pre-game shows Archives - Awful Announcing

Fox

Fox NFL Kickoff and Fox NFL Sunday will both feature unusual casts “out of an abundance of caution for our team”

Chris Myers, Reggie Bush and Charles Woodson will be filling in on both shows, with some of the Fox NFL Sunday personnel contributing remotely.

League Networks

SEC Nation won’t be on the road this fall, instead airing from ESPN studios and analysts’ home studios

Laura Rutledge will appear from ESPN's Bristol studios, while Roman Harper will appear from ESPN's Charlotte studios. Tim Tebow and Jordan Rodgers will appear from home studios.

Fox

Rob Gronkowski joins Fox Sports as a NFL analyst, which will reportedly include a role on Fox NFL Sunday

It sounds like Gronkowski is set for a pretty prominent role with Fox.

ESPN

Sunday NFL Countdown goes on the road for the second time ever…to recently laid-off ESPN analyst Jerome Bettis’ restaurant?

The only previous Sunday NFL Countdown road trip was to Mexico. This time, they'll be broadcasting from Bettis' Grille 36 in Pittsburgh.

Amazon

Tiki Barber, Curtis Stone, Tommy Smyth to hawk products on Amazon’s QVC-style TNF pre-game show

Are you ready...to buy some ultimate tailgate products?

2016

First regular-season Sunday NFL Countdown on road to air from Mexico City

ESPN has found success taking College GameDay on the road, something they’ve tried to replicate with SportsCenter and...

2016

NFL pre-game shows have been hit hard, especially ESPN and NBC

NFL ratings have dropped across the board, and the pre-game shows (just as important for networks, especially considering...

2016

Overseas games expand NFL broadcast windows, but hurt pregame shows

Staging NFL games overseas has received plenty of attention for its ability to expand the league’s brand in...