NFL MEDIA PROGRAMMING NOTES (9/9 – 9/14)
- NFL Network Shows and Scheduled Guests
For a full description of each show, please click the show’s link
SHOW HIGHLIGHT: NFL Total Access Kickoff at 6:00 PM ET on NFL Network; NFL Thursday Night Kickoff at 7:30 PM ET on CBS
SHOW HIGHLIGHT: NFL Media’s Michael Silver with Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant on NFL GameDay Morning Sunday, September 14 at 9:00 AM ET
SHOW HIGHLIGHT: Wired sound of Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien, New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan, Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry on Sound FX Friday, September 12 at 10:00 PM ET
SHOW HIGHLIGHT: Marshall Faulk and Tyler Ritter on Wednesday, September 10, Justin Tuck & Lynn Swann on Friday, September 12.
SHOW HIGHLIGHT: Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice on Tuesday, September 9 & Broncos defensive end DeMarcus Ware on Friday, September 12
- NFL.com Content
SHOW HIGHLIGHT: Stanford head coach David Shaw on the College 24/7 Podcast; Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith on The Coaches Show Podcast
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Thursday Night Football – Steelers vs. Ravens at 8:25 PM ET on CBS
The 2014 Thursday Night Football schedule on CBS and NFL Network kicks off Thursday, September 11 at 8:25 PM ET when quarterback Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens host quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz and analyst Phil Simms have the call, with Tracy Wolfson providing reports from the sideline.
Coverage begins at 6:00 PM ET with NFL Total Access Kickoff on NFL Network. Host Rich Eisen and analysts Michael Irvin, Marshall Faulk and Steve Mariucci are live outside of M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore to provide analysis of Steelers-Ravens and highlight the atmosphere and festivities outside the stadium.
Provided below is a list of topics they will discuss:
- NFL Total Access Kickoff honors the 200th anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner and remembers 9/11
- Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger sits down with his former coach Bill Cowher
- Which group will shine Thursday night: Steelers defense or Ravens offense
- Who will have the bigger impact: Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown or running back Le’Veon Bell
- Which playoff contender can least afford to go 0-2?
- How to attack the Seahawk defense
- Bigger concern in Dallas: quarterback Tony Romo or the defense
- Bigger key for another Broncos Super Bowl run: offense or defense
At 7:30 PM ET on NFL Network and CBS, James Brown, Deion Sanders and Bill Cowher host NFL Thursday Night Kickoff from inside the stadium. Eisen, Irvin, Faulk and Mariucci will also appear on the show.
During halftime, Brown, Sanders and Cowher host the Lexus Halftime Show on CBS, providing first half highlights and analysis. Following the game, Eisen, Irvin, Faulk, Mariucci and Sanders host the Mazda Postgame Show, which features complete game highlights and analysis, as well as on-set interviews with players from the winning team.
NFL Now
NFL Now is the League’s next-generation video service, providing fans access to the largest digital library of NFL video anywhere, accessible though apps and browsers across an array of Internet-connected devices. Offered for free with a premium tier, NFL Now allows fans to customize their own video stream of short-form videos and highlights from NFL Media and all 32 NFL clubs.
The NFL…Personalized: Fans can select their favorite NFL teams and players and upload their NFL.com Fantasy roster, and NFL Now dynamically personalizes each fan’s viewing experience. The customization grows over time, as the content engine learns each fan’s preferences and fine tunes the video stream, to the point where no two registered fans will have the same experience on NFL Now.
Provided below is a weekly schedule of NFL Now content:
- Live streaming of NFL Fantasy Live on NFL Now
o Monday – Friday at 4:00 PM ET,
o Sunday at 5:30 – 7:00 AM ET
- Live streaming press conferences
- Michael Fabiano personalized fantasy analysis
- Instant in-game highlights for every game
- In-depth analysis for all 32 teams every day
NFL GameDay on NFL Network – Sunday Starting at 7:00 AM ET
NFL Network’s ‘GameDay’ coverage kicks off Sunday, September 14, providing more than 15 hours of live programming every Sunday during the regular season.
Start each Sunday with NFL GameDay First at 7:00 AM ET, the first NFL pregame show on television. Host Melissa Stark and analysts Sterling Sharpe, Shaun O’Hara and Michael Robinson provide the first analysis and news reports of the day’s games.
NFL GameDay Morning, the most comprehensive pregame show on television, airs at 9:00 AM ET and takes viewers right up to kickoff. Host Rich Eisen and analysts Steve Mariucci and Kurt Warner are joined by Hall of Famers in Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin and Warren Sapp to discuss the upcoming games four hours prior to kickoff. NFL Network reporters stationed around the league provide up-to-the-minute reports and interviews from the game sites, while NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport offers the latest on what is making news around the league. Additionally, Michael Silver, Andrea Kremer, Mark Kriegel and Steve Cyphers provide in-depth feature stories each week.
This week, Michael Silver sits down with Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant for an interview on NFL GameDay Morning on Sunday, September 14 at 9:00 AM ET.
At 1:00 PM ET, NFL GameDay Live is the only show that delivers in-progress highlights of all of the 1:00 and 4:00 PM ET games, as well as live fantasy updates and reports, live press conferences and 1-on-1 interviews, and live reports from game sites. Kevin Frazier and Dan Hellie host, and are joined by analysts Heath Evans, Brian Billick, LaDainian Tomlinson and Daniel Jeremiah.
At 7:30 PM ET, host Chris Rose and analysts Deion Sanders, LaDainian Tomlinson and Steve Mariucci recap the day’s action thus far with highlights, postgame press conferences and commentary on NFL GameDay Highlights, leading up to kickoff of the Sunday night matchup.
NFL GameDay Final provides the final word on Sunday’s games at 11:30 PM ET with host Chris Rose and analysts Deion Sanders, Marshall Faulk and Michael Irvin. With postgame press conferences, game highlights, player and coach interviews, expert analysis, a preview of Monday’s game and more, NFL GameDay Final provides everything viewers need to know about the week in the NFL.
Week 1 NFL Replay & Sound FX
NFL Replay offers an exclusive look at the previous week’s games in a condensed, high-octane format. With the use of bonus NFL Films and NFL Network footage, including never-before-seen camera angles and coaches’ commentary, combined with exclusive wired sound from the field, locker rooms and sidelines, viewers will experience the game like never before.
Sound FX offers a compilation of the best on-field sights and sounds from around the NFL each week.
Week 1 NFL Replay & Sound FX schedule:
Tuesday
- 2:00 PM ET – NFL Replay: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens
- 3:30 PM ET – NFL Replay: Cleveland Browns vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Wednesday
- 9:00 PM ET – NFL Replay: New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons
Friday
- 10:00 PM ET – Sound FX: Wired for sound this week, Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien, New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan, Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry on Sound FX
NFL AM – Daily Episodes at 6:00 AM ET; Re-Aires at 10:00 AM ET
Start the day off with the NFL. NFL AM airs Monday – Friday at 6:00 AM ET offering analysis, reports from correspondents in several NFL cities, interviews with players and coaches, and game highlights. A two-hour edition of NFL AM airs Monday – Friday starting at 10:00 AM ET.
Hosts Rhett Lewis and Erin Coscarelli are joined by analysts Eric Davis and LaVar Arrington each morning, setting the football conversation for the day.
The following guest will join the show this week:
- Wednesday – Hall of Fame running back and NFL Network analyst Marshall Faulk and Tyler Ritter from The All American Rejects
- Friday – Oakland Raiders defensive end Justin Tuck
NFL Game Rewind
Re-live every week one game with Game Rewind – a condensed 30-minute edition of each game. Game Rewind airs on Monday from 12 Noon – 3:00 PM ET & 8:30 – 11:30 PM ET, and on Tuesday from 12 Noon – 2:00 PM ET.
Provided below is Tuesday’s NFL Game Rewind schedule:
Tuesday
- 12 Noon ET – Indianapolis Colts vs. Denver Broncos
- 1:00 PM ET – New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons
- 1:30 PM ET – New York Giants vs. Detroit Lions
- 2:00 PM ET – San Diego Chargers vs. Arizona Cardinals
The Aftermath – Mondays at 3:00 PM ET
Every Monday at 3:00 PM ET, get up to speed on everything that happened in the NFL on Sunday with highlights, news, information and analysis on The Aftermath. Host Scott Hanson and analyst Brian Baldinger look back at all of Sunday’s games, along with player and coach press conferences.
Joe Greene: A Football Life – Friday at 9:00 PM ET
As a Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle, four-time Super Bowl champion, 10-time Pro Bowler and two-time Defensive Player of the Year, Joe Greene earned the nickname “Mean Joe” and established himself as one of the most-feared defenders in NFL history. Yet off the field, the husband, father of three and grandfather of seven goes by the name of “Papa Joe” and bears little resemblance to the 13-year NFL veteran.
The fourth season of the three-time Emmy-nominated series A Football Life kicks off Friday, September 12 at 9:00 PM ET on NFL Network with a profile of “Mean Joe” Greene. The one-hour, NFL Films-produced documentary features sit down interviews with Greene and those who know him well, including former Hall of Fame teammates Franco Harris, Lynn Swann and Jack Ham, Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney, and more.
This season, A Football Life airs Friday at 9:00 PM ET on NFL Network. Below is the broadcast schedule for the September and October episodes:
- September 19 – Brandon Marshall
- September 26 – Sean Taylor
- October 3 – Warren Moon
- October 10 – Eric Dickerson
- October 17 – Doug Flutie
- October 24 – Terrell Davis
- October 31 – Ricky Williams
NFL Fantasy Live – Daily Episodes at 4:00 PM ET on NFL.com/NFL Now/NFL Mobile & 5:00 PM ET on NFL Network
NFL Fantasy Live, the premier show for fantasy football players, has returned with daily episodes for the entire 2014 NFL Season.
Continuing throughout the NFL season, the one-hour show airs Monday through Friday. Catch it first on NFL.com, NFL Now and NFL Mobile at 4:00 PM ET and then on NFL Network at 5:00 PM ET.
Additionally, each Sunday at 11:30 AM ET, NFL Fantasy Live airs on NFL.com, NFL Now, NFL Mobile and the NFL RedZone channel.
This Thursday, NFL Fantasy Live airs at the special times of 4:00 PM ET on NFL Network and 5:30 PM ET on NFL.com, NFL Now and NFL Mobile.
Fantasy Experts:
o Michael Fabiano
o Adam Rank
o Matt “Money” Smith
o Akbar Gbajabiamila
o Elliot Harrison
o Marcas Grant
o Molly Qerim
o James Koh
Additionally, catch the NFL Fantasy Live podcast: http://www.nfl.com/podcast/nflfantasy-podcast
Returning this year is NFL Fantasy’s Fantasy Genius – the collaborative community for shared fantasy football information.
Around the NFL – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday at 6:00 PM ET; Thursday at 2:00 PM ET
Around the NFL provides all of the latest news and information surrounding the National Football League Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:00 PM ET, and Thursday at 2:00 PM ET on NFL Network.
Hosts Andrew Siciliano and Lindsay Rhodes are joined each day by a rotating roster of NFL Network analysts including Kurt Warner, Steve Mariucci, Brian Baldinger, Solomon Wilcots, Jamie Dukes and Charley Casserly.
In addition to the NFL Network analysts & NFL players joining Around the NFL, team beat writers from around the league join the show on a regular basis to provide their unique perspective.
NFL Total Access – Monday-Saturday at 7:00 PM ET; Thursday Following Thursday Night Football
NFL Total Access returns to the time of 7:00 PM ET Monday – Saturday on NFL Network (airs on Thursday following Thursday Night Football).
Hosts Dan Hellie and Amber Theoharis anchor the NFL’s show of record each night and are joined by NFL Network analysts Willie McGinest, Heath Evans, Warren Sapp, LaDainian Tomlinson, Steve Mariucci, Brian Billick, Daniel Jeremiah, Brian Baldinger and Shawne Merriman.
Tuesday, September 9
- Hosts: Dan Hellie & Amber Theoharis
- Analysts: Willie McGinest, Heath Evans
- Guest: Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice
Wednesday, September 10
- Hosts: Dan Hellie & Amber Theoharis
- Analysts: Willie McGinest, Heath Evans, Kurt Warner
Thursday, September 11 – After Steelers-Ravens
- Hosts: Dan Hellie & Amber Theoharis
- Analysts: Willie McGinest, Heath Evans
Friday, September 12
- Hosts: Dan Hellie & Amber Theoharis
- Analysts: Willie McGinest, Daniel Jeremiah
- Guest: Denver Broncos defensive end DeMarcus Ware
Saturday, September 13
- Hosts: Scott Hanson
- Analysts: Jamie Dukes, Daniel Jeremiah
Playbook – Friday at 4:00 PM ET; Playbook Primetime – Friday at 8:00 PM ET
See the game the way the pros do each week with two editions of the show Playbook, the ultimate X’s and O’s football show on television.
Playbook airs every Friday at 4:00 PM ET with former players Sterling Sharpe and Shaun O’Hara, and former Super Bowl-winning head coach Brian Billick bringing the viewers the inside information for every game each week. With the help of “All-22” footage – the same film used by NFL teams each week – Playbook breaks down all of the games and tells you who will win on Sunday. The one-hour show also recaps the previous night’s Thursday Night Football matchup.
At 8:00 PM ET, Sharpe, O’Hara and Billick return for Playbook Primetime, which breaks down the week’s biggest games and explains which teams will win and why.
Inside the NFL – Wednesday at 9:00 PM ET
Showtime’s popular show, Inside the NFL, comes to NFL Network for the first time. Each week’s episode will re-air on NFL Network Wednesday at 9:00 PM ET following its original airing on Showtime.
Host Greg Gumbel is joined by analysts Phil Simms, Boomer Esiason, former Pro Bowl safety Ed Reed and current Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall cover every game, every week, with trademark highlights from NFL Films, special, in-depth features and spirited debate on the hottest topics in the league.
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NFL Editorial Content – Daily on NFL.com
- Michael Silver
o Michael Silver writes columns every Monday
o To read his columns: http://on.nfl.com/1lwmZ3q
- Judy Battista
o Judy Battista writes columns every Tuesday and Friday
o To read her other columns: http://on.nfl.com/17S17El
- Elliot Harrison’s Weekly Power Rankings
o Every Tuesday, Elliott Harrison ranks NFL teams from No. 1 through No. 32 in his weekly power rankings. His power rankings will be a staple on NFL Network and NFL Digital Media’s programming throughout the week.
o To view the weekly power rankings: http://on.nfl.com/17CaPue
- NFL.com’s Around the NFL Blog
o Get the latest news & information from around the league with NFL.com’s Around the NFL blog
o Follow on Twitter: @AroundTheNFL
- NFL.com’s College Football 24/7
o Get all of the news and analysis from around college football with NFL.com’s College Football 24/7
o Follow on Twitter: @NFL_CFB
Catch all of NFL Media’s writers work here: http://www.nfl.com/news
NFL.com Presents Six Weekly Podcasts
- Dave Dameshek Football Program
- Around the NFL
- The Coaches Show – Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith
- College Football 24/7 – Stanford head coach David Shaw
- NFL Fantasy Live
- Move The Sticks
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