NFL Primetime

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Until the 2006 season, Primetime aired every Sunday night during the NFL American football season and it preceded ESPN''s coverage of Sunday Night Football. The show was hosted by Chris Berman, with analysis from Tom Jackson. Berman and Jackson recapped Sunday afternoon''s NFL games with highlights, statistics, and commentary. Pete Axthelm was a regular from 1987 until his death in 1991. Through the show''s history, other co-hosts included John Saunders, Robin Roberts, Bill Pidto, and Stuart Scott. Pidto was often the target of good-natured ribbing by Berman, since Pidto often did recaps of games of less importance. The position of co-host was dropped prior to the start of the 1998 season. Rather than provide the usual package of scoring highlights, NFL Primetime presented extended highlights which also showed less dramatic plays. This provided context for the greater depth of analysis of each game.... Mehr