Television 2007 NFL season
the 2007 season marked second year of current television contracts nbc, cbs, fox, espn, , nfl network. pre-game shows made changes, former steelers coach bill cowher joining host james brown, boomer esiason, shannon sharpe , dan marino on cbs s nfl today. on fox, after 1 season on road, fox nfl sunday returned los angeles curt menefee took on full-time host. chris rose, had been doing in-game updates of other nfl games, reverted part-time play-by-play role.
new england takes on san diego in afc championship game
the biggest changes @ nbc , espn. michael irvin s contract espn not renewed, , former coach bill parcells returned network after 4 years cowboys head coach. parcells left before season ended become miami dolphins vp of player personnel. pair of former cowboys, emmitt smith , keyshawn johnson provided roles in studio sunday nfl countdown , monday night countdown. @ monday night football, joe theismann dropped (and later resign network) after seventeen years in booth between sunday , monday night packages, , former philadelphia eagles quarterback , current philadelphia soul (afl) president ron jaworski took place alongside mike tirico , tony kornheiser. part of reason jaworski replaced theismann because of chemistry kornheiser on pardon interruption, jaworski frequent guest during football season.
nbc s football night in america made 2 changes. msnbc countdown anchor keith olbermann joined bob costas , cris collinsworth co-host, while sterling sharpe exited studio analyst, , former new york giants running tiki barber replaced him. in change, faith hill took on singing waiting day sunday night pink.
in second year of nfl network s run playoffs , marshall faulk , deion sanders replaced dick vermeil 2 games when collinsworth unavailable. unforced change saw bryant gumbel miss broncos–texans game december 13 due sore throat , nbc announcer tom hammond step gumbel s play-by-play role in turned out more or less preview of 1 of nbc s wild card game announcing teams.
controversy surrounding nfl network coverage
the dispute between nfl network , various cable companies involving distribution of cable channel continued throughout season, getting attention of government officials when nfl network scheduled televise 2 high-profile regular season games: packers-cowboys game on november 29 , patriots-giants game on december 29. in case of packers-cowboys game, carriage limited governor of wisconsin jim doyle went brother s house watch game on satellite (which majority of viewers watch network). contest drew network record 10.1 million viewers, high-water mark @ time.
some politicians urged league seek resolution conflict. in december, massachusetts senator john kerry wrote letter nfl commissioner roger goodell asking league settle differences in time patriots-giants game. because game, turned out, patriots attempt seal record make them first undefeated team in 35 years, kerry urged solution decided upon in time americans can witness historic event. also, pennsylvania senator arlen specter threatened introduce legislation eliminate league s freedom antitrust laws.
on december 26, nfl announced that, despite initial plans broadcast game on nfl network, game presented in three-network simulcast both cbs , nbc, first time nfl game broadcast on 3 networks, , first simulcast of pro football game since super bowl i. nielsen ratings saw cbs 15.7 million viewers, nbc 13.2 million viewers , nfl network 4.5 million viewers game. in addition, local stations in new york city (wwor-tv in nearby secaucus, new jersey), boston (wcvb-tv), , manchester, new hampshire (wmur-tv), signed on carry game in teams home markets, added 1.2 million viewers, making watched tv show since 2007 oscars , watched regular season nfl telecast in twelve years.
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