NFL on Fox
| Fox NFL | |
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Fox NFL logo used since 2014
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| Also known as | 'NFL on Fox' |
| Genre | Football game telecasts |
| Presented by |
Fox NFL Sunday crew List of NFL on Fox commentators |
| Theme music composer | Scott Schreer |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 21 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
Various NFL stadiums (game telecasts) Fox Network Center, Los Angeles (studio segments, pregame and postgame shows) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 210 minutes or until game ends |
| Production company(s) | Fox Sports |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Fox NFL Sunday Ticket Fox Deportes (Spanish language, select regular season and playoff games) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV; 1994–2009) 720p (HDTV; 2006–present) (HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i on SDTV feed) |
| Original release | August 12, 1994 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Fox NFL Sunday Fox NFL Kickoff |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Fox NFL (also known as The NFL on Fox) is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games produced by Fox Sports and televised on the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox). Game coverage is usually preceded by the pre-game shows Fox NFL Kickoff and Fox NFL Sunday and is followed on most weeks by post-game show The OT. The latter two shows feature the same studio hosts and analysts for both programs, who also contribute to the former. In weeks when Fox airs a doubleheader, the late broadcast (which typically airs nationwide in almost all markets, as there are typically only one or two games taking place at the time) airs under the brand America's Game of the Week.
The network aired its inaugural NFL game telecast on August 12, 1994, with a preseason game between the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Coverage formally began the following month on September 4, with the premiere of Fox NFL Sunday, followed by a slate of six regionally televised regular season games on the first Sunday of the 1994 season.
Though Fox was growing rapidly as a network, and had established itself as a presence, it was still not considered a major competitor to the "Big Three" broadcast networks (ABC, CBS and NBC). Fox management, having seen the critical role that soccer programming had played in the growth of British satellite service BSkyB, believed that sports, and specifically professional football, would be the engine that would turn Fox into a major network the quickest.
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