Saturday Night Football
| Saturday Night Football | |
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Saturday Night Football logo (2015–present)
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| Also known as | Saturday Night Football on ABC |
| Genre | College football telecasts |
| Presented by |
Chris Fowler Kirk Herbstreit Samantha Ponder Stan Verrett Mack Brown Mark May Brent Musburger (2006–13) Lisa Salters (2006–09) Erin Andrews (2010–11) Heather Cox (2012–15) John Saunders (2006–15) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 112 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 210 minutes or until game ends |
| Production company(s) | ESPN |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV), 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release | September 2, 2006 – present |
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| Related shows | ESPN College Football on ABC |
Saturday Night Football (branded for sponsorship purposes as Saturday Night Football on ABC presented by Walmart) is a weekly presentation of prime time broadcasts of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football games that are produced by ESPN, and televised on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). Games are presented each Saturday evening starting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time during the college football regular season (however until ESPN/ABC lost the NASCAR television rights to NBC Sports Group in 2015, games were not broadcast during weeks when ABC was scheduled to carry a Saturday nighttime Sprint Cup Series race).
As of 2017[update], the primary broadcast team includes play-by-play announcer Chris Fowler and analyst Kirk Herbstreit, with Samantha Ponder as sideline reporter. Stan Verrett, Mack Brown and Mark May host the studio halftime show, as well as brief pre-game and post-game shows. Other ESPN broadcast teams may also occasionally appear for regional (and some national) telecasts.
Saturday Night Football premiered on September 2, 2006, with a game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. While ABC and ESPN have aired college football games on Saturday nights for decades, this program marks the first time that a collegiate sports broadcast has officially been part of any major broadcast television network's primetime schedule.
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