MARIA TAYLOR
Host
Maria Taylor currently serves as the host of Football Night in America, the most-watched studio show in sports, and the Big Ten College Countdown studio show leading into NBC Sports’ primetime Big Ten Football on Saturday nights. She has hosted semifinals and finals coverage of Roland-Garros tennis matches since 2022. She is the first female full-time host of Football Night.
Over an unprecedented 10-month period, Taylor hosted the primetime network broadcast of the NFL Draft, the NBA Finals, the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Super Bowl, and the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Taylor served as the host for NBC’s late night coverage of the Paris Olympics during her most recent Olympic assignment in the summer of 2024.
In 2021, Adweek named her one of the “Most Powerful Women in Sports.” In 2022, TIME Magazine included Taylor in their TIME100 Next list, which identifies the “emerging leaders who are shaping the future.” Taylor was also featured in the 2022 Giorgio Armani “Crossroads” campaign, celebrating the global stories of 12 women, exploring the determination it takes to push past social conventions and limitations to achieve one’s dreams.
A graduate of the University of Georgia, Taylor delivered the commencement address in May 2021, marking the 60-year anniversary of the university’s integration.
