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85-639: Sunday Night Football may refer to: NBC Sunday Night Football , the Sunday night broadcast of American NFL games by NBC since 2006 ESPN Sunday Night Football , the Sunday night broadcast of American NFL games from 1987 to 2005 by ESPN TNT Sunday Night Football , the Sunday night broadcast of American NFL games from 1990 to 1997 by TNT Sunday Night Football radio coverage on Westwood One Sunday Night Football (Australian TV program) , an Australian football sports broadcast television program that aired on

170-636: A 62–7 blowout while Game 4 of the 2011 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers was a more closely contested game, causing the ratings to slip in 2011. In 2012 , the NFL once again scheduled the New Orleans Saints to play on SNF in late October, this time against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on October 28 ( Denver does have an MLB team,

255-567: A December 7 inter-conference match-up between the Baltimore Ravens and Washington Redskins displacing a New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks game. The league filled the open spot on December 28 with a game between the Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers with major playoff implications, as the winner of that game would win the AFC West while the loser would be eliminated. The 2009 schedule, released on April 14, continued

340-681: A Minor League Triple AAA team that is affiliated with the Pirates, and New Orleans has a Triple AAA team affiliated with the Miami Marlins . Ratings have been mixed for these results, with the NFL winning the night in 2010 while MLB won in 2011. While the Saints won both games, the 2010 matchup featuring a major rating draw in the Steelers, combined with the 2011 matchup against the Colts being

425-517: A Sunday night game ( Pittsburgh Steelers at New Orleans Saints ) against a World Series game for the first time since the NBC Sunday night contract began. It also continued the previous practice of scheduling a Sunday night game during every week of the season and declaring the games in Weeks 11 through 16 (November 21 through December 26) as "flex games", meaning they reverted to Sunday afternoon if

510-479: A Sunday night game on October 23). This also marked the first time the NFL announced that a Sunday night game was being moved to the afternoon without simultaneously announcing a replacement. On November 21, the matchup between the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints was flexed into the Sunday night slot. As compensation to Fox because they only had two other games in the early time slot, the league gave them

595-672: A Tuesday, but the first since 1946 . This was the only game, outside of the final Sunday night, to be "flexed" in the 2010 season; the original schedule called for the San Diego Chargers to play the Bengals in Cincinnati (the game was moved to CBS and was indeed blacked out in Cincinnati). Because of this, a full 90-minute edition of Football Night aired on December 26, with a short five-minute pre-game leading into

680-484: A brief special report regarding Superstorm Sandy , anchored by Brian Williams . Sunday night games between November 18 and December 23 (inclusive) were "flex games"; they would revert to Sunday afternoon if a more competitive matchup arose. 2013%E2%80%9314 United States network television schedule NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 12, 2013, followed by Fox on May 13, ABC on May 14, CBS on May 15, and The CW on May 16, 2013. PBS

765-637: A decision that came a day late due to the NFL Committees meetings that took place on the day before. NBC wanted the game between the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos as it featured a matchup between Tom Brady and Tim Tebow , two players with high popularity. While CBS did not protect that game, the network was fighting to keep the game since they had lost the aforementioned Week 13 Broncos-Vikings game to Fox, denying

850-540: A game on October 22, which was the scheduled date for Game 2 of the 2006 World Series , but a potential conflict still existed on October 29 had the series gone to a game seven (the conflict never arose, however, as the Cardinals won the World Series in five). With the change in World Series scheduling beginning in 2007 , NBC did not air an NFL game in order to avoid a conflict with Game 4 of the World Series, which

935-542: A more attractive matchup arose. The Week 16 game, between the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles , originally scheduled for December 26, was moved to December 28 due to a major blizzard that affected most of the Eastern United States . The NFL postponed the game after Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter declared a snow emergency for the city. It was the 23rd NFL game to be played on

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1020-529: A more competitive matchup arose (one was; see below). The final Sunday night of the season – January 1, 2012 – was likewise a "flex game"; the slot, vacant when the schedule was released, was filled by the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants (see below). The Hall of Fame Game scheduled for August 7, and to be shown on NBC, was canceled due to the lockout that offseason; it

1105-426: A near simulcast of Universo programming at all hours and as a result has shown the football broadcasts. NBC's broadcast begins at 7 p.m. Eastern Time with its pre-game show , which runs until kickoff (which usually occurs around 8:20 p.m. Eastern). The show serves the same purpose as NFL Primetime did for ESPN, offering recaps of the early action as well as a preview of the game to come. The show emanates from

1190-427: A rematch of Week 14's Sunday night broadcast. This was the first time NBC had shown both meetings of division rivals during a regular season. The 2011 season ended with an average of 20.7 million viewers and was the highest-rated program of the 2011–12 television season, dethroning American Idol , which was the highest-rated program for eight consecutive seasons. As a further result, Sunday Night Football became

1275-584: Is an American weekly television broadcast of National Football League (NFL) games on NBC and Peacock in the United States. It began airing on August 6, 2006, with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game , which opened that year's preseason. NBC took over the rights to the Sunday prime time game telecasts from ESPN , which carried the broadcasts from 1987 to 2005 . At the same time, ESPN began broadcasting Monday Night Football when it

1360-690: Is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. The CW is not included on weekends, when it does not offer network programming. Ion Television and MyNetworkTV are also not included since the majority of both networks' schedules comprise syndicated reruns (with limited original programming on the latter). New series are highlighted in bold . All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific time (except for some live events or specials). Subtract one hour for Central , Mountain , Alaska and Hawaii–Aleutian times. Note : From February 6 to February 23, 2014, all NBC primetime programming

1445-468: Is the first chance a team would have to clinch the series. In 2007 , there was no game on October 28; in 2008 , there was no game on October 26; and, in 2009 , there was no game on November 1. Although no games aired on these nights, Football Night in America still aired as scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Eastern. NBC televised a game on October 31, 2010 , and again on October 23, 2011, opposite Game 4 of

1530-458: The 2013–14 season . Upon NBC's assumption of the Sunday prime time game rights, Al Michaels , John Madden , Fred Gaudelli, and Drew Esocoff, who served as the respective play-by-play announcer, color commentator, lead producer, and director, joined SNF in the same positions they held during the latter portion of the ABC era of Monday Night Football . Madden retired prior to the 2009 season , and

1615-668: The 2017 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros . Both the Steelers and the Lions have a baseball team in their respective home cities ( Pittsburgh 's Pirates and Detroit 's Tigers , the latter plays their home games at nearby Comerica Park in Detroit), but neither of their baseball counterparts did well that season ; as for the NFL franchises of the participating World Series cities,

1700-513: The 2022 season , for the first time since 2009, there was not one occurrence in which both an SNF game and a World Series game occurred on the same day, but the first time in which only the NFL games were played. Originally, the NFL had scheduled the Green Bay Packers – Buffalo Bills game as the competing contest, to be played on October 30; however, with Major League Baseball starting the World Series on October 28, and in part due to

1785-874: The AFC East showdown between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets and the interconference matchup between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Tennessee Titans , due to the AFC West (of which the Chiefs are a member) being a weak division for 2011. On December 7, the NFL ended up keeping the Week 15 match-up between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Diego Chargers on December 18,

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1870-642: The China Bowl contest from Beijing; however, the China Bowl was canceled. The 2008 schedule, released on April 15, continued the 2007 practice of a scheduled game possibly being moved in favor of a more compelling one during Weeks 11 through 16 (November 16 through December 21), but left the slot open on the final Sunday, December 28. The NFL Kickoff Game between the Washington Redskins and defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants that

1955-613: The Colorado Rockies , that had limited success in recent seasons, though they did not contend for the National League West in 2012 ). The game wound up being scheduled opposite the fourth (and final) game of the 2012 World Series . For 2013 , SNF aired the Green Bay Packers – Minnesota Vikings rivalry game at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on October 27, opposite Game 4 of the 2013 World Series . Both

2040-793: The Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on November 1. Both the Packers and the Broncos entered the game undefeated at 6–0. However, the game wound up being scheduled opposite the fifth (and final) game of the 2015 World Series between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Mets that night. Both the Packers and the Broncos have a baseball team in their respective home states (Wisconsin's Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado's Colorado Rockies), but both of those MLB teams performed poorly that season . For 2016, SNF aired

2125-506: The Denver Broncos – Minnesota Vikings game that was originally to air on CBS. This was the first time that the league moved an inter-conference telecast to the home team's Sunday afternoon regional broadcaster. On November 14, the NFL decided to keep the Week 12 matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs on November 27 in place after the league considered flexing it out for other matchups, particularly

2210-629: The Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead–Miami Speedway ; then in a game that kicked off at 8:25 (a few minutes later than usual due to ceremonies honoring the 1972 Miami Dolphins , still the only NFL team to complete an undefeated season including playoffs), the Miami Dolphins defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers , 16-10 at Hard Rock Stadium . Both venues are in Miami-Dade County, Florida . The SNF game on September 27, 2020, between

2295-607: The Green Bay Packers and the New Orleans Saints prompted the National Hockey League (NHL) to schedule games 4 and 5 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Finals on the previous two days back-to-back, as NBC was contractually required to air all potential series-clinchers over-the-air. This was the result of the NHL season being paused for over four months due to the COVID-19 pandemic earlier, causing an atypical conflict between

2380-659: The Los Angeles Rams (who moved back to Los Angeles from St. Louis in 2016) were in contention for the NFC West through Week 8 of the 2017 season (meanwhile, Los Angeles' other team, the Los Angeles Chargers , who moved from San Diego in 2017, were struggling at that same point of the season) while the Houston Texans , who had reached the playoffs the previous two seasons, also struggled. As for

2465-914: The National League East in 2016 , while the Rangers won the American League West title that season, but they lost in three games to the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALDS ; on the other hand, the Cleveland Browns and the Chicago Bears , the NFL franchises of the participating World Series cities, were performing at the bottom of its respective divisions in recent years, with the Browns' issues dating back to

2550-824: The Philadelphia Eagles – Dallas Cowboys rivalry game at AT&T Stadium on October 30, opposite to Game 5 of the 2016 World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs . Both the Eagles and the Cowboys have a baseball team in their respective home cities ( Philadelphia 's Phillies and Dallas 's Texas Rangers , the latter plays their home games at nearby Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas ). The Phillies did not contend for

2635-683: The Super Wild Card round and one in the Divisional Playoffs, along with an additional Wild Card playoff game in the 2023, 2026 and 2031 seasons. NBC rotates the rights to the Super Bowl with other NFL television rights holders, obtaining the rights in 2026 (for Super Bowl LX ), 2030 (for Super Bowl LXIV ), and 2034 (for Super Bowl LXVIII ), all in Winter Olympic years. Between 2006 and 2014, NBC also had rights to

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2720-681: The Toronto Blue Jays . The latter two cities are interconnected in both sports; the 2020 and 2021 teams played some home games in Buffalo due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the Bills once played select home games at Rogers Centre in Toronto . Tennessee doesn't have a neighboring MLB team, while the Kansas City Royals , the neighboring MLB team in Kansas City, had a non-winning record for

2805-546: The Washington Nationals . Both the Packers and the Chiefs have a baseball team in their respective home states (Wisconsin's Milwaukee Brewers made the postseason but lost to the eventual World Series Champion Nationals in the NL Wild Card Game, and Missouri's Kansas City Royals, failed to make the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season). As for the two games that aired simultaneously on October 27,

2890-486: The lockout before the season and the expansion of the postseason to 12 teams (which includes a best of three wild card series), that day became a travel day. The 2022 World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros began on a Friday instead of Tuesday, as in past years. Since Minute Maid Park , the venue at which the series began, has a retractable roof , as expected neither of

2975-493: The 2007 and 2008 practice of scheduling a game every Sunday night during the season (except during the World Series) but declaring the games in Weeks 11 through 16 (November 22 through December 27) subject to change, should a more compelling matchup arise. The pattern of the 2007 and 2008 schedules was continued, as the slot for the final Sunday night of the season – January 3, 2010 – was left vacant. Two games were "flexed" in

3060-505: The 2009 season, as the Minnesota Vikings – Arizona Cardinals game replaced the original December 6 matchup between the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins . To fill the vacant game slot for the last week of the season, NBC was given the matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and New York Jets that was originally scheduled for 4:15 p.m. Eastern on CBS, with this game having playoff implications for both teams. For

3145-600: The Astros defeated the Phillies 4–1 to win the title, their second in six seasons with the other being in the infamous 2017 season . (Ironically this clashed with a Thursday Night Football game between the NFL franchises where the Astros and the Phillies are located). The closest MLB team to the Packers is the Milwaukee Brewers , in a market officially shared with them, while the Bills' closest MLB neighbors are

3230-659: The Fall Classic. This game aired opposite Game 5 of the 2021 World Series between the Atlanta Braves and the Houston Astros . While Dallas and Minnesota have MLB teams in their respective home states, both the Texas Rangers and Minnesota Twins performed poorly that season. The Astros won that game, 9–5, to stay alive in the series, but lost two days later as the Braves won their first title since 1995 . In

3315-425: The Friday night following the Kickoff Game - in a matchup that was the first ever NFL fixture in Brazil. The NFL's media contract provides the rights for one Wild Card playoff game to be exclusively streamed and Peacock obtained the rights to air one during 2023-24 season in addition to the 2 Wild Card games NBC already had under the contract, which was a match up between the Chiefs and the Dolphins. From 2024 onwards,

3400-415: The Jets, a win would have put them in the playoffs, while the Bengals had the potential to improve their seeding for the playoffs with a victory. The Jets-Bengals game ended up being the last game played at Giants Stadium (the Jets could have hosted the AFC Championship Game, but the Baltimore Ravens lost in the Divisional Round to the Indianapolis Colts ). The 2010 schedule, released on April 20, placed

3485-409: The Minnesota Twins failed to qualify for the postseason in 2018 . As for the city of New Orleans, they do not have an MLB team. As for the teams that are playing, the Red Sox, put up the best record in MLB, while the city's football team, the New England Patriots , were riding a 5–2 record through 7 games. The Dodgers meanwhile clinched the National League pennant for the second consecutive year, as for

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3570-411: The NBC Sports studios in Connecticut as well as at the game site. Maria Taylor , Chris Simms , Jason Garrett , Devin McCourty , Mike Florio , and Matthew Berry broadcast from the studio while Jac Collinsworth , Tony Dungy , and Rodney Harrison report from the game. Tirico, Collinsworth, and Stark will also appear. In 2021, a post-game show began airing on NBC's Peacock streaming service under

3655-421: The NFC Championship Game against the Saints in overtime, but then lose to the Patriots in Super Bowl LIII. In 2019 , for the fourth time, the NFL scheduled the Green Bay Packers to play on the Sunday Night Football –World Series competition game, this time against the Kansas City Chiefs , in a rematch of Super Bowl I . This game aired opposite Game 5 of the 2019 World Series between the Houston Astros and

3740-425: The NFL season concludes. In the 2006 season, in addition to the World Series off-week, there was no game scheduled for Christmas Eve night; NBC broadcast that week's game ( Eagles at Cowboys ) on Christmas afternoon instead. A half-hour version of Football Night in America aired before the Christmas game and the two "Wild Card Saturday" games. During the 2006 season, no game was initially scheduled for NBC in

3825-471: The NFL season. For the first time since NBC gained the rights to SNF , a tentative full-season schedule was unveiled, including games in the last seven weeks of the season. Those games could be replaced under flexible scheduling if the need arose. The same rules under which CBS and Fox protect games for their own packages still apply. Three of the games in the last seven weeks of the season were eventually replaced with more compelling matches. This resulted in

3910-429: The Packers and Vikings have a baseball team in their respective home states ( Wisconsin 's Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota 's Twins ), but the two Major League Baseball teams struggled in 2013 . The 2014 game, between the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints in New Orleans, was scheduled against Game 5 of the 2014 World Series , which under the seven-game format would be played only if necessary (a split in

3995-447: The Packers beat the Chiefs, 31–24, while in Game 5 of the World Series (of which the series itself was tied at 2–2), the Astros beat the Nationals, 7–1 heading into Game 6 of the World Series on October 29. In 2020 , for the first time, the NFL flexed a game that was scheduled against the Fall Classic. The league flexed the Seattle Seahawks – Arizona Cardinals game to the Sunday Night Football –World Series competition game, in place of

4080-416: The Pro Bowl, but lost it to ESPN from 2015 onward. Between 2023 and 2028, NBC has the rights to one additional regular-season game to be exclusively aired on Peacock . In 2023, this was a matchup between the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Chargers and the fourth quarter was presented commercial-free. In 2024, Peacock aired the Week 1 game between the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles on

4165-447: The Seven Network from 1991 to 2000 and again in 2014 See also [ edit ] European Football Show , sometimes referred to as Sunday Night European Football Monday Night Football Thursday Night Football Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sunday Night Football . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

4250-431: The Sunday night time slot. The originally scheduled New York Giants- Dallas Cowboys game on December 14 was followed by a flexed December 21 home game for the Giants against the Carolina Panthers ; the Giants-Panthers game was flexed because it carried serious playoff implications, as the winner clinches the NFC 's top seed and home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. This was the second of three flexed games, with

4335-400: The Thursday before the Induction Ceremony, which made the game the official start of Hall of Fame Weekend. Due to NBC's broadcast commitments to the Summer Olympics , in every year the games are held, the Hall of Fame Game is moved to another network - Fox in 2021 and ESPN/ ABC in 2024. In Summer Olympics years, NBC hosts another preseason game in lieu of the Hall of Fame Game, generally in

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4420-456: The World Series (of which the series itself was tied at 2–2), the Dodgers beat the Rays, 4–2. Two days later, the Dodgers won again by a score of 3–1, giving the franchise its first championship since 1988 . For the 2021 season , the NFL scheduled the Dallas Cowboys – Minnesota Vikings game as the Sunday Night Football World Series competition game. This was the first time since 2016 and 2018 respectively that both teams played on SNF against

4505-441: The World Series on Fox in both cases. Both games featured the New Orleans Saints at home, first in 2010 against the Pittsburgh Steelers , then in 2011 against the Indianapolis Colts . New Orleans and Indianapolis do not have a Major League Baseball team, and the Pittsburgh Pirates had poor seasonal performances in those recent years, at the time having not recorded a winning record since 1992 . However Indianapolis has

4590-406: The World Series. That game could be moved if necessary, pending agreements with Fox Sports (NBC and Fox are both NFL broadcasters, with unwritten gentlemen's agreements in play). On October 23, 2022, for the first time, NBC showed a NASCAR Cup Series race and an SNF game from the same metropolitan area on the same day. In a race that started at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time , Kyle Larson won

4675-480: The affected weeks – instead, the schedule slot for the NBC game was left vacant, with one Sunday afternoon game being moved to the primetime slot (the schedule for the affected weeks simply read "one of these games will move to 8:15 Eastern"). CBS and Fox could each protect four of its games during Weeks 10 through 15 and also each protect one of its games for Week 17; however, these two networks had to decide which games to protect in early October 2006, after Week 4 of

4760-429: The city's two teams, the Los Angeles Rams were at the time, the last undefeated team in the NFL at 7–0, while the Los Angeles Chargers started 5–2 and were half a game back with the arch-rival Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC West race (the Chiefs won the AFC West title that season before losing to the eventual Super Bowl LIII champion Patriots in the AFC Championship Game). The Rams would go on to controversially win

4845-400: The exclusive streaming playoff game will be aired by Amazon Prime. All NBC NFL games on television are streamed on Telemundo Deportes in Spanish. NBC is the current home of the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game , which begins the NFL's preseason each August. Usually the game is aired on the Sunday after the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony the night before. In 2017, the game was moved to

4930-452: The fifth time, the NFL scheduled the New Orleans Saints to play on the Sunday Night World Series competition game, this time, against the Minnesota Vikings , in a rematch of the Minneapolis Miracle game. However this game wound up being scheduled opposite the fifth (and final) game of the 2018 World Series , between the Los Angeles Dodgers season and the Boston Red Sox that night. The city of Minneapolis does have an MLB team, however,

5015-437: The first Sunday-night game – between the Indianapolis Colts and New York Giants – on September 10, 2006. The actual first game of the run – the 2006 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Oakland Raiders and Philadelphia Eagles – was televised on August 6, 2006. NBC Sunday Night Football is the beneficiary of the league's new flexible-scheduling system . Since the NFL now considers SNF to be its featured game of

5100-436: The first round, as the Warriors, the Western Conference champions from the previous five seasons, and the Timberwolves both had limited success during the 2019-20 season. The Seahawks used to have an NBA team in their market ( Seattle SuperSonics ), but they relocated to Oklahoma City to become the Oklahoma City Thunder . Starting in the 2025-26 NBA season, NBC Sports intends to broadcast Sunday Night Basketball on NBC after

5185-444: The first two games between the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals assured the series would need at least five games to determine a champion). Major League Baseball moved the start of the series to a Tuesday instead of Wednesday so it could avoid competing with the NFL on Thursday and Monday nights in addition to Sunday night. In 2015 , the NFL once again scheduled the Green Bay Packers to play on SNF , this time against

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5270-418: The first two games were postponed. However, Game 3 (the first game after the series shifted to Philadelphia) was postponed on October 31; at that time, MLB announced that all remaining games would be played one day later than scheduled. This created a possible conflict between Game 7 and the November 6 contest between the Tennessee Titans and the Kansas City Chiefs . But this was averted when, on November 3,

5355-402: The first-ever television sports series of any kind to finish a television season as the most-watched show. The 2012 schedule, released on April 17, once again placed a Sunday night game ( New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos ) against a World Series game. This was the third straight year a World Series game competed against a Sunday night game. During the halftime of that game, NBC News aired

5440-424: The game on December 28, while Faith Hill's introduction was not played due to time constraints before kickoff. For the Week 17 matchup, NBC featured the 7–8 St. Louis Rams playing the 6–9 Seattle Seahawks in a win-and-in game, where the winner of the game would qualify for the playoffs as the NFC West champion while the loser would be eliminated. The Seahawks defeated the Rams by a score of 16–6, thus advancing to

5525-400: The last week of the preseason schedule. In 2021, this was a matchup between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cleveland Browns , and in 2024, it was a matchup between the New England Patriots and the Washington Commanders . The first regular season game to be shown by NBC under this contract, between the Miami Dolphins and the Pittsburgh Steelers , aired on September 7, 2006 , followed by

5610-443: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sunday_Night_Football&oldid=1189745550 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages NBC Sunday Night Football NBC Sunday Night Football (abbreviated as SNF )

5695-419: The name Peacock Sunday Night Football Final . Originally hosted by Kathryn Tappen and Simms, it is currently hosted by Jac Collinsworth, Dungy, and Harrison. NBC's current NFL contract, which runs from the 2023 season until the 2034 season, includes the rights to the season-opening Thursday night NFL Kickoff Game , another primetime game played on Thanksgiving Night, and at least two playoff games, one in

5780-437: The network the earlier chance to capitalize on Tebow's marketability. For the second consecutive season, and third overall, the last Sunday night game that was flexed in featured a contest in which the winner became the division champions and earned a home game in the playoffs while the loser was eliminated. This particular matchup was for the NFC East between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium ,

5865-464: The originally scheduled Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Las Vegas Raiders game which was flexed out due to the Raiders having a COVID-19 outbreak. This game aired opposite Game 5 of the 2020 World Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Los Angeles Dodgers . Las Vegas does not have an MLB team, while Arizona, Seattle, and Tampa Bay all have teams. As for those two games the Cardinals came from behind to beat Seattle 37–34 in overtime, while in Game 5 of

5950-411: The playoffs while the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl a few months later in February. In the same 2020 NFL season, two games of the NBA Finals , broadcast on ABC , went up against SNF games: Philadelphia Eagles versus San Francisco 49ers on October 4 (Game 3) and Minnesota Vikings versus Seattle Seahawks on October 11 (Game 6, which was also the clinching win for the Los Angeles Lakers ). This

6035-456: The playoffs whilst the Rams were eliminated from playoff contention. The 2011 schedule, released on April 19, once again placed a Sunday night game ( Indianapolis Colts at New Orleans Saints on October 23, the fourth straight time these teams played each other on national television) opposite a World Series game. Sunday night games between November 13 and December 18 (inclusive) were "flex games", which could have reverted to Sunday afternoon if

6120-531: The rebranding of that entity's sports division to Telemundo Deportes . With the former mun2's relaunch on February 1, 2015, Universo began to carry the full season with the start of the 2015 season and simulcast Super Bowl XLIX , the channel carrying Spanish-language simulcasts of NFL games and NBC Sports properties. Telemundo would later carry Spanish language broadcasts of select games, beginning in 2021, with an NFL Super Wild Card game. Telemundo also broadcast Super Bowl LVI in 2022. Recently, TeleXitos has been

6205-427: The seventh season in a row in 2022, covering every season since its last World Series title in 2015 . For 2023, Major League Baseball announced that it would not schedule a World Series game against SNF for the second straight season, barring any game postponements due to inclement weather, which did not occur. For 2024, Major League Baseball announced that it plans to not schedule a World Series game against SNF for

6290-542: The situation – twice – of having a team playing on consecutive Sunday nights. New England had consecutive Sunday nighters: the November 18 New England at Buffalo game was moved to prime time and was followed on November 25 by the already-scheduled Philadelphia at New England game. Likewise, the Washington Redskins played a scheduled game at the New York Giants on December 16, and their December 23 game in Minnesota

6375-662: The sports. The Packers and Saints do not have NHL teams in their market (the Packers' second primary market, Milwaukee, hosts the Nashville Predators ' American Hockey League affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals , which suspended play for the 2020-21 season that was being planned for the AHL), while both Stanley Cup Final markets ( Dallas Stars ) and ( Tampa Bay Lightning ) have NFL teams in their market ( Dallas Cowboys ) and ( Tampa Bay Buccaneers ). The Cowboys missed

6460-522: The team's return to the league in 1999 . As for the two games that aired simultaneously on October 30, the Cubs beat the Indians, 3–2, to force a Game 6 of the World Series on November 1, while the Cowboys beat the Eagles, 29–23, in overtime. In 2017, the NFL once again scheduled the Pittsburgh Steelers to play on SNF , this time against the Detroit Lions on October 29. This game aired opposite Game 5 of

6545-505: The third straight season, barring any game postponements due to inclement weather. Game 1 of the World Series is currently scheduled for October 25, however, if both League Championship Series matchups are over by October 19, then the Fall Classic would instead start on October 22, therefore it is possible that the October 27th edition of SNF could go up against a possible Game 5, marking the first time since 2021 that SNF went head-to-head with

6630-510: The two games that aired simultaneously on October 29, the Steelers beat the Lions, 20–15, while in Game 5 of the World Series, the Astros beat the Dodgers, 13–12, in 10 innings, however, the win was brought under heavy scrutiny after it was discovered the Astros used whistles to tip off hitters of what pitch was coming during the game, as well as using trash cans during the season. In 2018 , for

6715-528: The week, for the final seven weeks of the season (seven of the final eight weeks during the 2006, 2011 , 2016 , 2017 , 2022 , and 2023 seasons because of Christmas weekend), the NFL has the flexibility in selecting games that are more intriguing and typically have playoff implications to air on Sunday night. In its first four seasons of Sunday night coverage, NBC took one week off in late October or early November, so as not to conflict with Fox 's coverage of baseball's World Series . In 2006, NBC did not air

6800-582: Was dropped from sister network ABC . Previously, NBC had aired American Football League (AFL), and later American Football Conference (AFC), games from 1965 until 1997 , when CBS took over those rights. During the 2011–12 season , Sunday Night Football became the first sports program to hold the position as Nielsen 's most-watched program on U.S. network television during the year, beating American Idol , which held that honor for eight consecutive seasons beginning in 2004; Sunday Night Football repeated this feat three years running, beginning with

6885-564: Was moved to prime time. For the last week of the season, the Tennessee Titans – Indianapolis Colts game was moved, switching places with the Kansas City Chiefs – New York Jets game that was originally scheduled in the Sunday night slot; the Titans needed a win to secure the final AFC playoff spot. In addition, the annual preseason Pro Football Hall of Fame Game telecast was shifted to NFL Network , in anticipation of NBC airing

6970-484: Was played on September 4 started at 7 p.m. Eastern Time instead of the normal 8:30 p.m. time in order to avoid conflict with the nomination speech that John McCain gave at the Republican National Convention that night; the game ended at 10:01 p.m. Eastern Time, averting any conflict. As had happened in 2007, a team played on consecutive Sunday nights due to a game being moved into

7055-544: Was succeeded in that role by Collinsworth. Tirico succeeded Michaels following Super Bowl LVI in February 2022. Since 2014, sister cable channel Universo has carried Spanish-language simulcasts of select games, after years of aborted attempts to simulcast the games on Telemundo . As with the NFL's other television partners, NBC provides Spanish-language audio feed of the game broadcasts via second audio program (SAP), formerly noted as being "provided by Telemundo" before

7140-473: Was the only game to be affected. The NFL announced on November 8 that the Week 13 rivalry game between the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots was moved to 1 p.m. Eastern on CBS, while a replacement game would be announced by November 22. This was due to the Colts struggling without their star quarterback Peyton Manning (without him, the Colts lost 62–7 to the New Orleans Saints in

7225-450: Was the result of the NBA season being suspended for more than four months due to the COVID-19 pandemic earlier, causing an atypical conflict between the sports. The Eagles ( Philadelphia 76ers ), 49ers ( Golden State Warriors ), and Vikings ( Minnesota Timberwolves ) have NBA teams in their markets, but of the three teams, the 76ers were the only team to make the playoffs, eventually losing in

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