Charles Davis on leaving Fox to join CBS: “That seemed to be the right place for me to be.”
"CBS made me a different offer that was intriguing. It just seemed to make sense for me to be there at this stage of my career."
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How do the 2020 NFL primetime schedules compare for NBC, ESPN, Fox and NFLN?
A NFL schedule analysis has some good news for ESPN, at least relative to Fox.
NFL planning various 2020 schedule scenarios, including 5-week regular season delay and pushing Super Bowl back 3 weeks
A 16-game, 17-week regular season schedule is still viewed as a priority.
Charles Davis reportedly leaves Fox for CBS, replacing Dan Fouts on No. 2 NFL broadcast team
Davis will join Ian Eagle at CBS, and it leaves a huge hole at the NFL on Fox
Joe Buck tells Bill Simmons there will be an MLB season: “There’s just too much invested in this thing”
Buck and Simmons also discussed social media, three-man booths, and athletes who could make good broadcasters, among many topics.
Greg Olsen signs one-year deal with Seahawks, won’t be heading to the broadcast booth full-time yet
Olsen reportedly received full-time broadcasting offers from multiple networks, but has chosen to keep playing for now.
Fox’s new Super Bowl graphics include centered scorebug, larger and italicized font, and cartoons of players
Fox debuted a new NFL graphics package for the Super Bowl, and made plenty of changes.
Bill Cowher, Jimmy Johnson Hall of Fame announcements provided pure emotion we love to see
These were great, fun moments to watch.
Vikings-Saints rose 17 percent and posted best early Sunday wild card numbers since 2016, while Seahawks-Eagles was slightly down
The NFL's impressive ratings recovery this year continued in the wild card round.
Before joining Fox, Troy Aikman nearly played one final season with the Chargers
Aikman was also offered a chance to play for the Eagles during his first season in the broadcast booth.
Fox, NBC and CBS all post their best NFL ratings in the past few years, with overall NFL regular-season ratings up 4.5 percent
NBC posted their best regular-season NFL ratings since 2015, while CBS and Fox each had their best ratings since 2016.
Jerry Gepner, known for on-screen scores and the first-down line, gives a memorable Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame induction speech
"I've been thinking of this and said 'You know, if I had me working for me, I would have fired me a long time ago.' And there's a lot of truth to that. But it points to one of the great blessings of my career; people who didn't fire me. Really, these folks deserve their own Hall of Fame."
The power briefly went out during the Brothers Osborne halftime show on Fox, and Joe Buck was very excited for its return
"There it is! Hahahaha! YES! All right, enjoy it!"
Cowboys-Patriots tied for Fox’s best regular-season NFL broadcast since 1996, was highest-rated broadcast since February’s Oscars
Cowboys-Patriots aired nationally on Fox, with only limited competition in some markets from Jaguars-Titans on CBS. That, plus the strong ratings draws involved and the possible playoff implications, helped lead to a massive 19.5 metered market rating.
Kenny Albert talks calling Giants-Jets, the teams he grew up watching, plus what it’s like to call four different sports in a month
Albert's schedule this month includes the NFL on Fox, Rangers' games on ESPN New York, Knicks' games on MSG, and a Fox boxing pay-per-view.
