NFL on NBC
National Football League telecasts in the United States by NBC
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2024 | NBC airs a third Wild Card Playoff game on Peacock, expanding its playoff game coverage. |
2023 | NBC began producing a single regular season game per year exclusively on Peacock, with local markets still able to view on NBC stations. |
2022 | Maria Taylor becomes the host of Football Night in America, anchoring the series from Studio 1 at NBC Sports Headquarters. |
2022 | Mike Tirico permanently replaced Al Michaels in the Sunday Night Football broadcast booth. |
March 18 2021 | NFL announced a rights deal extension with NBC, Fox, CBS, and ESPN/ABC through the 2033 season, including Super Bowl broadcast rotation. |
September 27 2020 | Mike Tirico substituted for Al Michaels in the Sunday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and the New Orleans Saints. |
September 10 2020 | NBC aired the NFL Kickoff game featuring the Super Bowl LIV Champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Houston Texans. |
May 7 2020 | NFL released the 2020 schedule, with NBC preparing to broadcast Sunday Night Football and Wild Card games. |
December 25 2019 | NFL Films allowed two Western New York CBS affiliates to rerun the 1990 AFC championship game as a Christmas special. |
2018 | NBC broadcast Super Bowl LII, which featured the famous 'Philly Special' play where Nick Foles became the first player in Super Bowl history to both throw and catch a touchdown. |
2017 | NBC allowed Mike Tirico to call all Thursday Night Football games, while Al Michaels remained on Sunday Night Football. |
February 1 2016 | NFL announced NBC won a partial share of Thursday Night Football rights for the 2016 season, adding five additional Thursday night games to NBC's schedule. |
February 2015 | NBC broadcast Super Bowl XLIX, which became the most-watched program in American television history at the time, with 114.4 million US viewers. |
September 2014 | Production of Football Night in America is relocated to NBC Sports Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, joining all of NBC Sports' other operations. |
2013 | Football Night in America ends broadcasting from 30 Rockefeller Plaza studios. |
2012 | NBC began broadcasting the Thanksgiving prime time game and introduced the MVP award for the game. |
November 22 2012 | NBC broadcasted the Patriots-Jets game featuring the infamous 'Butt Fumble' play, with notable commentary by Cris Collinsworth. |
December 14 2011 | NFL, Fox, NBC, and CBS announced a rights deal extension through the 2022 season, including NBC's rotation of Super Bowl broadcasts. |
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