NBC Sunday Night Football is a weekly
television broadcast of Sunday evening
National Football League games on
NBC that began airing on Sunday, August 6, 2006 with the pre-season opening
Hall of Fame Game.
Al Michaels serves as the
play-by-play announcer, with
Cris Collinsworth providing color commentary, and
Andrea Kremer serving as the sole sideline reporter. Fred Gaudelli and Drew Esocoff, the lead producer and director respectively, carry over their duties from
ABC's telecasts of
Monday Night Football.
John Madden, the color commentator for the first three years of the program, retired prior to the
2009 season;
Collinsworth succeeded him.
ESPN, which aired Sunday games from the
1987 through
2005 NFL seasons, took over
Monday Night Football from sister network ABC; starting in 2006.
Studio show
The studio show
Football Night in America, featuring
Bob Costas,
Dan Patrick,
Keith Olbermann,
Tony Dungy,
Rodney Harrison,
Tiki Barber, and
Peter King precedes the broadcast each week, featuring a recap of the other Sunday NFL contests. Costas, Kremer, Collinsworth, and Michaels also contribute to the studio show from the game site.
