters. That year, the progr...
After the 1989 NFL season, Musburger was abruptly fired on April 1, 1990, following a power shift at CBS (he later resurfaced at ABC), while Cross was demoted to the position of game analyst. They were replaced by former ESPN football analyst and WFAN morning host Greg Gumbel (brother of then-Today co-host Bryant Gumbel), legendary former Pittsburg...
The NFL Today made its return to CBS in 1998, after the network signed a contract with the NFL to acquire the broadcast rights to televise games from the American Football Conference (AFC) effective with that year's NFL season, taking over the rights from NBC.
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Apr 16, 2019 · Marking their 60th NFL broadcast season this year, CBS Sports will return to covering the National Football League. CBS will begin their game slate with two preseason games in August: New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Chargers (Sunday, Aug. 18 at 4 p.m., ET) and Buffalo Bills at Detroit Lions (Friday, Aug. 23 at 8 p.m., ET). The regular season ...
- Tamir Moore
NFL on television in the 2020s. From 2014 to 2022, CBS, NBC, and Fox, as well as cable television's ESPN, paid a combined total of US$20.4 billion [1] will pay $39.6 billion for exactly the same broadcast rights. [2] The NFL thus holds broadcast contracts with four companies ( Paramount Global, Comcast, Fox Corporation and The Walt Disney ...
Aug 13, 2019 · Just like their competition at Fox, CBS is changing very little when it comes to their NFL pairings for the 2019 season. The Tiffany Network announced its eight broadcast teams for the coming season at a luncheon in New York on Tuesday.
