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UPDATED, 10:54 AM: Charissa Thompson, a veteran of Fox Sports and ESPN, is joining Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football team as the host of its pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage. Thompson will anchor the streamer's wraparound coverage alongside Tony Gonzalez, Richard Sherman, and Ryan Fitzpatrick. She will…

Al Michaels, who in March exited NBC’s flagship Sunday Night Football booth after 16 seasons to join the new Thursday Night Football franchise at Amazon, isn’t exiting his former home completely. NBC Sports said Tuesday that it has signed Michaels to an “emeritus role,” a deal that the network said will see him…

With the NBA and NHL playoffs in full swing, the NFL is grabbing some headlines today as it reveals the 2022 schedule. Have a look at the primetime and holiday games and some key matchups below (all times Pacific for brevity). The league teased the Week 1 schedule earlier today, with the defending Super Bowl champion…

In the annals of full-tilt ad pitches that have left buyers razzled and dazzled, Amazon's NewFront presentation tonight may not merit an especially lengthy or detailed chapter. Most of the announcements during the 90-minute event had been posted to Deadline and other outlets before the crowd of several hundred filed…

Following its MGM purchase, Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy anticipates a continued ramp-up of investment in entertainment as Prime Video content proves highly successful in spurring signups of Amazon Prime. The biggest investment so far is its recently closed $8.45 billion acquisition of the studio behind James…

Thursday was a busy one as broadcast primetime offerings ranged from the usual sitcoms on CBS and dramas on CW to Annie Live! on NBC, football on Fox and Alec Baldwin’s dramatic Rust tell-all on ABC. Of the offerings, however, Fox’s coverage of Thursday Night Football‘s Dallas Cowboys-New Orleans Saints game took the…

Fox’s coverage of NFL Football’s showdown between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons lead the charge on Thursday evening. Like most live football games, the matchup, which saw the Patriots pummel the Falcons 25-0, obviously marked the highest-rated and most-watched program of the evening. The latest Thurs…

Fox has a good night Thursday, just days after the 2021 World Series ender, as its coverage of NFL Football topped primetime, again. The match up between the Indianapolis Colts and New York Jets, which saw the latter win 45-30, drew in a 1.8 rating in the 18-49 demo and 7.32 million viewers in preliminary…

For the third week in a row, Fox has topped Thursday primetime with its coverage of NFL Football. Last night, the network’s broadcast of the Denver Broncos-Cleveland Browns game drew in the evening’s highest rating and most viewers. The game saw the Browns walk away victorious 17-14 against their Denver opponents. Per…

Fox touched down strong in Thursday primetime with its Thursday Night Football matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and the Seattle Seahawks, which saw the former earn a 26-17 victory on Fox. Per Nielsen fast affiliates, the game drew in a 2.1 rating in the 18-49 demo and 8.15 million viewers, easily surpassing the…

Mike Muriano, a 20-year veteran of the NFL Network, has joined Amazon as Executive Producer, Live Sports at Prime Video as the streaming powerhouse continues to ramp up its sports efforts. About a year from now, Amazon will begin a significant new chapter, taking over exclusive rights to the NFL’s Thursday Night Footba…

On the last day of the turbulent 2020-21 television season amidst a year of pandemic and programming chaos, we have once again learned you don’t tug on Superman’s cape, you don’t spit into the wind and you don’t mess around with the NFL, NCIS or The Masked Singer. Standing on data reminiscent of last year’s results, CB…