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The following is a list of the television networks and announcers who have broadcast the National Football League's Pro Bowl throughout the years.
Contents
1950s[edit]
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | not televised | ||
| 1952 | NBC | Harry Wismer | Bill Stern |
| 1953 | NBC | Bud Foster | Mark Scott |
| 1954 | DuMont | Tom Harmon | Red Grange |
| 1955 | not televised | ||
| 1956 | not televised | ||
| 1957 | not televised | ||
| 1958 | NBC | Joe Tucker | Van Patrick |
| 1959 | NBC | Jim Gibbons | Van Patrick |
- Notes
- From the 1951 thru the 1964 seasons, the Pro Bowl television rightsholders were the Los Angeles Newspaper Charities, as opposed to the National Football League. Since the 1965 season, the NFL has owned the telecast rights.[citation needed]
- The DuMont Television Network obtained rights to the 1955 game from the Los Angeles Newspaper Charities just one week before the game date. As they had trouble lining up affiliates to cover the game on such short notice, the telecast was cancelled.[citation needed]
- Both NBC and CBS passed on the rights to the 1957 game. ABC apparently considered televising the game, but could not gain enough clearance of affiliates to make a telecast feasible. So for the third straight year, there was no telecast.[citation needed]
1960s[edit]
1970s[edit]
- Notes
- For the first four seasons following the AFL-NFL merger (1970–1973), CBS and NBC alternated coverage of the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl.[citation needed]
- The game was part of ABC's Monday Night Football[4] package from the 1974 through 1986 seasons (the 1975–1987 games).[citation needed] By 1986, ABC's coverage of the Pro Bowl promoted under the Wide World of Sports[5] anthology series umbrella.
1980s[edit]
- Notes
- In 1980 (the first year that the Pro Bowl was in Hawaii), Al Michaels filled-in for Frank Gifford on play-by-play. Gifford was in Austria covering the World Championships of Skiing.[citation needed]
- Although Hawaii does not have an NFL team of its own, the Pro Bowl games played there from 1980–2009 were still subject to the NFL's blackout policies, requiring the game to be blacked out within the state of Hawaii if all seats were not sold out by the specified 72-hour deadline.[14][15]
1990s[edit]
2000s[edit]
- Notes
- In 2003, John Madden declined to be part of the announcing crew due to his aviatophobia and claustrophobia. He was replaced on the telecast by former San Diego Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts, whom Madden had replaced on the Monday Night Football crew. This was also the case in 2009, when Cris Collinsworth filled in for Madden on NBC's coverage.[citation needed]
- In 2004–2006, ABC (who by the early 2000s, had been suffering through several years of dismal ratings) sold its rights to the Pro Bowl (which had been part of the Monday Night Football package since 1995) to sister network ESPN. In those years, the ESPN Sunday Night Football crew covered the game. Prior to the game being moved to ESPN, ABC considered moving the game to Monday night.[citation needed]
- Under the eight year television contract beginning in 2006, the network that broadcasts the Super Bowl would also get the Pro Bowl. Typically, CBS and Fox would utilize their "B" or "Number 2" broadcasting crew.[citation needed]
- The 2007 game on CBS was held on the Saturday after Super Bowl XLI because of the Grammy Awards.[citation needed]
2010s[edit]
- Notes
- The 2010 game was the first time ever that the Pro Bowl was held prior to the championship game. It was held the weekend before Super Bowl XLIV.[38] NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the move was made after looking at alternatives to strengthen the Pro Bowl.[39] The game was also moved up in order to prevent a conflict that would have occurred if the game had taken place on February 13 or 14 (CBS would have rights, and based on the 52nd Grammy Awards, would have moved the game to the Saturday, as they did in 2007), with the game facing against the NBA All-Star Game, Winter Olympics, and Daytona 500.[citation needed]
- CBS gave up the rights to the 2013 game to NBC.[40]
- ESPN currently has the rights to air the Pro Bowl, It began in 2015. Starting in 2018, the game will be simulcast on broadcast network ABC, marking the return of the Pro Bowl to network television for the first time since 2013, while being ABC’s first telecast since 2003. [41] In 2019, ESPN's telecast of the Pro Bowl also aired on children's channel Disney XD.
2020s[edit]
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Sideline reporter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ESPN | Joe Tessitore | Booger McFarland | Lisa Salters |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 1969 NFL Season Pro Bowl - CBS Radio Broadcast on YouTube
- ^ 1976 01 26 NFL Pro Bowl ABC on YouTube
- ^ ABC Monday Night Football - 1978 Pro Bowl (New Copy) on YouTube
- ^ ABC Monday Night Football Pro Bowl 1978 on YouTube
- ^ 1986 ABC NFL Pro Bowl Promo on YouTube
- ^ 1982 Pro Bowl Dorsett 4yd TD run on YouTube
- ^ 1983 Pro Bowl on YouTube
- ^ 1985 Pro Bowl on YouTube
- ^ Aloha Bears-1986 on YouTube
- ^ 1986 Pro Bowl on YouTube
- ^ 1987 Pro Bowl on YouTube
- ^ 1988 Pro Bowl on YouTube
- ^ 1989 Pro Bowl on YouTube
- ^ "NFL lifts TV blackout as Pro Bowl nears sellout". Archived from the original on 2009-02-11.
- ^ "Pro Bowl Blackout Date Extended". KHOU-TV. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011.
- ^ 1990 Pro Bowl [ESPN] on YouTube
- ^ 1991 Pro Bowl [ESPN] on YouTube
- ^ 1992 Pro Bowl [ESPN] on YouTube
- ^ 1993 Pro Bowl [ESPN] on YouTube
- ^ 1994 Pro Bowl [ESPN] on YouTube
- ^ "1995 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2008.
- ^ 1995 Pro Bowl [ABC] on YouTube
- ^ 1996 Pro Bowl [ABC] on YouTube
- ^ 1997 Pro Bowl [ABC] on YouTube
- ^ 1998 Pro Bowl [ABC] on YouTube
- ^ 1999 Pro Bowl [ABC] on YouTube
- ^ 2000 Pro Bowl [ABC] on YouTube
- ^ 2002 Pro Bowl on YouTube
- ^ 2002 Pro Bowl [ABC] on YouTube
- ^ 2004 Pro Bowl (55 NFC vs 52 AFC) on YouTube
- ^ 2005 Pro Bowl on YouTube
- ^ 2009 Pro Bowl on YouTube
- ^ 2010 Pro Bowl on YouTube
- ^ "40th Season of Monday Night Football". ESPN. April 14, 2009. Archived from the original on September 4, 2009.
- ^ Fang, Ken (January 26, 2012). "NBC Kicks Off Super Bowl Week With the 2012 Pro Bowl From Hawaii". Fang's Bites (blog). Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
- ^ 2013 Pro Bowl on YouTube
- ^ 2018 Pro Bowl Full Game on YouTube
- ^ "Pro Bowl to precede Super Bowl". ESPN. December 30, 2008. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
- ^ "2010 Pro Bowl moving to Miami, will be played before Super Bowl". NFL.com. December 30, 2008. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2008.
- ^ "Notes: CBS Gives 2013 Pro Bowl to NBC (Also: Olympic Streaming, Music City Bowl)". Sports Media Watch. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Malloy, Tim; Lucas Shaw (September 8, 2011). "'Monday Night Football' to Remain on ESPN Through 2021". TheWrap.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
