Al Michaels was in rare form on Black Friday broadcast
Michaels has received criticism from fans this year for a lack of enthusiasm. But that wasn't an issue for him on Friday.
Michaels has received criticism from fans this year for a lack of enthusiasm. But that wasn't an issue for him on Friday.
"There’s a lot of conversation around it for sure."
"I don't know about you but anatomical animation...I gotta look out of the corner of my eye."
Amazon's season two debut of exclusive Thursday Night Football broadcasts on Prime Video got some mixed reviews.
"Reckless, wrongheaded, and a slap in the face to the largest Nielsen clients and NFL partners."
"If eight people rip you on social media, I’m going, ‘Huh?’ Now anybody sitting in a basement has a platform."
“Just make the schedule and play it."
"And I'm not going to oversell a game to you. That's wrong."
The final Thursday Night Football of the season streams on Amazon and also airs on local TV in Dallas-Fort Worth and Nashville.
“I think I’ve very easily been able to make sure to watch film on a guy or a team and tell what I think and not necessarily worry about the feelings that much.”
Michael Smith's appearance during the post-game show helped Amazon save face.
"If $230 million guarenteed doesn't motivate you to do the things you need to do, I give up."
"I want to be the best booth in television. NBA, MLB, college — I want to be the best."
"We didn’t take the game to its conclusion because we said, ‘Hey, this is gonna work.’"
The overall audience here was eighth out of nine nationally-aired preseason games last week, but it was younger than the preseason average.
"@ProFootballTalk has gotten another story wrong and failed to take any responsibility!"