“The NFL Today” is the longest-running pregame show in sports television history, serving as the first live pregame show, the first to show halftime highlights of other games, and the first to wrap up as a post-game show — changing the way sports games were covered forever.
With memorable hosts like Brent Musburger, Greg Gumbel, Jim Nantz, and James Brown, “The NFL Today” has thrived as the go-to pregame show around the United States. Musburger, Irv Cross, Phyllis George and Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder led the way for over a decade, followed by Gumbel, Terry Bradshaw, Lesley Visser, Pat O’Brien, and Jim Gray.
When CBS got the NFL rights back for the 1998 season, “The NFL Today” returned with Nantz, Deion Sanders, Randy Cross, Jerry Glanville and Mike Ditka ushering in a new era. James Brown returned to CBS to host in 2006, pairing with Dan Marino and Shannon Sharpe for nearly a decade as Bill Cowher and Boomer Esiason came aboard.
Brown, Cowher, and Esiason are still with “The NFL Today,” with Nate Burleson and Phil Simms joining the team in 2017. The same pregame crew has been together since, set to be the pregame panel for their third Super Bowl together in Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII.
On Super Bowl Sunday, CBS Sports will present “YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE! The Show That Changed Sports Television Forever” — a one-hour original special about the story of “The NFL Today.” The special debuts on Sunday, Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+, leading directly into a four-hour edition of “The NFL Today” ahead of CBS Sports’ presentation of Super Bowl LVIII.
The four hosts — Musburger, Gumbel, Nantz, and Brown — shared memories of their time hosting the show and what “The NFL Today” meant to them. Nantz choked up when the original score from “The NFL Today” came on.
“Hearing that music come on and the opening animation,” a joyous Nantz reminisced. “We have a contemporary version…
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Author : Jeff Kerr
Publish date : 2024-01-29 21:18:12
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