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prior 2012 season, nfl network aired live primetime games on thursdays beginning in mid-november. starting 2012 season, network began televising 1 live thursday night game each week weeks 2 through 15 (excluding thanksgiving day), 1 live saturday night game during week 16. result of addition of these games, every nfl team appears in @ least 1 game on either nfl network s thursday night football, thanksgiving day game or in season-opening kickoff game each season (the season opener falls on thursday prior week 1 , televised on nbc, while thanksgiving day tripleheader games air on cbs, fox , nbc). games broadcast espn s monday night football, nfl network telecasts aired on designated broadcast television station in primary markets of participating teams, although stations in home team s market carry if televised game sells out remaining available tickets 72 hours prior game s start time.
when thursday night football premiered, veteran television announcer bryant gumbel served play-by-play announcer, former fox , current nbc analyst cris collinsworth serving color commentator broadcasts. collinsworth won sports emmy best game analyst work on nfl network telecasts. dick vermeil replaced collinsworth 2 games in 2006; marshall faulk , deion sanders replaced collinsworth when needed in 2007.
in august 2007, network televised pro football hall of fame game between pittsburgh steelers , new orleans saints nbc opted cover year s preseason game in china, later canceled. 2007 schedule began on november 22 (thanksgiving night), game between indianapolis colts , atlanta falcons @ georgia dome in atlanta. gumbel , collinsworth returned booth announcers.
bob papa, radio voice of new york giants on local sports talk station wfan, announced games starting in 2008. former detroit lions general manager matt millen named collinsworth s replacement @ same time. former washington redskins quarterback joe theismann joined papa , millen in booth 2010-11 season. in may 2011, nfl network announced brad nessler , mike mayock serve announcers season s game broadcasts.
in 2014 season, cbs sports took on production of of games in package, , gained right simulcast 8 of games on broadcast television. in 2016, nbc sports gained portion of package under similar arrangement.
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