NFL RedZone routinely promises “seven hours of commercial-free football” to viewers every Sunday. Along with those seven hours came an unexpected surprise this week. During the broadcast, alarms at NFL RedZone studios in Inglewood, California, went off, prompting an evacuation. ‘
The evacuation took place while RedZone was on the air, in the thick of coverage of the Buffalo Bills-Philadelphia Eagles game.
RedZone host Scott Hanson informed viewers of the disruption while the alarm blared in the background of the broadcast.
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Hanson had noted this was a first in his broadcasting career, and you don’t often see this kind of chaoticness on TV. RedZone viewers had a lot to say about what happened. There was a lot of laughter at hand.
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RedZone alarm going off and they gotta evacuate the building? Lmao
— Edwardian. (@DepressedDETN) November 27, 2023
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While in the NFL RedZone studio with alarms blaring in the background and staff evacuating, Scott Hanson just quoted a Chinese proverb — "may you live to see interesting times" — that isn't actually a Chinese proverb at all and (I'm pretty sure) is a reference to White Collar
— Benjamin Solak (@BenjaminSolak) November 27, 2023
A common theme emerged, as NFL fans praised Hanson for “soldiering” on amid the chaotic situation.
Scott Hanson building(fire?) alarm and won't stop hosting RedZone. A true legend among us.
— Tony X (@soIoucity) November 27, 2023
Some others had fun at the situation’s expense, joking around about it and such.
Scott Hanson in the RedZone studio rn pic.twitter.com/vyslzuBfhr
— #RingerNFL (@ringernfl) November 27, 2023
Scott Hanson and the redzone team setting up the emergency outdoor setup pic.twitter.com/hG3fomPeuH
— cade (@CadeBuffalow) November 27, 2023
Veteran sportscaster Mike Hill was a fan of the situation. “Live TV baby!” he exclaimed.
There’s an alarm going off and REDZONE has to evacuate. Live tv baby!
— Mike Hill (@ItsMikeHill) November 27, 2023
To Hanson and everyone’s credit? This was pretty good television. They maintained everything on the broadcast and allowed for everything to be cool. Fortunately, this also happened in the very late stages of the 4:25 p.m. slate. The only active game during this incident was the Eagles-Bills games. The other games had all come close to or wrapped up by then.
Imagine if this happened during the Witching Hour?
