<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>NFL is on NBC Sunday nights this fallFootball season is just around the corner, and that means a return for the NFL to the NBC airwaves after a seven-year hiatus. Fans can now expect Sunday night football to be bigger and better than before.The agreement with NBC is for six seasons from 2006 through 2011 for an annual package of 17 regular-season games consisting of 16 Sunday night games and the Thursday night season-opener (NFL Kickoff), two playoff games on Wild Card Weekend, and three prime-time preseason games.More people watch television on Sunday nights than any other night, and NBC will devote its entire Sunday night prime-time lineup, Football Night in America, to the NFL. The Sunday night games will start at 8:15 p.m. ET and include flexible scheduling for the final seven weeks of the season.NBC also will televise two Super Bowls -- Super Bowl XLIII (43) in 2009 and Super Bowl XLVI (46) in 2012 -- and two AFC-NFC Pro Bowls. The new agreements will match the annual NFL all-star game with the network televising the Super Bowl each season.The recent reunion between the NFL and NBC is just another chapter in a rich and varied history between the two entities. NBC has been there for some of the greatest moments in NFL history.NBC's NFL history1939 -- NBC broadcasts the first-ever NFL game on network television to the approximately 1,000 sets in New York City, a contest between the Philadelphia Eagles and Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.1955 -- NBC replaces DuMont as the network for the NFL title game, paying a rights fee of $100,000.1961 -- NBC awarded a two-year contract for radio and television rights to the NFL Championship Game for $615,000 annually. A bill legalizing single-network television contracts by professional sports leagues is introduced in Congress by Rep. Emanuel Celler. It passes the House and Senate and is signed into law by President John F. Kennedy.1963 -- NBC awarded exclusive network broadcasting rights for the 1963 AFL Championship Game for $926,000.1964 -- The AFL signs a five-year, $36-million television contract with NBC to begin with the 1965 season.1966 -- The rights to the Super Bowl for four years are sold to CBS and NBC for $9.5 million.1970 -- Four-year television contracts, under which CBS would televise all NFC games and NBC all AFC games (except Monday night games) and the two would divide televising the Super Bowl and AFC-NFC Pro Bowl games, announced.1977 -- NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle negotiates contracts with the three television networks to televise all NFL regular-season and postseason games, plus selected preseason games, for four years beginning with the 1978 season. NBC received the rights to all AFC regular-season and postseason games (except those in the ABC Monday Night Football package) and to Super Bowls XIII and XV. Industry sources considered it the largest single television package ever negotiated.1982 -- The NFL signs a five-year contract with the three television networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) to televise all NFL regular-season and postseason games starting with the 1982 season.A record number of TVs were tuned into the Bears' dominating victory in Super Bowl XX. A record number of TVs were tuned into the Bears' dominating victory in Super Bowl XX. 1986 -- Chicago defeats New England 46-10 in Super Bowl XX on Jan. 26. The NBC telecast replaces the final episode of M*A*S*H as the most-viewed television program in history, with an audience of 127 million viewers, according to A.C. Nielsen figures, in addition to drawing a 48.3 rating and a 70 share.1987 -- New three-year TV contracts with ABC, CBS, and NBC are announced for 1987-89 at the NFL annual meeting in Maui, Hawaii.1990 -- New four-year TV agreements are ratified for 1990-93 for ABC, CBS, NBC, ESPN, and TNT at the NFL annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. The contracts totaled $3.6 billion, the largest in TV history.1998 -- NBC ends a 33-year relationship with professional football declining to bid for the AFC package.2005 -- NBC is awarded the rights to the NFL's Sunday night primetime package, which includes the 2009 and 2012 Super Bowls. Flexible scheduling is offered for the first time. The NFL in primetime (ABC's Monday Night Football concluded its 36th and final season in 2005) is the second longest-running network primetime show in history behind 60 Minutes.Historic NFL games broadcast on NBCThe Greatest Game Ever Played (Dec. 28, 1958, Colts vs. Giants in NFL Championship): In the first ever sudden-death overtime in NFL history, Alan Ameche's one-yard touchdown run gives the Colts a 23-17 win over the Giants. The nationally televised game was watched by more than 50 million people and helped springboard the NFL's popularity.The game was blacked out in New York but shown everywhere else by NBC. In Baltimore, a loose cable knocked the game off the air during the overtime. Screens were blank for 2 1/2 minutes during the Colts' final drive -- but the network's luck wasn't all bad. A timeout was called on the field. By the time Ameche scored, the game was back on the air.The Guarantee (Jan. 12, 1969, AFL Jets vs. NFL Colts in Super Bowl III): The 17-point favorite Colts are beaten 16-7 by Joe Namath and the New York Jets. Namath "guaranteed" a win for the Jets at The Miami Touchdown Club just a few days before the game. The AFL's victory triggered the AFL-NFL merger.The Immaculate Reception (Dec. 23, 1972, Raiders vs. Steelers in AFC Divisional Playoff Game): The nickname given to the single most famous play in the history of professional football. The Steelers, trailing the archrival Raiders 7-6, were facing fourth-and-ten on their own 40-yard line with 22 seconds remaining in the game and no time outs. Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw threw the ball to the Raiders' 35-yard line toward running back Frenchy Fuqua. Raiders defensive back Jack Tatum reached Fuqua just as the ball did. Tatum's hit knocked Fuqua to the ground and the ball bounced backward several yards. Steelers running back Franco Harris, after initially blocking on the play, scooped up the ball just before it hit the ground and ran the rest of the way downfield to score a game-winning touchdown.NBC was there for the completion of the 1972 Dolphins' perfect season. NBC was there for the completion of the 1972 Dolphins' perfect season. Miami's Perfect Season (Jan. 14, 1973, Dolphins vs. Redskins in Super Bowl VII): The Dolphins are the only team to have a perfect season, capped by winning Super Bowl VII, 14-7 over the Redskins.The Sea of Hands (Dec. 21, 1974, Dolphins vs. Raiders in AFC Divisional Playoff Game): With 24 seconds left in the game, the Raiders' Clarence Davis somehow catches the winning touchdown pass among "the sea of hands" of three Dolphins defenders.The Holy Roller (Sept. 10, 1978, Raiders vs. Chargers): The Raiders were trailing the Chargers with 10 seconds remaining when quarterback Ken Stabler deliberately fumbled the ball to avoid a game-ending sack. Teammate Pete Banaszak swatted it into the end zone where tight end Dave Casper fell on it for a game-winning touchdown. After this play, it was ruled illegal to move the ball forward by swatting or kicking it after a fumble.The Announcerless Game (Dec. 20, 1980, Jets vs. Dolphins): The Jets were 3-12 and the Dolphins 8-7 entering the final game of the season. With the game carrying no playoff implications, NBC decided to let the sounds from the stands and the PA announcer serve as the sole audio. No players were miked. Dick Enberg set the scene for viewers at the beginning of each quarter and then viewers were taken to the stadium.The Game of the Century (Jan. 2, 1982, Chargers vs. Dolphins in AFC Divisional Playoff Game): The Dolphins rallied from a 24-point deficit and had a chance to win when Kellen Winslow blocked Miami's last-second field goal attempt in regulation to send the game into overtime. Both teams missed field goal attempts in overtime, with San Diego finally prevailing 41-38. In what Sports Illustrated deemed, "The Game of the Century," Winslow caught 13 passes for 166 yards and a touchdown despite severe leg cramps.The Snow Plow Game (Dec. 12, 1982, Dolphins vs. Patriots): After a blizzard holds both teams scoreless, Patriots head coach Ron Meyer orders the area where the ball is to be spotted for a field goal cleared by a snow plow. The successful kick is the game winner.The Drive (Jan. 11, 1987, Browns vs. Broncos in AFC Championship): The Broncos, trailing 20-13, muffed a kickoff return, and started from their 2-yard line with 5:32 remaining in the game. In 15 plays, John Elway drove his team 98 yards for a touchdown to tie the game, which the Broncos won in OT.The Fumble (Jan. 17, 1988, Browns vs. Broncos in AFC Championship): Trailing 38-31 with 1:12 remaining in the game, the Browns' Earnest Byner appears on his way to score the game-tying touchdown but fumbles at the three-yard line. The Broncos recover, give the Browns an intentional safety, and go on to win 38-33.The Comeback (Jan. 3, 1993, Bills vs. Oilers in AFC Wild Card Game): With stars Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas out with injuries, Frank Reich and Kenneth Davis led the Bills back from a 32-point deficit to defeat the Oilers 41-38 in OT in a wild-card game, the greatest comeback in pro football history.</div>http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9563528
I'll watch it on any channel too but you gotta admit, NBC has the best presentation of it between all the networks, ABC isn't bad but CBS is awful. NBC has a clear presentation and display.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JHair @ Jul 24 2006, 08:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'll watch it on any channel too but you gotta admit, NBC has the best presentation of it between all the networks, ABC isn't bad but CBS is awful. NBC has a clear presentation and display.</div>I know what you mean about ABC and CBS. But ESPN has the best, without HD is what we're talking about I think. FOX is really nice too. I haven't watched many games on NBC, only some Notre Dame games cause they are on there every single friggin week. But I don't remember what it looks like.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I'll watch it on any channel too but you gotta admit, NBC has the best presentation of it between all the networks, ABC isn't bad but CBS is awful. NBC has a clear presentation and display</div>Yeah CBS is brutal I actually like ABC the best but it might be just because it was Monday Night.
CBS announcers alway screw up the players name or whatever. It gets annoying. I think the NBC production will be very successful and hopefully we'll see some unbelievable games in the time being
<span style="color:#6600CC">I'm pretty sure the free world was aware of this before July 24th........</span>
