Upon NBC's assumption of the Sunday prime time game rights, Al Michaels, John Madden, Fred Gaudelli, and Drew Esocoff, who served as the respective play-by-play announcer, color commentator, lead producer, and director, joined SNF in the same positions they held during the latter portion of the ABC era of Monday Night Football. network television during the year, beating American Idol, which held that honor for eight consecutive seasons beginning in 2004 Sunday Night Football repeated this feat three years running, beginning with the 2013–14 season.Īs of 2022, Mike Tirico serves as the play-by-play announcer for the broadcasts, Cris Collinsworth serves as color commentator, and Melissa Stark serves as the sideline reporter, with Terry McAulay serving as the rules expert. Previously, NBC had aired American Football League (AFL), and later American Football Conference (AFC), games from 1965 until 1997, when CBS took over those rights.ĭuring the 2011–12 season, Sunday Night Football became the first sports program to hold the position as Nielsen's most-watched program on U.S. At the same time, ESPN began broadcasting Monday Night Football when it was dropped from sister network ABC. NBC took over the rights to the Sunday prime time game telecasts from ESPN, which carried the broadcasts from 1987 to 2005.
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It began airing on August 6, 2006, with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, which opened that year's preseason. NBC Sunday Night Football (abbreviated as SNF) is a weekly television broadcast of National Football League (NFL) games on NBC and Peacock in the United States. NBC Sports Headquarters, Stamford, ConnecticutĢ10 minutes or until game ends (inc.
Various NFL stadiums (game telecasts and Super Bowl pre-game shows) " Waiting All Day for Sunday Night" by Carrie Underwood John Williams (2006–2008) & Joel Beckerman ( Super Bowl XLIII–present) (main theme)