Thanksgiving Edition of NFL Network’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ Features 49ers-Ravens Nov. 24 at 8:00 PM ET — NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROMGRAMMING NOTES (11/22 – 11/28)

NFL.com’s The NFL Season Feature on Harbaugh Family on First-Ever Thanksgiving Edition of NFL GameDay Morning Live from Baltimore at 10:00 AM ET

Sound FX: Thursday Night Football Special Edition 49ers vs. Ravens Debuts Saturday, November 26 at 8:00 PM ET

NFL Network’s Thanksgiving Day coverage on Thursday, November 24 kicks off at 10:00 AM ET with a first-ever Thanksgiving edition on NFL GameDay Morning. Host Rich Eisen and analysts Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin and Deion Sanders are live from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore with a preview of the day’s games and the Week 12 schedule.

With Jim and John Harbaugh becoming the first brothers in NFL history to face each other as head coaches, NFL.com’s The NFL Season: A Biography presents a feature on the Harbaugh Family. Through interviews with both brothers and their parents, Jack and Jackie, NFL Network provides a look into the life of one of the more prominent football families.

Also featured on the Thanksgiving edition of NFL GameDay Morning:

• Feature on the 1993 Thanksgiving Day game between the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins, including interviews with Leon Lett, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Don Shula and Jimmy Johnson
• Profile examining what the Lions mean to the city of Detroit
• How teams can stop the undefeated Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers
• Deion Sanders delivers the top 10 Thanksgiving Day moments in a road edition of ‘Let’s Go Primetime’
• Albert Breer reports from Detroit for Packers-Lions & Steve Cyphers reports from Dallas for Dolphins-Cowboys

At 7:00 PM ET, the Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Sears pregame show takes viewers right up to kickoff between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens with reports from the locker room and complete highlights and analysis of all of the Thanksgiving games.

At 8:00 PM ET, quarterback Alex Smith and the San Francisco 49ers (9-1) look to remain undefeated on the road when they face quarterback Joe Flacco and the division-leading Baltimore Ravens (7-3). Brad Nessler provides the play-by-play and Mike Mayock serves as game analyst. Alex Flanagan provides reports from the sidelines at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

To view NFL.com’s The NFL Season: A Biography feature on the Harbaugh Family, please visit:

http://www.nfl.com/features/the-season-2011/episode-12

Sunday is GameDay, beginning with NFL GameDay Morning at 9:00 AM ET. Join host Rich Eisen and analysts Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner, Warren Sapp and Michael Irvin on the first and most comprehensive pregame show on television, taking viewers straight up to kickoff with the latest news, injury reports, pregame analysis, exclusive interviews and game previews.

Featured on NFL GameDay Morning:

• How will Chicago and Houston fare without their starting quarterbacks?
• Are the 4-6 Philadelphia Eagles still alive in the playoff chase?
• Must-win game for the Buffalo Bills & New York Jets at MetLife Stadium
• Jason La Canfora provides the latest reports from around the league on the Inside Slant
• Michael Lombardi offers the Front Office View

NFL Network reporters will provide pre-game news and interviews from the following games:

• Stacey Dales reports from Philadelphia for Patriots-Eagles
• Albert Breer reports from New York for Bills-Jets
• Steve Cyphers reports from Jacksonville for Texans-Jaguars

On Saturday, November 26 at 8:00 PM ET, experience an NFL game in a way only NFL Network can bring you on Sound FX: Thursday Night Football Special Edition 49ers vs. Ravens, an exclusive one-hour “all-sound” cut down version of the Thanksgiving Day Thursday Night Football game between the division-leading San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens.

Produced by NFL Films, the show offers a unique look into the first-ever meeting between NFL head coaching brothers, featuring more than a dozen players and coaches wired for sound throughout the game.

Additionally, Sound FX: Thursday Night Football Special Edition 49ers vs. Ravens includes 17 all-access cameras dedicated to capturing sights and sounds from the field, sidelines and coaching booth, bringing viewers a multitude of elements that are not provided in a regular NFL broadcast and allowing fans to experience the game in a unique way.

It is the second consecutive year of the once-a-season show. Last season’s Sound FX: Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets, won a 2010 Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Event Turnaround.

For a clip from last year’s Sound FX featuring Jets head coach Rex Ryan, please visit the following link:

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/09000d5d81c9075c/Sound-FX-Ryan-and-Jets-soar

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Tuesday, November 22

Around the League Live:

• Packers DT B.J. Raji interview
• Ravens LB Jameel McClain interview
• Randy Moss reports from Dallas
• Jason La Canfora reports from Baltimore
• Melissa Stark reports from New York with the Jets
• Albert Breer reports from Detroit

NFL Total Access:

• 49ers WR Michael Crabtree interview

Wednesday, November 23

Around the League Live:

• Ravens WR Torrey Smith interview
• Randy Moss reports from Chicago

NFL Total Access:

• Lions WR Nate Burleson & Cowboys LB Bradie James on a Thanksgiving-themed ‘Open Locker Room’

Saturday, November 26

NFL Total Access:

• Albert Breer reports from New York with the Jets
• Stacey Dales reports from Philadelphia

Kurt Warner, Warren Sapp, Michael Lombardi and Joe Theismann are featured this week on No Huddle Wednesday, November 23 at 10:00 PM ET for a roundtable discussion. The four analysts will discuss the following topics:

• Can the Green Bay Packers finish the season at 16-0?
• How will the loss of quarterback Jay Cutler affect the 7-3 Chicago Bears?
• Can Matt Leinart lead the Houston Texans to the franchise’s first playoff berth?

Below are quotes from this week’s edition of No Huddle:

“It’s going to be one of the great chess matches we’ve seen between two coaches.” – Joe Theismann on the 49ers-Ravens on Thursday Night Football

“This is going to affect them. To me, what makes this team go during this run has been Jay Cutler, and I don’t think you replace that.” – Kurt Warner on the impact of Jay Cutler’s absence for the Chicago Bears

The latest edition of The Rich Eisen Podcast airs on NFL Network Friday, November 25 at 2:30 PM ET.

The new starting quarterback for the AFC South-leading Houston Texans, Matt Leinart, appears on the podcast to discuss filling in for the injured Matt Schaub and the return of wide receiver Andre Johnson as he looks to lead the Texans to their first playoff berth in franchise history.

Co-author of the book Freakonomics, Stephen J. Dubner, calls in to talk about the book and the NFL.com series, Football Freakonomics. To view episodes of Football Freakonomics, please visit:

http://www.nfl.com/features/freakonomics/episode-3

NFL Network analyst Brian Billick previews all of the Week 12 games, and writer/comedian Nick Bakay discusses the current state of the Buffalo Bills.

Friday 8:00 PM ET – AFC Playbook with Sterling Sharpe, Brian Baldinger, Joe Theismann and Matt Millen:

• Sterling Sharpe on how the Jets offense can get back on track
• Joe Theismann on how Tim Tebow can lead the Broncos to their fourth consecutive win
• Brian Billick film study on how the Bears can ride their defense to a sixth consecutive win
• What’s wrong with the Chargers offense?
• 2:00 Warning – A look at the fantasy impact rookie quarterbacks in Week 12

Friday 9:00 PM ET – NFC Playbook with Sterling Sharpe, Brian Baldinger, Joe Theismann and Matt Millen

• Sterling Sharpe on how the Eagles defense can shut down the Patriots
• Joe Theismann on how Matt Ryan can lead the Falcons to their fifth win in their last six games
• Brian Billick film study on how Drew Brees can attack the Giants defense and lead the Saints to their third consecutive win
• Why the Redskins will lose their seventh consecutive game
• 2:00 Warning – A look at the fantasy impact wide receivers in the NFC

Six of the top 10 teams in NFL.com’s Week 12 Power Poll are from the NFC, with the undefeated Super Bowl-champion Green Bay Packers on top for the 12th consecutive week.

The San Francisco 49ers (No. 2), New Orleans Saints (No. 3), Chicago Bears (No. 8), Detroit Lions (No. 9) and New York Giants (No. 10) round out the NFC teams in the top 10.

The No. 2 49ers travel to face the No. 5 Ravens on NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football November 24 at 8:00 PM ET.

To view the entire poll, visit:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8245cc0d/article/week-12-lions-hope-to-knock-the-stuffing-out-of-no-1-packers?module=HP11_headline_stack

Tuesday, November 22

5:00 PM – Around the League Live

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access

8:00 PM – NFL Replay: Carolina Panthers at Detroit Lions – Week 11, 2011

9:30 PM – NFL Replay: Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins – Week 11, 2011

11:00 PM – NFL Total Access

12 MIDNIGHT – NFL Fantasy Live

12:30 AM – NFL Replay: Carolina Panthers at Detroit Lions – Week 11, 2011

2:00 AM – NFL Replay: Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins – Week 11, 2011

3:30 AM – Sound FX: John Harbaugh

Wednesday, November 23

12 NOON – NFL Films Presents: Oh, Brother

12:30 PM – NFL Replay: Carolina Panthers at Detroit Lions – Week 11, 2011

2:00 PM – NFL Fantasy Live

2:30 PM – NFL Replay: Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins – Week 11, 2011

4:00 PM – Tom Landry: A Football Life

5:00 PM – Around the League Live

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access

8:00 PM – NFL Replay: Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens – Week 11, 2011
9:30 PM – Sound FX: Week 11, 2011

10:00 PM – No Huddle

11:00 PM – NFL Total Access

12 MIDNIGHT – NFL Fantasy Live

12:30 AM – NFL Classic Games: Miami Dolphins vs. Dallas Cowboys – Nov. 25, 1993

3:30 AM – NFL Films Presents: Oh, Brother

Thursday, November 24

9:00 AM – NFL’s Top 10: Thanksgiving Moments

10:00 AM – NFL GameDay Morning – LIVE

12:30 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Thanksgiving Moments

1:30 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Traditions

2:30 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Football Families

3:30 PM – NFL Films Presents: Harbaugh Roundtable

4:00 PM – NFL GameDay Scoreboard

7:00 PM – Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Sears – LIVE

8:00 PM – Thursday Night Football: San Francisco 49ers at Baltimore Ravens – LIVE

11:30 PM – Kay Jewelers Postgame

12 MIDNIGHT – NFL Total Access

Friday, November 25

12 NOON – NFL’s Top 10: Things That Changed the Game

1:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Comebacks

2:00 PM – NFL Fantasy Live

2:30 PM – The Rich Eisen Podcast

3:00 PM – NFL Films Presents: Guiding Lights

3:30 PM – 2004 New England Patriots

4:00 PM – Game of the Week: New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles – Super Bowl XXXIX

5:00 PM – Around the League Live

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access

8:00 PM – Playbook: AFC

9:00 PM – Playbook: NFC

10:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Uniforms 

11:00 PM – NFL Total Access

12 MIDNIGHT – NFL Fantasy Live

12:30 AM – Playbook: AFC

1:30 AM – Playbook: NFC

2:30 AM – NFL’s Top 10: Things We Miss About Football

3:30 AM – Sound FX: Week 11, 2011

Saturday, November 26

9:00 AM – NFL Films Presents: Guiding Lights

9:30 AM – Sound FX: Week 11, 2011

10:00 AM – NFL’s Top 10: Things We Miss About Football

11:00 AM – Playbook: AFC

12:00 NOON – Playbook: NFC

1:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Thanksgiving Moments

2:00 PM – The NFL Season: A Biography: Episode #1

2:30 PM – The NFL Season: A Biography: Episode #2

3:00 PM – Sound FX: Week 11, 2011

3:30 PM – The Rich Eisen Podcast

4:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Uniforms

5:00 PM – Playbook: AFC

6:00 PM – Playbook: NFC

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access

8:00 PM – Sound FX: Thursday Night Football Special Edition 49ers-Ravens – PREMIERE

9:00 PM – Kurt Warner: A Football Life

10:00 PM – Walter Payton: A Football Life

11:00 PM – NFL Total Access

12 MIDNIGHT – Sound FX: Thursday Night Football Special Edition 49ers-Ravens

1:00 AM – Kurt Warner: A Football Life

2:00 AM – Walter Payton: A Football Life

Sunday, November 27

9:00 AM – NFL GameDay Morning

1:00 PM – NFL GameDay Statzone

4:00 PM – NFL GameDay Scoreboard

7:30 PM – NFL GameDay Highlights

11:30 PM – NFL GameDay Final

Monday, November 28

1:00 PM – Around the League Live

6:00 PM – Up to the Minute

6:30 PM – The Coaches Show

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access

8:30 PM – The Coaches Show

9:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Follies

10:00 PM – The Coaches Show

10:30 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Innovations

11:30 PM – NFL Total Access Monday Night Football Presser

12 MIDNIGHT – NFL Total Access Monday Night Football Review