FOX NFL Sunday

Infobox Television | show_name=FOX NFL Sunday


caption =
format = National Football League
runtime = 1 hour
creator = FOX Sports
starring = Curt Menefee
Terry Bradshaw
Howie Long
Jimmy Johnson
Barry Switzer
Michael Strahan
Jay Glazer
Frank Caliendo
Jillian Reynolds
country = USA
network = FOX (1994–)
picture_format = 480i (SDTV),
720p (HDTV)
first_aired = September 4, 1994
last_aired = present
website = http://msn.foxsports.com/nflonfox
imdb_id = 0369137
tv_com_id = 34941

"Ford Drive One FOX NFL Sunday" is the pregame show for the TV show "The NFL on FOX". The program is broadcast on Fox television affiliates nationwide. The audio portion of the show is broadcast over the Fox Sports Radio network, distributed by Premiere Radio Networks. The show has won four Emmy Awards.

History

1994-1997

"FOX NFL Sunday" debuted in 1994 with hosts James Brown, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson. In 1996, after Johnson left to coach the Miami Dolphins, Ronnie Lott was brought in for two seasons.

Throughout Johnson's time on the show, many times he would host the show from his home in Florida. There was much speculation that Jimmy Johnson would return to coaching during the first year of the show. Prior to the end of the year, Johnson made an 'announcement' saying he was happy with his new career in broadcasting. A year later, Johnson would return to coaching.

During the time with Jimmy Johnson, the opening to the show would feature a skit involving several or all of the hosts.

1998-2002

In 1998, off the heels of NBC losing the rights to telecast the NFL to CBS, Cris Collinsworth joined "FOX NFL Sunday" and subsequently replaced Ronnie Lott. Collinsworth left the show in 2002 when he was promoted to FOX's newly formed "A Team" NFL announcing team alongside Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. FOX did several commercials featuring Buck, Collinsworth, and Aikman dressed as characters from the popular 1980s TV show of the same name.

2002-2005

Jimmy Johnson returned to the program in 2002. Originally for the 2002 season, the fourth seat was to be a rotating guest analyst, with Johnson working in Week 1. Others filled the seat for the next couple weeks. By October, Johnson took over the position permanently, and remains on the program to this day. Popular comedian Jimmy Kimmel left the program after the 2002 season, primarily to focus on his new show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!". He was replaced by "MADtv" comedian Frank Caliendo, who had previously guest-starred during Kimmel's skits (performing his famous John Madden impersonation). Caliendo's prognostication skits began to feature his talented impersonations, including Madden, Jay Leno, Jim Rome, George W. Bush, as well as show hosts JB, Terry, Howie and Jimmy. After the 2005 season, host James Brown left the program in order to host "The NFL Today" on CBS.

2006

On August 13, 2006, FOX officially announced that Joe Buck and Curt Menefee would succeed James Brown as the host. Because Buck was already the lead play-by-play man for "The NFL on FOX" (a role that he has held since 2002), "FOX NFL Sunday" traveled to the site of Fox's top game each week, in a move similar to Fox's NASCAR coverage, where the prerace show emanates from the race site. Curt Menefee hosted the halftime and postgame segments on location with the "FOX NFL Sunday" crew. Chris Rose was the update host for game breaks. When Joe Buck had to go on a postseason Major League Baseball assignment for FOX (thus, was unable to appear on the "NFL on FOX" program), Menefee took over for Buck as the full-time host from Hollywood. During Weeks 6 through 8, while the show was in Hollywood, Jillian Barberie returned to her position reporting gameday weather.

During Weeks 16 and 17, Joe Buck was the full-time host from Hollywood with the rest of the "FOX NFL Sunday" crew. Dick Stockton took over as #1 play-by-play man alongside Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver, while Curt Menefee returned to the booth as #2 play-by-play man alongside Daryl Johnston and Tony Siragusa. Though the show returned to Hollywood for two weeks, Jillian Barberie did not rejoin the cast, presumably to go on maternity leave, as she was pregnant with her first child.

During Wild Card weekend, Curt Menefee substituted for Joe Buck as host, as the pregame show broadcasted from Hollywood. Meanwhile, Buck called the game between the New York Giants at the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, January 7.

During the Divisional Playoffs, Curt Menefee once again substituted for Joe Buck as host, as the pregame show broadcasted again from Hollywood for both games. Dick Stockton called the game between the Philadelphia Eagles at the New Orleans Saints on Saturday, January 13 and Buck called the game between the Seattle Seahawks at the Chicago Bears on Sunday, January 14.

For the NFC Championship Game on Sunday, January 21 between the New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears, Joe Buck hosted the pregame show with the "FOX NFL Sunday" crew on-site from Soldier Field. After Buck joined Troy Aikman for the play-by-play, Curt Menefee took over as host for the remainder of the game and hosted the halftime and postgame shows. Terry Bradshaw handled the trophy ceremony during the postgame show.

2006-2007 On-location broadcast sites *Preseason Week 1 - FOX Hollywood Studio 2A (Colts at Rams) *Preseason Week 2 - Giants Stadium (Chiefs at Giants) *Preseason Week 3 - (Dolphins at Panthers) *Week 1 - Alltel Stadium (Cowboys at Jaguars) *Week 2 - Lincoln Financial Field (Giants at Eagles) *Week 3 - Qwest Field (Giants at Seahawks) *Week 4 - Bank of America Stadium (Saints at Panthers) *Week 5 - Lincoln Financial Field (Cowboys at Eagles) *Week 6 - FOX Hollywood Studio 2A *Week 7 - FOX Hollywood Studio 2A *Week 8 - FOX Hollywood Studio 2A *Week 9 - FedEx Field (Cowboys at Redskins) *Week 10 - Heinz Field (Saints at Steelers) *Week 11 - Giants Stadium (Bears at Jets) *Week 12 - (Thanksgiving) Texas Stadium (Buccaneers at Cowboys) *Week 12 - (Sunday) Gillette Stadium (Bears at Patriots) *Week 13 - Giants Stadium (Cowboys at Giants) *Week 14 - Bank of America Stadium (Giants at Panthers) *Week 15 - Giants Stadium (Eagles at Giants) *Week 16 - FOX Hollywood Studio 2A *Week 17 - FOX Hollywood Studio 2A *NFC Wild Card Playoff - (Sunday) FOX Hollywood Studio 2A *NFC Divisional Playoff - (Saturday) FOX Hollywood Studio 2A *NFC Divisional Playoff - (Sunday) FOX Hollywood Studio 2A *NFC Championship Game - Soldier Field (Saints at Bears)

2007-present

In March 2007, it was announced that "The Built Ford Tough FOX NFL Sunday"cite news
url =http://media.ford.com/newsroom/feature_display.cfm?release=25982
title =Ford Suits Up for Online Fantasy Football
publisher =Ford.com
date = 2007-09-10
accessdate = 2007-10-31] would move back to the studio for the 2007 season, with Curt Menefee assuming full-time host duties and Joe Buck reverting to play-by-play only. Jillian Reynolds, coming off of maternity leave, returned full-time to report weather. However, the pre-game show was on-site at Lambeau Field for the 2007 NFC Championship Game between the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers and at Super Bowl XLII.

"FOX NFL Sunday" also now has a new feature, a pre-recorded segment named "Grumpy Old Coaches", where Jimmy Johnson and fellow former Cowboys head coach Barry Switzer talk about the week in football. A segment of highlights and commentary of the previous day's college football games is also featured, as a gesture to FOX's recent acquisition of the BCS.

On June 24, 2008 it was announced that Michael Strahan would join the show [http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d808f9d4c&template=with-video&confirm=true] .

Full list of personalities

Current talent

*Curt Menefee (Studio host, 2006–present)
*Terry Bradshaw (Analyst, 1994–present)
*Howie Long (Analyst, 1994-present)
*Jimmy Johnson (Analyst, 1994-1995; 2002–present)
*Barry Switzer (Analyst, 2007–present)
*Jay Glazer (NFL Insider, 2007–present)
*Frank Caliendo (Prognostication, 2003-present)
*Jillian Reynolds (Weather, 2000–2005, guest appearances in 2006, 2007–present)
*Michael Strahan (Analyst, 2008–present)

Former talent

*James Brown (Studio host, 1994–2005)
*Joe Buck (Pregame host, postgame host 2006)
*Ronnie Lott (Analyst, 1996–1997)
*Cris Collinsworth (Analyst, 1998–2001)
*Jimmy Kimmel (Prognostication, 1999–2002, (guest appearances in 2007)
*"Cousin Sal" Iacono, (Prognostication guest star with Kimmel in 2002)
*Jim Cantore (Weather, 1999)

Talent chart

See also

*"The NFL Today"
*"The NFL on NBC Pregame Show"
*List of AFC Championship Game broadcasters
*List of NFC Championship Game broadcasters
*List of Super Bowl broadcasters

References

* [http://msn.foxsports.com/nflonfox FOXSports.com - NFL on FOX]
* [http://www.nypost.com/sports/buck__menefee_new_fox_hosts_sports_andrew_marchand.htm BUCK, MENEFEE NEW FOX HOSTS]
* [http://www.deadspin.com/sports/nfl/fox-nfl-sunday-now-featuring-only-jimmy-johnsons-breasts-194271.php Fox NFL Sunday Now Featuring Only Jimmy Johnson's Breasts]
* [http://www.callofthegame.com/news/index.php?itemid=2299 Buck done with Fox hosting duties]
* [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/mccarthy/2007-08-14-Switzer-Johnson_N.htm Barry Switzer Joins Fox]