Football Night in America: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Football Night in America is an American pre-game show that is broadcast on NBC, preceding its broadcasts of Sunday night and Wild Card Saturday National Football League (NFL) games. The program debuted on September 10, 2006, when the network inaugurated its Sunday prime time game package. The 80-minute program airs live at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and is broadcast from Studio 1 at NBC Sports Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Prior to 2012, Football Night in America originally broadcast from the GE Building in New York City, first out of Studio 8G from 2006 to 2012 and in 2013, from Studio 8H, where Saturday Night Live is also taped.

The program's title closely resembles CBC Television's long-running Hockey Night in Canada franchise. In addition, NBC – along with ABC and Major League Baseball in a joint effort called "The Baseball Network" – had previously aired baseball games as the similarly titled Baseball Night in America from 1994 to 1995.

Series details

• Title: Football Night in America
• Format: Talk Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Sports
• Premiere date: 2006-09-10
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 77 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10043

Cast and credited roles

• Jason Garett — Analyst in-studio
• Maria Taylor — Co-Host
• Mike Florio — NFL insider
• Devin McCourty — Analyst in-studio
• Tony Dungy — Analyst in-studio
• Rodney Harrison — Analyst in-studio
• Jac Collinsworth — Contributer
• Chris Simms — Analyst in-studio
• Matthew Berry — Fantasy Sports Insider
• Steve Kornacki — Analyst in-studio
• Mike Tomlin — Studio Analyst
• Ahmed Fareed — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-09-10; final listed air date 2007-01-06.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-09-09; final listed air date 2007-12-30.
• Season 3: premiered 2008-09-07; final listed air date 2009-01-03.
• Season 4: premiered 2009-09-13; final listed air date 2010-01-03.
• Season 5: premiered 2010-09-12; final listed air date 2011-01-08.
• Season 6: premiered 2011-09-11; final listed air date 2012-01-01.
• Season 7: premiered 2012-09-09; final listed air date 2012-12-30.
• Season 8: premiered 2013-09-08; final listed air date 2014-01-04.
• Season 9: premiered 2014-09-07; final listed air date 2014-12-28.
• Season 10: premiered 2015-09-13; final listed air date 2016-01-16.
• Season 11: premiered 2016-09-08; final listed air date 2017-01-15; episode order: 25.
• Season 12: premiered 2017-09-07; final listed air date 2017-12-25; episode order: 20.
• Season 13: premiered 2018-09-06; final listed air date 2018-12-23.
• Season 14: premiered 2019-09-05; final listed air date 2020-01-12.
• Season 15: premiered 2020-09-10; final listed air date 2021-01-16.
• Season 16: premiered 2021-09-12; final listed air date 2022-01-23.
• Season 17: premiered 2022-08-04; final listed air date 2023-01-21; episode order: 23.
• Season 18: premiered 2023-08-03; final listed air date 2024-01-21; episode order: 23.
• Season 19: premiered 2024-09-05; final listed air date 2025-01-19; episode order: 21.
• Season 20: premiered 2025-07-31; final listed air date 2026-01-18; episode order: 23.
• Season 21: premiered 2026-08-06; final listed air date 2027-01-03.

Source and licence

Adapted from Football Night in America on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.