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THE NFL ON CBS, home of Super Bowl LIII, continues its 59th season on Sunday, Dec. 16 as Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson call the New England-Pittsburgh game from Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pa. in leading CBS' coverage into Week 15 of its Super Bowl season. This season marks the 20th time CBS will broadcast the Super Bowl - the most of any network.
The day begins with THE NFL TODAY (12:00 Noon, ET) and THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW on CBS Sports Network (8:00 AM-12:00 Noon, ET) live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.
THE NFL TODAY analysts Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason break down some of Week 15's games. Click links for preview:
New England-Pittsburgh: https://bit.ly/2QLuus7
Miami-Minnesota: https://bit.ly/2ElbPMT
And NFL ON CBS analyst Ian Eagle also previews some of Week 15's games: https://bit.ly/2SHln91
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James Brown, along with analysts Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher, Phil Simms, Nate Burleson and NFL Insider Jason La Canfora, lead THE NFL TODAY into its 51st year.
THE NFL TODAY previews Week 15's big game on CBS, the New England Patriots-Pittsburgh Steelers, with a CBS SPORTS PRESENTS animated feature highlighting Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. In addition, THE NFL TODAY team breaks down the game, and 'tis the season - to talk playoff implications as several 7-6 teams are in the playoff discussion with critical Week 15 games to be played. Will last week's "Miracle in Miami" help propel one of those teams - Miami - into the playoffs?
Drew Kaliski is producer and Bob Matina is director of THE NFL TODAY.
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1:00 PM, ET
Tennessee at N.Y. Giants
Greg Gumbel, Trent Green, Bruce Arians, Melanie Collins
Ken Mack (Producer), Suzanne Smith (Director)
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1:00 PM, ET
Miami at Minnesota
Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts, Evan Washburn
Mark Wolff (Producer), Bob Fishman (Director)
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1:00 PM, ET
Oakland at Cincinnati
Andrew Catalon, James Lofton
Steve McKee (Producer), Andy Goldberg (Director)
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1:00 PM, ET
Washington at Jacksonville
Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon, Steve Tasker
Jonathan Segal (Producer), Mark Grant (Director)
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4:25 PM, ET
New England at Pittsburgh
Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson
Jim Rikhoff (Lead Producer), Mike Arnold (Lead Director)
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THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW (TOPS) (8:00 AM, ET; CBS Sports Network) is hosted by Adam Schein with analysts Amy Trask, London Fletcher, Brandon Tierney and Dana Jacobson, along with fantasy experts Keith Irizarry and Jeff Ratcliffe, discussing the week's issues and biggest games, along with fanstasy football advice and information. In addition, former Chicago Bears DT Spice Adams joins as a guest analyst this week. Deb Gelman and Brian Raab are producers and Jay Kincaid is director.
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The following are announcer assignments for Week 16 (subject to change):
December 23
1:00 PM, ET
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Game
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Broadcast Team
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Producer/Director
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Houston @ Philadelphia
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Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts//Evan Washburn
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Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman
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Buffalo @ New England
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Greg Gumbel/Trent Green/Bruce Arians//
Melanie Collins
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Ken Mack/Suzanne Smith
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Cincinnati @ Cleveland
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Spero Dedes/Adam Archuleta
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Sellers Shy/Jim Cornell
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Jacksonville @ Miami
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Andrew Catalon/James Lofton
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Steve McKee/Andy Goldberg
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N.Y. Giants @ Indianapolis
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Kevin Harlan/Rich Gannon//Steve Tasker
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Johathan Segal/Mark Grant
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4:25 PM, ET
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Game
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Broadcast Team
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Producer/Director
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Pittsburgh @ New Orleans
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Jim Nantz/Tony Romo//Tracy Wolfson
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Jim Rikhoff/Mike Arnold
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The entire 2018 NFL ON CBS schedule will be streamed live on CBS All Access platforms. CBS All Access subscribers will receive NFL ON CBS games that are broadcast in their local market.
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Sean McManus is Chairman, CBS Sports and serves as the Executive Producer for THE NFL ON CBS. David Berson is President, CBS Sports. Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Senior Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.
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