Introduction

The NFL Today is a TV program that precedes the American football program The NFL on CBS on CBS Sports, which is the sports division of the U.S. TV station network CBS. The program usually airs at noon on Sundays of the National Football League regular season. The hosts and studio analysts on the program comment on the latest National Football League events and make their game predictions. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... The NFL on CBS is a TV program that shows AFC football games on CBS, produced by CBS Sports. ... CBS Sports is the division of the CBS Television Network that airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States, including basketball and football. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... A television station is a type of radio station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... Noon is the time exactly halfway through the day, written 12:00 in the 24-hour clock and 12:00 pm in the 12-hour clock. ... Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday, and the second day of the weekend in some cultures. ... NFL logo The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most popular professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities. ... The regular season is a term used, primarily, in North American sports. ...

Chronological story

Before The NFL on FOX

The program started in 1975 [1], year in which it won 13 Emmy Awards, with journalist Brent Musburger and fromer NFL player Irv Cross [2], and with former Miss America Phyllis George as one of the reporters. Jimmy Snyder, nicknamed The Greek, joined in in 1976. 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... An Emmy Award. ... Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939 in Portland, Oregon) is an American sportscaster. ... Erika Harold, Miss America 2003, wears the traditional winners tiara. ... Phyllis George (b. ... Jimmy the Greek Snyder (19 September 1919–21 April 1996) was an American sports commentator and Las Vegas bookie. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Back then The NFL on CBS showed games of the National Football Conference, which was the result of the old NFL before the merger with the American Football League for the 1970 season. CBS had telecast games of the old NFL since the 1956 season. This page refers to the NFC football conference. ... The AFL_NFL Merger of American professional football leagues in 1970 was the result of many social and economic forces that came to a head in 1966. ... AFL logo The American Football League was a professional league of American football which operated from 1960 to 1969. ...

1979 was the first year the Sports Emmy Awards were awarded to sportscasts, among them The NFL Today. 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The Sports Emmy Awards are Emmy Awards that are given away for coverage of sports. ...

Phyllis George was replaced by the 1970 Miss Ohio Jayne Kennedy [3][4] from the 1978 to the 1979 NFL season and left the program after the 1983 season. Jimmy Snyder was dismissed by CBS Sports at the end of the 1987 season, one day after making comments about racial differences among NFL players on Martin Luther King Day 1988. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Martin Luther King Jr. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Musberger and Irv Cross left after the 1989 season, as their contracts with CBS Sports were not renewed. They were replaced by Greg Gumbel and famous former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw. Greg Gumbel (born May 3, 1946 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American television sportscaster. ... Conference AFC Division North Founded 1933 Home Field Heinz Field City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Colors Black and gold Head Coach Bill Cowher All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season) 508-498-21 The Pittsburgh Steelers are a National Football League team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... The quarterback is a position in the offensive backfield of American and Canadian football, directly behind players of the line. He is generally the leader of the offensive team when it is on the field, responsible for initiating play by receiving the snap of the ball from the center. ... Terry Bradshaw Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a former quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the American National Football League (NFL), and a current television host. ...

After the 1993 season, CBS Sports' contract with the NFL to transmit National Football Conference games ended, and the NFC rights were passed to FOX Sports. The NFL Today had a four-year break along with The NFL on CBS from the 1994 to the 1997 NFL seasons. Gumbel went over to NBC Sports and Bradshaw to FOX NFL Sunday. This page refers to the NFC football conference. ... Red Fox The foxes comprise 23 species of omnivorous canids, found worldwide. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... NBC Sports is a division of the National Broadcasting Company, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. ... FOX NFL Sunday is the pregame show for the TV program The NFL on FOX. FOX NFL Sunday debuted in 1994 with hosts Terry Bradshaw, James Brown, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson. ...

After The NFL on NBC's first period

In 1998, NBC Sports' American Football Conference contract expired, and CBS Sports took over the rights to telecast its games. Since then, The NFL Today has not caught up with the TV ratings of FOX NFL Sunday, now its same-time competitor. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The American Football Conference (or AFC) is one of the two conferences that compose the National Football League. ... FOX NFL Sunday is the pregame show for the TV program The NFL on FOX. FOX NFL Sunday debuted in 1994 with hosts Terry Bradshaw, James Brown, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson. ...

Greg Gumbel came back from NBC Sports to work as the lead play-by-play announcer for The NFL on CBS. Jim Nantz became the studio host. Jim Nantz (born May 17, 1959 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American sportscaster. ...

In the meantime there have been eleven studio analysts on the program. Perhaps the showiest of them all was Deion Sanders, who was teammate of Michael Irvin, a 2003 AFL on NBC and current NFL Primetime and SportsCenter commentator. Sanders caught the viewer's eye with his squeaky trash talk and his frequently used flashy apparel: white sports sneakers, black tuxedo, black gloves and big black hat. His favorite vocative to address interviewees was "my man". Deion Luwynn Sanders (born August 9, 1967) is an NFL cornerback, former Major League Baseball player, and CBS sports commentator. ... Michael Irvin (born March 5, 1966 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a former American football star known for a dyrnamic, record-setting football career, but also for widely-publicized run-ins with the law that spotted his reputation as one of the most successful wide receivers in the history of... The AFL on NBC is an NBC Sports TV program that shows Arena Football League games since the 2003 season. ... NFL Primetime is a sports television program that has aired on ESPN since 1987. ... SportsCenter is a sports news television show shown every day on ESPN since the network was founded on September 7, 1979. ... The vocative case is the case used for a noun identifying the person being addressed, found in Latin among other languages. ...

Sanders did not get along with Boomer Esiason, who sat to his left, so on Sunday, December 29, 2003, his 2004 New Year resolution was to "love [his] neighbor" [5], but he left to put on the 2004 Baltimore Ravens shirt with his age (37) on its back. Norman Julius Esiason, better known as Boomer Esiason (born April 17, 1961 in West Islip, New York), is a former NFL quarterback turned television broadcaster. ... Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday, and the second day of the weekend in some cultures. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Conference AFC Division North Founded 1996 Home Field M&T Bank Stadium City Baltimore, Maryland Colors Black, purple, Metallic gold, and white Head Coach Brian Billick All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season) 77-73-1 The Baltimore Ravens are a National Football League team based...

At the start of that same 2003 regular season, CBS Sports introduced the new theme song Posthumus Zone for The NFL Today and for The NFL on CBS. The song was made by Los Angeles electronica group E.S. Posthumus, which is called that way because it composes songs that have dead ancient cities as a motif. The Posthumus Zone is a song composed by the Los Angeles electronic music group E.S. Posthumus for the TV programs The NFL on CBS and The NFL Today on CBS Sports. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Electronica is a rather ambiguous term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... E.S. Posthumus is a musical group that produces a unique type of music. ... In literature, a motif is any recurring element that has symbolic significance. ...

Studio host Jim Nantz and Deion Sanders had their last NFL Today program before Super Bowl XXXVIII on The NFL Today at the Super Bowl. Greg Gumbel narrated his last NFL on CBS play, Adam Vinatieri's field goal that broke the tie between the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers. Date February 1, 2004 Stadium Reliant Stadium City Houston, Texas Attendance 71,525 MVP Tom Brady, Quarterback National Anthem Beyonce Knowles Coin Toss Earl Campbell, Ollie Matson, Don Maynard, Y.A. Tittle, Mike Singletary, Gene Upshaw Halftime Show Janet Jackson, P. Diddy, Kid Rock, and Nelly U.S. TV Network... Adam Matthew Vinatieri (born December 28, 1972 in Yankton, South Dakota) is an American football player who currently serves as the placekicker for the National Football Leagues New England Patriots. ... Field goal (formerly goal from the field) is a general term used in some sports wherein a goal may be scored either during general play (from the field) or via some sort of free shot. ... Conference AFC Division East Founded 1960 Home Field Gillette Stadium City Foxborough, Massachusetts Colors Red, white, blue, and silver Head Coach Bill Belichick All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season) 344-349-9 The New England Patriots are a National Football League team based in Foxborough... Conference NFC Division South Founded 1995 Home Field Bank of America Stadium City Charlotte, North Carolina Colors Black, Carolina blue, silver, and white Head Coach John Fox All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season) 75-91-0 The Carolina Panthers are a National Football League team...

In August 2004, CBS Sports director Sean McManus announced that Nantz and Gumbel would switch roles, and hired former John Elway teammate Shannon Sharpe to replace Sanders and comment on The NFL Today with Dan Marino and with Esiason. John Albert Elway (born June 28, 1960) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Denver Broncos from 1983 through 1998. ... Shannon Sharpe [->photo] (born June 26, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former AFC tight end and wide receiver who played 12 of his 14 seasons with the Denver Broncos in the NFL. Sharpe is known most for his creative commentary and trash talking as well as for being the... Dan Marino - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...

In November 2004, the NFL signed 6-year contracts with CBS Sports (USD 622.5 M per year) and Fox (USD 712.5 M per year) to continue broadcasting their respective AFC and NFC games from the 2006 to the 2011 seasons. The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Red Fox The foxes comprise 23 species of omnivorous canids, found worldwide. ... NFC may refer to any of the following things: The National Football Conference, one of the two constituent conferences of the U.S. National Football League (NFL). ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2011 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nowadays, the program usually runs on Sunday at noon, Eastern Time, and lasts one hour. The outdoor studio, used during the fall, is set up on Sunday mornings at a plaza in front of the reflecting glass structure of an Apple Computer store in the General Motors Building, at 767 5th Avenue and 59th Street (see the map at Google Maps), next to the southeast corner of Central Park. The winter studio is Studio 43 of the CBS Broadcast Center, west of Central Park. Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday, and the second day of the weekend in some cultures. ... Noon is the time exactly halfway through the day, written 12:00 in the 24-hour clock and 12:00 pm in the 12-hour clock. ... The Eastern Standard Time Zone (abbreviated EST) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting five hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab, and Vauxhall. ... Street sign at Fifth Avenue and East 57th street Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New York City. ... Screenshot of Google Maps showing a route from Toronto to Ottawa Google Maps is a free, online map service provided by Google. ... At Bethesda Terrace: formal stairs and a viewing platform for a naturalistic panorama beyond the Lake. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ...

The show includes segments like the CarQuest Chalk Talk, in which commentators and program guests discuss team strategies, and Outside the Huddle with computer-animated PUNT TV pregame host Thurston Long, who makes fun of people around the NFL. He is electronically rendered by animators of Scripted Improv Media, Synergistix Media, and of Viacom (VIA), the publicly traded company that owns CBS itself, Nickelodeon and MTV, and with the help of animators and animation software of face2face, a joint venture of Lucent Technologies and other investors [6]. Viacom (short for Video & Audio Communications) [pronunciation: pre-Redstone/pre-1987: vee-a-com; post-Redstone acquisition: vi-a-com] (NYSE: VIA), (NYSE: VIAB) is an international media conglomerate. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... Nickelodeon may refer to: Nickelodeon (TV channel) Nickelodeon movie theater Nickelodeon jukebox Nickelodeon (movie) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ... A joint venture is a business relationship between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. ... In 1996, AT&T spun off its Systems and Technology units, along with the famous Bell Laboratories, to form a new company named Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU). ...

The commentators of The NFL Today also comment on The NFL on CBS on game updates, on the Nextel Halftime Report and on the Subway Postgame Show. NEXTEL Communications (NASDAQ: NXTL) is a telecommunications firm based in the United States which provides a national mobile communications system. ... This article describes subways as mass transit lines. ...

On 2005-06-15, Viacom announced the spin-off its CBS division, which could mean the end of Outside the Huddle. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ...

In 2006 E.S. Posthumus will release a new CD with the Posthumus Zone on it. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Table of studio hosts and analysts

To Wikipedians: please fill out the table, with hosts and analysts in the order shown on TV from left to right, if possible.

• NOTE: Deion Sanders became a studio analyst five weeks into the 2001 season. He was previously a reporter.

Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939 in Portland, Oregon) is an American sportscaster. ... Phyllis George (b. ... Jimmy the Greek Snyder (19 September 1919–21 April 1996) was an American sports commentator and Las Vegas bookie. ... Phyllis George (b. ... Greg Gumbel (born May 3, 1946 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American television sportscaster. ... Terry Bradshaw Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a former quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the American National Football League (NFL), and a current television host. ... Jim Nantz (born May 17, 1959 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American sportscaster. ... Brent Jones (born 1963) is a former American Football tight end who played his entire career with the San Francisco 49ers (1987-1997). ... George Seifert is a former NFL head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Carolina Panthers. ... Marcus LeMarr Allen (born March 26, 1960 in San Diego, California) is a former American football player, now affiliated with CBS as a game analyst. ... Mike Ditka is a former NFL player and coach. ... Deion Luwynn Sanders (born August 9, 1967) is an NFL cornerback, former Major League Baseball player, and CBS sports commentator. ... Dan Marino - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Norman Julius Esiason, better known as Boomer Esiason (born April 17, 1961 in West Islip, New York), is a former NFL quarterback turned television broadcaster. ... Greg Gumbel (born May 3, 1946 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American television sportscaster. ... Shannon Sharpe [->photo] (born June 26, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former AFC tight end and wide receiver who played 12 of his 14 seasons with the Denver Broncos in the NFL. Sharpe is known most for his creative commentary and trash talking as well as for being the...

See also

• The NFL on television
• AFC
• CBS
• CBS Sports
• The NFL on CBS
• FOX NFL Sunday
• List of programs broadcast by CBS
• Esiason, Boomer
• Marino, Dan
• Sanders, Deion
• Sharpe, Shannon

NFL logo The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most popular professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities. ... The American Football Conference (or AFC) is one of the two conferences that compose the National Football League. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... CBS Sports is the division of the CBS Television Network that airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States, including basketball and football. ... The NFL on CBS is a TV program that shows AFC football games on CBS, produced by CBS Sports. ... FOX NFL Sunday is the pregame show for the TV program The NFL on FOX. FOX NFL Sunday debuted in 1994 with hosts Terry Bradshaw, James Brown, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson. ... This is a list of programs currently, formerly, and soon to be broadcast on CBS. Currently broadcast by CBS 48 Hours (news) 48 Hours Investigates (news) 60 Minutes (news) The Amazing Race (reality) As the World Turns (daytime drama) Big Brother (reality) The Bold and the Beautiful (daytime drama) CBS... Norman Julius Esiason, better known as Boomer Esiason (born April 17, 1961 in West Islip, New York), is a former NFL quarterback turned television broadcaster. ... Dan Marino - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Deion Luwynn Sanders (born August 9, 1967) is an NFL cornerback, former Major League Baseball player, and CBS sports commentator. ... Shannon Sharpe [->photo] (born June 26, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former AFC tight end and wide receiver who played 12 of his 14 seasons with the Denver Broncos in the NFL. Sharpe is known most for his creative commentary and trash talking as well as for being the...

References

1. NFL Today - CBS SportsLine.com
2. Schedules - CBS SportsLine.com
3. The NFL Today weekly transcripts 2004: Wk 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|Wild Card
4. http://www.esposthumus.com/images/posthumuszone.mp3