FOX NFL Sunday: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Fox NFL Sunday is an American sports-talk television program on Fox that debuted on September 4, 1994, and serves as the pre-game show for the network's National Football League game telecasts under the NFL on Fox brand. An audio simulcast of the program airs on sister radio network Fox Sports Radio, which is distributed by Premiere Radio Networks. As of 2014, the program has won four Emmy Awards. Fox NFL Sunday debuted on September 4, 1994, when Fox inaugurated its NFL game broadcasts through the network's recently acquired broadcast rights to the National Football Conference; it was originally hosted by James Brown, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson (both Brown and Bradshaw had joined the network from CBS to help helm Fox's NFL coverage). The program was notable in being the first hour-long NFL pregame show on a broadcast television network; network pregame programs that existed beforehand, such as CBS' The NFL Today or NBC's NFL Live!, aired as 30-minute broadcasts. Fox's show also adopted a looser, more irreverent approach than its predecessors in order to also appeal to the network's younger-skewing audiences. During Johnson's initial season on Fox NFL Sunday, he would often join the show from his home in Florida. There was much speculation that Jimmy Johnson would return to coaching during the first year of the program's run. Prior to the end of the year, Johnson made an "announcement," saying he was happy with his new career in broadcasting. But in 1996, he left the program to become head coach of the Miami Dolphins; Ronnie Lott was brought in to succeed him, and stayed with the program for two seasons.

Series details

• Title: FOX NFL Sunday
• Format: Talk Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1994-09-04
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: FOX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 64 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10847

Cast and credited roles

• Jay Glazer — NFL Insider
• Curt Menefee — Co-Host
• Terry Bradshaw — Co-Host
• Howie Long — Co-Host
• Michael Strahan — Co-Host
• Rob Gronkowski — Contributor
• Erin Andrews — Reporter
• Jimmy Johnson — Co-Host
• Charissa Thompson — Reporter
• Kristina Pink — NFL Reporter
• Allison Williams — Reporter
• Megan Olivi — Reporter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-09-04; final listed air date 1994-09-04.
• Season 22: premiered 2015-09-06; final listed air date 2016-01-17; episode order: 21.
• Season 23: premiered 2017-09-10; final listed air date 2017-11-19; episode order: 21.
• Season 27: premiered 2020-09-13; final listed air date 2021-01-24.
• Season 28: premiered 2021-09-12; final listed air date 2022-01-16.
• Season 29: premiered 2022-09-11; final listed air date 2023-02-12; episode order: 20.
• Season 30: premiered 2023-09-10; final listed air date 2024-01-07; episode order: 19.
• Season 31: premiered 2024-09-08; final listed air date 2025-01-05.
• Season 32: premiered 2025-09-07; final listed air date 2026-01-04; episode order: 18.
• Season 33: premiered 2026-09-13; final listed air date 2026-09-27.

Source and licence

Adapted from FOX NFL Sunday 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.