NEW YORK -- Highlighted by Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7, 2010 from Miami, the CBS Television Network marks its golden 50th year of coverage of the NFL by broadcasting a total of 106 games during its 17 weeks of regular-season coverage of the NFL’s American Football Conference. The regular-season schedule is followed by a full post-season slate including an AFC Wild Card playoff game on January 10, 2010, two divisional playoff games on January 16 and January 17, the AFC Championship Game on January 24 and Super Bowl XLIV.
CBS Sports’ coverage of Super Bowl XLIV marks the 17th time the Network will broadcast the Super Bowl with the last being in 2007 when the Indianapolis Colts defeated the Chicago Bears in Miami, Fla.
► ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE
In Week 7, THE NFL ON CBS for the second straight year travels across the Atlantic Ocean to cover the New England-Tampa Bay (10/25) game live from Wembley Stadium in London, England.
► AFC DIVISIONAL RIVALRIES
Along with near-weekly divisional battles in the AFC North between Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cleveland and Cincinnati, other AFC games highlighted include interdivision rivalries in the South including Tennessee-Indianapolis (12/6); in the East including Miami-New England (11/8); and in the West including San Diego-Denver (11/22).
► THANKSGIVING DAY GAME
Thanksgiving Day (11/26) will feature the Oakland Raiders at Dallas Cowboys.
► OPENING KICK-OFF
THE NFL ON CBS kicks off Week 1 with singleheader coverage on Sunday, Sept. 13 (Noon-4 p.m., ET) beginning with THE NFL TODAY, the Network’s pre-game studio show.
The day’s NFL action is highlighted by Jacksonville visiting Indianapolis and Kansas City taking on Baltimore. Other regional action that day on THE NFL ON CBS includes Miami-Atlanta, Denver-Cincinnati and the New York Jets-Houston games, live on the CBS Television Network.
► PRESEASON
CBS Sports’ NFL pre-season schedule begins Friday, Aug. 28 (8 p.m., ET) live in prime time with the New England Patriots taking on the Washington Redskins. The Network’s second pre-season game sees the San Diego Chargers visiting the Atlanta Falcons live in prime time on Saturday, Aug. 29 (8 p.m., ET) on the CBS Television Network.
Jim Nantz and Phil Simms are the lead announce team for the Network’s coverage of the NFL.
THE NFL TODAY, CBS Sports’ NFL pre-game, halftime and post-game studio show, begins on Sunday, Sept. 13 (Noon-1 p.m., ET) with host James Brown, along with analysts Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher.
Sean McManus is President, CBS News and Sports and serves as the executive producer of CBS Sports’ coverage of the NFL. Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.
► SUPER BOWL CHAMPION PITTSBURGH AND INDIANAPOLIS SLATED FOR NINE APPEARANCES; WHILE NEW ENGLAND AND AFC DIVISION CHAMPIONS MIAMI, TENNESSEE AND SAN DIEGO TO MAKE 10
The Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers and perennial AFC power Indianapolis Colts will appear nine times each on THE NFL ON CBS, while the New England Patriots, along with AFC East Champion Miami Dolphins, AFC South Champion Tennessee Titans, and AFC West Champion San Diego Chargers will make 10 appearances each; the Baltimore Ravens will be seen 11 times on CBS; the Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos and New York Jets will appear 12 times each; the Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars and Oakland Raiders 13 times each; and the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs 14 times each.
► NINE CBS DOUBLEHEADER WEEKENDS
THE NFL ON CBS’s 2009 broadcast schedule, which includes nine doubleheader weekends, features several of last year’s powerhouse teams in the AFC and key AFC-NFC match-ups including San Diego-Dallas (12/13); Pittsburgh-Chicago (9/20); San Diego-New York Giants (11/8); AFC Championship rematch Baltimore-Pittsburgh (12/27); New England-Denver (10/11); Tennessee-New England (10/18); Denver-Philadelphia (12/27); Kansas City-Philadelphia (9/27); Cincinnati-Green Bay (9/20); Denver-Indianapolis (12/13); Cleveland-Chicago (11/1); Houston-Arizona (10/11); Baltimore-New England (10/4); Indianapolis-Baltimore (11/22); Pittsburgh-Miami (1/3/10); New York Jets-New Orleans (10/4); Oakland-New York Giants (10/11); Baltimore-Minnesota (10/18); Cleveland-Pittsburgh (10/18); Kansas City-Washington (10/18); Denver-Washington (11/15); Jacksonville-San Francisco (11/29) and New York Jets-Indianapolis (12/27). (Over) THE NFL ON CBS Schedule…2
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