FOX NFL Sunday
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FOX NFL Sunday is the pregame show for the TV show The NFL on FOX. The show has won four Emmy Awards.
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[edit] History
[edit] 1994-1997
FOX NFL Sunday debuted in 1994 with hosts James Brown, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson. In 1996, after Johnson left to coach the Miami Dolphins, Ronnie Lott was brought in for two considerably unsuccessful seasons.
Throughout Johnson's time on the show, many times he would host the show from his home in Florida. There was much speculation that Jimmy Johnson would return to coaching during the first year of the show. Prior to the end of the year, Johnson made an 'announcement' saying he was happy with his new career in broadcasting. A year later, Johnson would return to coaching.
During the time with Jimmy Johnson, the opening to the show would feature a skit involving several or all of the hosts.
[edit] 1998-2002
In 1998, off the heels of NBC losing the rights to telecast the NFL to CBS, Cris Collinsworth joined FOX NFL Sunday and subsequently replaced Ronnie Lott. Collinsworth left the show in 2002 when he was promoted to Fox's newly formed "A Crew" NFL announcing team alongside Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.
[edit] 2002-2005
Jimmy Johnson returned to the program in 2002. Originally for the 2002 season, the fourth seat was to be a rotating guest analyst, with Johnson working in week one. Others filled the seat for the next couple weeks. By October, Johnson took over the position permanently, and remains on the program to this day. After the 2005 season, James Brown left the program in order to host The NFL Today on CBS.
[edit] 2006-Present
On August 13, 2006, Fox officially announced that Joe Buck and Curt Menefee would succeed James Brown as the host. Because Buck is already the lead play-by-play man for The NFL on FOX (a role that he has held since 2002), FOX NFL Sunday will travel to the site of Fox's top game each week, in a move similar to Fox's NASCAR coverage, where the prerace show emanates from the race site. Curt Menefee will host the halftime and postgame segments on location with the FOX NFL Sunday crew. When Joe Buck has to go on a postseason Major League Baseball assignment for Fox (thus, is unable to appear on the NFL on FOX program), Menefee will take over for Buck as the full-time host.
2006 On-location broadcast sites
- Week 1- Alltel Stadium (Cowboys at Jaguars)
- Week 2- Lincoln Financial Field (Giants at Eagles)
- Week 3- Qwest Field (Giants at Seahawks)
- Week 4- Bank of America Stadium (Saints at Panthers)
- Week 5- Lincoln Financial Field (Cowboys at Eagles)
- Week 6- FOX Hollywood Studio 2A
- Week 7- FOX Hollywood Studio 2A
- Week 8- FOX Hollywood Studio 2A
- Week 9- FedEx Field (Cowboys at Redskins)
- Week 10- Heinz Field (Saints at Steelers)
- Week 11- Giants Stadium (Bears at Jets)
- Week 12- (Thanksgiving) Texas Stadium (Buccaneers at Cowboys)
- Week 12- (Sunday) Gillette Stadium (Bears at Patriots)
- Week 13- Giants Stadium (Cowboys at Giants)
- Week 14- Bank of America Stadium (Giants at Panthers)
[edit] Full list of personalities
Other personalities on FOX NFL Sunday have included prognosticator Jimmy Kimmel and his successor Frank Caliendo and weather woman Jillian Reynolds.
[edit] Current talent
- Joe Buck (Pregame Host, 2006-Present)
- Curt Menefee (Halftime Host, 2006-Present)
- Chris Rose (Update Host, 2006-Present)
- Terry Bradshaw (Analyst, 1994-Present)
- Howie Long (Analyst, 1994-Present)
- Jimmy Johnson (Analyst, 1994-1995 & 2002-Present)
- Jillian Reynolds (Weather, 2000--Present)
- Frank Caliendo (Prognostication, 2003-Present)
[edit] Former talent
- James Brown (Studio Host, 1994-2005)
- Ronnie Lott (Analyst, 1996-1997)
- Cris Collinsworth (Analyst, 1998-2001)
- Jimmy Kimmel (Prognostication, 1999-2002; joined by "Cousin Sal" Iacono in 2002)
- Jim Cantore (Weather, 1999)
[edit] See also
- The NFL Today
- The NFL on NBC Pregame Show
- List of NFL on FOX commentator pairings
- List of AFC Championship Game broadcasters
- List of NFC Championship Game broadcasters
- List of Super Bowl broadcasters
