Awful Announcing
"I think it’s a mindset of staying, like I said, positive, and grateful, and work as hard as you can. But it’s been much more than I anticipated, and I’ve got four more years of it, so there’s no backing out now."
"We never walked away. We just worked through some things with him and we’re excited. We can’t wait for him to join."
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 like when things go off the rails. As a viewer, I like watching uncomfortable situations that can be made comfortable by the people that are on the desk, or whoever's hosting the show."
"I want to be the best booth in television. NBA, MLB, college — I want to be the best."
“I don’t think there’s any company more prepared than we are to handle that type of scale and that type of challenge.”
"We didn’t take the game to its conclusion because we said, ‘Hey, this is gonna work.’"
It's brown and has the NFL logo but this isn't a regular NFL football.
TNF finally has a rules analyst.
Smith will contribute to pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage.
Rooks will do feature pieces as well as sit-down interviews with players and coaches for TNF. She'll also continue her work with Turner Sports and Bleacher Report.
Amazon has announced their first TNF alternate broadcast for this season.
