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Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Jim Nantz believes Chiefs-Cowboys will set viewership records (and he's right)
It's one thing for a bozo like me to say it. It's quite another when it comes from the guy who will be calling the game. Appearing this week on Rich Eisen's show, lead CBS play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz expressed a belief that the Thanksgiving game between the Chiefs and Cowboys will establish a new standard for regular-season NFL football. Advertisement 'K.C. and Dallas, to put those two gigantic brands together on the most-watched day of the regular season in the NFL, it's gonna set records," Nantz said, via "That's not what I'm out for it to do. I just hope it's a great football game. It will be a wonderful matchup to call on Thanksgiving. K.C. at Dallas, it's the game we wanted." It's hardly a stretch. The Cowboys are America's legacy team. The Chiefs are the flavor of a month of Sundays. Put them together, and the record won't just be broken. It'll be shattered. Especially on Thanksgiving. Three years ago, 42.1 million watched the Cowboys beat the Giants, 28-20. That's the current record. And seven of the top nine games happened on Thanksgiving. The other two? The 1990 Monday night game between the 10-1 Giants and 10-1 49ers, and the 1985 Dolphins-Bears Monday night showdown that gave Chicago its only loss of the year. Advertisement The NFL could have dropped any Cowboys game on Thanksgiving and generated a huge number. By giving the captive audience a game involving two destination teams, the league wants — and will get — its biggest regular-season audience ever. Our guess is that it will be at least 45 million, if not 50 million. Especially since Nielsen rolled out earlier this year some new kind of technique for measuring out-of-home viewership.
NBC Sports
25-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Jim Nantz believes Chiefs-Cowboys will set viewership records (and he's right)
It's one thing for a bozo like me to say it. It's quite another when it comes from the guy who will be calling the game. Appearing this week on Rich Eisen's show, lead CBS play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz expressed a belief that the Thanksgiving game between the Chiefs and Cowboys will establish a new standard for regular-season NFL football. 'K.C. and Dallas, to put those two gigantic brands together on the most-watched day of the regular season in the NFL, it's gonna set records,' Nantz said, via 'That's not what I'm out for it to do. I just hope it's a great football game. It will be a wonderful matchup to call on Thanksgiving. K.C. at Dallas, it's the game we wanted.' It's hardly a stretch. The Cowboys are America's legacy team. The Chiefs are the flavor of a month of Sundays. Put them together, and the record won't just be broken. It'll be shattered. Especially on Thanksgiving. Three years ago, 42.1 million watched the Cowboys beat the Giants, 28-20. That's the current record. And seven of the top nine games happened on Thanksgiving. The other two? The 1990 Monday night game between the 10-1 Giants and 10-1 49ers, and the 1985 Dolphins-Bears Monday night showdown that gave Chicago its only loss of the year. The NFL could have dropped any Cowboys game on Thanksgiving and generated a huge number. By giving the captive audience a game involving two destination teams, the league wants — and will get — its biggest regular-season audience ever. Our guess is that it will be at least 45 million, if not 50 million. Especially since Nielsen rolled out earlier this year some new kind of technique for measuring out-of-home viewership.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'The Kid Deserved It' – Rich Eisen on Brock Purdy's $265M 49ers Deal
Rams LB Jared Verse Tells Rich Eisen He REALLY Wants to Play Offense Rams OLB Jared Verse joins Rich Eisen in-studio where he explains how he went from a high school TE to winning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year honors as an OLB, and reveals his desire to play some offense for L.A. 4:37 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
NFL Network's Colleen Wolfe Predicts the Eagles' 2025 Record Will Be…?
Rams LB Jared Verse Tells Rich Eisen He REALLY Wants to Play Offense Rams OLB Jared Verse joins Rich Eisen in-studio where he explains how he went from a high school TE to winning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year honors as an OLB, and reveals his desire to play some offense for L.A. 4:37 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
New York Post
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Gregg Giannotti goes scorched earth on Rich Eisen before ESPN return: ‘Like smelling salts'
Gregg Giannotti has just one use for Rich Eisen's sports talkshow. 'The talk show is Ambien,' the WFAN 'Boomer & Gio' host said Thursday. 'Any clip that I see, it feels like they're doing a remote from a funeral home. It could not be more boring.' Gionnotti shredded the popular NFL voice for being a terrible talkshow conductor after the recent reveal that Eisen will be returning to ESPN with his self-named show nearly two decades after he exited. ESPN will begin airing Eisen's program this fall as part of the sports giant's direct-to-consumer service, according to The Athletic, along with ESPN+ and Disney+. 'He's got to be the most boring talkshow host in America,' Giannotti said of the 'The Rich Eisen Show' on Thursday. 'Why is everyone talking about him? Why does he have all these jobs?' Eisen largely is viewed in a positive lens, becoming a popular 'SportsCenter' host in the late 1990s and early 2000s before leaving for NFL Network in 2003. 'The Rich Eisen Show' then debuted in 2014 and is now aired on Roku. Giannotti praised Eisen for his 'SportsCenter' days, calling him a good studio host and complimenting his work when providing highlights. Riche Eisen interviewing Kevin Costner on his show in 2017. The Rich Eisen Show But that's where the praise ended. Giannotti referenced the time when Eisen hosted the 2023 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, describing his experience as 'Holy hell, I'm like I needed to get tased.' He added: '(It) was like smelling salts.' The WFAN host, who's known for his impressions, then referenced how controversial ESPN host Pat McAfee seemingly believes Eisen's return is a shot at him. McAfee mentioned how the two will be live at the same time, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET weekdays, calling it a 'counter program.' 'That feels very interesting,' McAfee said on his self-named show Tuesday. 'But also, love Rich Eisen, so I am cool with whatever… Noon-to-3 is fascinating, for sure. Is that a message? I don't know. But yeah, cool, whatever. But nonetheless, we're happy Rich is back.' Gregg Giannotti (r) is not a fan of Rich Eisen. @awfulannouncing/X Giannotti wondered how McAfee could even be concerned in the slightest since he believes there's an enormous gap between the two programs. 'If Pat McAfee is really worried about Rich Eisen messing with his show, then some executive is gonna get fired because Pat McAfee's show is interesting and entertaining, and he's done a really amazing job of carving out a niche…' Giannotti said. 'I can't imagine that that's actually a real thing, that they're trying to send Pat McAfee a message by putting on Rich Eisen.'
