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Last season for ESPN's NFL Prime Time

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LoKyBuckeye

LoKyBuckeye

I give up. This board is too hard to understand.
No choice for ESPN

http://www.jsonline.com/packer/news/aug05/351041.asp

This is the last season on Sunday nights for ESPN's "NFL PrimeTime," the most-watched highlights show on TV and the cable television's highest-rated studio show and one of cable TV's highest-rated series in the fall.

At the end of teleconference with reporters this week, ESPN senior coordinating producer Bob Rauscher disclosed an interesting fact about that program that previously had not been made clear.

"PrimeTime" is going off the air on Sunday nights not because ESPN is choosing to take it out of that slot.

It's going off Sunday nights because the new television deal between the NFL and its broadcasting partners calls for it not to air on Sunday nights starting in 2006, so as not to compete with NBC's Sunday night NFL programming.

"It's a contractual issue," Rauscher said. "We are not taking 'PrimeTime' off the air because we don't want to do 'PrimeTime,' but based on a new contract terms, things have changed in what we are allowed to do."

The NFL lets its TV partners compete against one another with three Sunday morning studio shows up against each other starting at 11 a.m., but the league does not want NBC to face that kind of competition in its Sunday night part.
 
That is definitely one of ESPN's most watchable shows. They do a nice job of showing highlights of all the games. We'll have to see what NBC does before the game next year.
 
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Thank God. I enjoy the highlights and some of the analysis...now I don't want to say Berman has worn out his welcome, but Berman's schtik was around when the Dead Sea was still sick. I wish he'd give it up.
 
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terrible. nfl primetime is a FANTASTIC show. i know everybody on this forum harbors this ridiculous hate for all things espn, but as far as i'm concerned, primetime is a very entertaining show with great background music to go along with the highlights. berman and tom jackson have great chemistry, and the show gets straight to the point. no bullshitting, just awesome music and football highlights, with great commentary, and it can be funny. just an all-around great show.
 
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