CROWDED HOUSE AT FOOTBALL NIGHT
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In conjunction with the arrival of Dan Patrick to NBC, former ESPN partner Keith Olbermann cracked wise regarding Patrick’s presence on Football Night in America, the one-hour-plus highlights show that precedes the Sunday night game on NBC.
“My concern is that we didn’t have enough people on the show,” Olbermann told Michael Hiestand of USA Today. [...]
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Quick Hits: Raiders aren’t fooling anyone
Published 7/9/2008 at Goal-Line Stand
... on “Football Night in America.” The two do highlights together in a way nobody else can. But Mike Florio of PFT makes another good point: the show is now simply too crowded . Peter King fits in nicely as the “reporter guy,” spending only a small chunk of the program on air while working on stories and “Monday Morning Quarterback” the rest of the time. Patrick and Olbermann will become the highlight guys and the entertainers. NBC would be smart to have them square off in a point-counterpoint battle (though we’re not sure Patrick would stand much of a chance). Costas is the ...
