Showtime picks up Inside the NFL
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As Bob Sassone wrote in his report about Inside the NFL ending its HBO run final February, the NFL was reporting that the show would find a domestic on another network. It has. And I can tell you now that Inside the NFL will be appearing weekly on Showtime. It’ll be a collaboration with CBS Sports and NFL Films. That said, I think we can expect to see CBS talent on the show.
In its most recent edition on HBO, Inside the NFL was hosted by Bob Costas, with expert input by former players and current broadcast analysts Dan Marino, Cris Collinsworth and Cris Carter. Costas and Collinsworth are NBC employees, and Carter is part of ESPN. That leaves Danny Boy. And yes, he is
Inside the NFL is a rare weekly highlight show — one of the best ever — considering shows the games up shut from the viewpoint of NFL Films. Those cameras get inside of the game more than TV cameras. They’re films, not TV and the production values are like a documentary film. As a longtime football fan, I’m really glad that Inside the NFL will go on. that year will be its 32nd on the air.
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