Thursday Night Football Moving to CBS

Surprised this wasn't posted yet.....


The NFL says CBS will televise eight of its Thursday night games next season.

CBS won bidding for the games, an increasingly valuable property for network television. The games will be simulcast on the NFL Network and come during the first half of the season. The league's cable network will keep the second-half games for itself, although the broadcasts will continue to be produced by CBS.

Of those eight second-half games, six will be on Thursday nights with two as part of a Saturday doubleheader in Week 16. The first Saturday game would be in the afternoon followed by the second in prime time, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said.

The NFL says the contract is for one year, and the league has an option to extend it for 2015. The CBS lead broadcasting team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will be in the booth for all Thursday night games.

"NFL Network built Thursday into a night for NFL fans," commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. "Our goal is to bring these games to more fans on broadcast television with unprecedented promotion and visibility for Thursday Night Football on CBS."

Thursday NIght Football sucks

Thursday night football does suck, its just to soon to play. At least it will be free now.

dallen said:

Thursday NIght Football sucks

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If CBS' #1 team is on it, the NFL may choose to put on better games.

Not a big fan or Thursday games either, but having them on a station only people with DirecTV can watch was stupid. And I say this even though I have DTV. Moving them to one of the big stations was a good move. It's not like the Thursday games were going away. At least more people can see them now.

NoDak said:

Not a big fan or Thursday games either, but having them on a station only people with DirecTV can watch was stupid. And I say this even though I have DTV. Moving them to one of the big stations was a good move. It's not like the Thursday games were going away. At least more people can see them now.

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Another reason why they may try to improve the slate of games that are on Thursday nights.

NoDak said:

Not a big fan or Thursday games either, but having them on a station only people with DirecTV can watch was stupid. And I say this even though I have DTV. Moving them to one of the big stations was a good move. It's not like the Thursday games were going away. At least more people can see them now.

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You didn't need to have DTV to see Thursdays games. I saw them and i have cable.

Genghis Khan said:

You didn't need to have DTV to see Thursdays games. I saw them and i have cable.

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Yeah, doesn't one of the Cable Co's carry NFL Network? I know TWC cable doesn't.

UncleMilti said:

Yeah, doesn't one of the Cable Co's carry NFL Network? I know TWC cable doesn't.

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AT&T Uverse does. That's what I have.

Genghis Khan said:

You didn't need to have DTV to see Thursdays games. I saw them and i have cable.

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Huh. I thought only DTV carried NFLN.

The cable companies around here don't, anyway.

UncleMilti said:

Yeah, doesn't one of the Cable Co's carry NFL Network? I know TWC cable doesn't.

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I have TWC and get NFLN

FIOS carries the NFL network as well.

jsmith6919 said:

I have TWC and get NFLN

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Really?

Well shit they told me they didn't carry it.

UncleMilti said:

Really?

Well shit they told me they didn't carry it.

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Yep NFLN came with the basic package here, I do pay extra for Redzone

Oh great. More annoying Phil Simms.

So does this mean all games will involve at least one AFC team?

1bigfan13 said:

So does this mean all games will involve at least one AFC team?

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I doubt it.

I don't see how they could logistically make that happen. Plus it would really limit exposure for all the teams, which I still think will be the case.

I remember back in the day the NFL had games on Saturday after the college season had wrapped up.

I don't know why it took them so long to go back to this.

1bigfan13 said:

I remember back in the day the NFL had games on Saturday after the college season had wrapped up.

I don't know why it took them so long to go back to this.

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Yes! I was just wondering about that back in December.

I used to love Saturday afternoon games and was curious as to why they got rid of them in the first place.

Texas Ace said:

Yes! I was just wondering about that back in December.

I used to love Saturday afternoon games and was curious as to why they got rid of them in the first place.

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According to an article on CBS Sports, aside from this year, they've had a regular season game on Saturday every year since 1970. It doesn't feel like it.

Maybe they've been crappy match ups and I've purposely skipped them.