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The NFL has set another multiplatform deal for this season’s wild card playoff games. ESPN owner the Walt Disney Company and the NFL announced a five year rights agreement for ESPN to present a new Monday night Wild Card game beginning with the 2021 season and continuing through the 2025 season. The agreement was…

Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden resigned Monday night, issuing the following statement which was posted on the team’s Twitter page: “I have resigned as Head Coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. I love the Raiders and do not want to be a distraction. Thank you to all the players, coaches, staff, and fans of Raider…

UPDATE, 1:04 PM: Tom Brady has rarely been second place at anything, but the seven-time Super Bowl champ and NFL passing yardage record holder may be cool with this one. The QB’s much promoted return to play his old comrades in the New England Patriot last night on Sunday Night Football is now the second-most watched S…

One of the biggest “revenge” games in NFL history takes place tonight, as Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers returns to New England to take on the Patriots. NBC’s Sunday Night Football will televise the game, starting at 8:00 ET/5:00 PT. Brady, as most know, left the Patriots as a free agent after 20 years…

2ND UPDATE with NBCUniversal statement: NBCUniversal and YouTube TV have agreed to an extension of their carriage agreement, which officially expired Thursday, while they continue to negotiate a renewal. In a statement, NBC described it as a “short extension while parties continue talks.” While 14 networks hang in the…

(UPDATED WITH MORE NFL NUMBERS) The much-nominated and tremendous Slave Play came up empty-handed and Jagged Little Pill's Lauren Patten showed exactly what an acceptance speech should be Sunday night as CBS took the Tony Awards to a whole new stage of sorts. Fall Premiere Dates For New & Returning TV Series On Broadca…

(UPDATED WITH NFL NUMBERS) With a predictable night of winners at the low-drama 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS and a high-stakes battle between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs over on NBC's Sunday Night Football, we all thought we knew how this was going to end. 73rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards: Deadlin…

As we discover far too often, history loves to repeat itself – in the NFL and otherwise. That was the case for Sunday Night Football's season kickoff between the hometown Los Angeles Rams and the Chicago Bears on NBC on September 12. Sure, even with the Covid-19 Delta variant seemingly everywhere, there were actual…

It was a good night to be Tom Brady, NBC and the NFL. In one of the better primetime NFL kickoff games we've seen in recent seasons, Brady and reigning Super Bowl champs the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ended any change of an early unbeaten streak for the Dallas Cowboys with a 31-29 victory at home. Absent a blowout and with…

After a successful debut last season, Nickelodeon and CBS Sports are re-teaming with the NFL for another alternate broadcast of a playoff game. The wild-card game will be Sunday, January 16, at 4:30PM ET. A graphics- and kid-commentary-filled telecast will accompany the regular broadcast on CBS. Last year’s edition…

With its regular season set to start tonight, the NFL has announced two business partnerships: a 10-year renewal with Verizon and an agreement with airport network provider ReachTV. The Verizon deal will expand on previous efforts to widen the deployment of 5G technology. The telco’s 5G Ultra Wideband will be featured…

All but a handful of ads on NBC’s Super Bowl next February have been sold, fetching as much as $6.5 million for 30 seconds, according to the latest report from NBCUniversal ad execs. In a conference call with the press today, Dan Lovinger, EVP of ad sales at NBC Sports Group, said fewer than five spots remain…