On Tuesday, NBC announced a replacement for Al Michaels on Sunday Night Football and folks should be very excited.
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As you can see below, NBC just announced that Mike Tirico will be replacing Michaels next to Chris Collinsworth on the Sunday Night Football crew.
In addition, Melissa Stark will replace Michele Tafoya.
NBC announces that @miketirico is replacing Al Michaels next to @CollinsworthPFF on the Sunday Night Football crew.@melissastark will replace Michele Tafoya.https://t.co/BrcN63r82s pic.twitter.com/mJ8Q0MuJik
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) April 19, 2022
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From NBC:
NBC Sports today announced its new Sunday Night Football announce team, featuring Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth in the booth and Melissa Stark on the sidelines.
Tirico and Collinsworth have teamed to call 21 NFL games (19 regular season, two preseason) since Tirico joined NBC Sports in 2016. Stark, NBC Sports’ newest team member, served as sideline reporter for ABC’s Monday Night Football for three seasons (2000-02), and has been a host and reporter for NFL Network since 2011.
“Sunday Night Football is destination viewing and we are thrilled to have Mike, Cris and Melissa call the action and tell the stories that football fans have come to expect from primetime TV’s #1 show,” said Pete Bevacqua, NBC Sports Chairman.
The trio will work its first game together at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in primetime on Thursday, Aug. 4 on NBC and Peacock. On Thursday, Sept. 8, Tirico, Collinsworth and Stark will call the NFL Kickoff Game on NBC and Peacock.
Nation, what do you think about this move for Sunday Night Football? Did NBC get it correct?