FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL CONFERENCE CALL TOMORROW, THURS., SEPT 1, AT 2 PM ET
Back to Football: Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya and Sunday Night Football Executive Producer Fred Gaudelli to Preview 2016 NFL Season
Dial 913-312-0982 to Participate
STAMFORD, Conn. – August 31, 2016 – The Sunday Night Football broadcast team of Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya join executive producer Fred Gaudelli to preview the 2016 NFL season on a media conference call tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 1 at 2 p.m. ET.
Dial 913-312-0982 to participate, conference ID 8213036.
The NFL opens the regular season on Thursday, Sept. 8, with NFL Kickoff 2016 on NBC, with a Super Bowl 50 rematch, as the defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos host the Carolina Panthers. Coverage begins on NBC at 7:30 p.m. ET. Then, on Sunday, Sept. 11, the New England Patriots visit the Arizona Cardinals in the opening Sunday Night Football game of the season.
SNF IS TV’S NO. 1 PRIMETIME PROGRAM FOR 5 YEARS RUNNING: For the historic fifth consecutive Sept.-May television season, NBC’s Sunday Night Football finished as television’s No. 1 primetime show in household rating (13.0) and viewership (22.5 million average), as well as the coveted Adult 18-49 demographic (8.0), based on live plus same day data from The Nielsen Company (September-May). Sunday Night Football is one of only four shows since 1950 to rank No. 1 in primetime for five consecutive TV seasons.
2016 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE |
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Thurs. Sept. 8 | NFL Kickoff | Carolina Panthers at Denver Broncos |
Sun. Sept. 11 | Week 1 | New England Patriots at Arizona Cardinals |
Sun. Sept. 18 | Week 2 | Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings |
Sun. Sept. 25 | Week 3 | Chicago Bears at Dallas Cowboys |
Sun. Oct. 2 | Week 4 | Kansas City Chiefs at Pittsburgh Steelers |
*Sun. Oct. 9 | Week 5 | New York Giants at Green Bay Packers |
*Sun. Oct. 16 | Week 6 | Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans |
*Sun. Oct. 23 | Week 7 | Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals |
*Sun. Oct. 30 | Week 8 | Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys |
*Sun. Nov. 6 | Week 9 | Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders |
*Sun. Nov. 13 | Week 10 | Seattle Seahawks at New England Patriots |
*Sun. Nov. 20 | Week 11 | Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins |
**Thurs. Nov. 24 | Week 12 | Pittsburgh Steelers at Indianapolis Colts |
*Sun. Nov. 27 | Week 12 | New England Patriots at New York Jets |
*Sun. Dec. 4 | Week 13 | Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks |
*Sun. Dec. 11 | Week 14 | Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants |
*Sun. Dec. 18 | Week 15 | Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals |
Sun. Dec. 25 | Week 16 | Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs |
*Sun. Jan. 1 | Week 17 | TBD |
*Flex Week
** Thanksgiving Night Game