NBC “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” HONORED BY PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME FOR RECORD SIX CONSECUTIVE SEASONS AS PRIMETIME TV’S #1 SHOW

NBC “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” HONORED BY PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME FOR RECORD SIX CONSECUTIVE SEASONS AS PRIMETIME TV’S #1 SHOW

Hall of Fame Display Includes Sunday Night Football Highlight Reel, Al Michaels’ Spotting Board from Super Bowl XLIX, Carrie Underwood’s Dress & Shoes From This Year’s SNF Show Open & Mementos From Top SNF Moments

CANTON, Ohio – August 4, 2017 – NBC Sunday Night Football was honored today by the Pro Football Hall of Fame for its record six consecutive TV seasons as primetime television’s #1 show.

The SNF on-air team of Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya joined executive producer Fred Gaudelli and director Drew Esocoff at the debut of a new NBC Sunday Night Football display in the Interactive Exhibit Gallery at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

“The Pro Football Hall of Fame celebrates excellence everywhere,” said Hall of Fame President David Baker. “We are excited to recognize NBC Sunday Night Football for its tremendous presentation of our great game to more than 20 million Americans each week and its record run as the #1 show in all of primetime television.”

In April 2005, NBC acquired Sunday Night Football in a six-year agreement, announced by Dick Ebersol, Chairman, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics and NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. In December 2011, NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke, NBC Sports Group Chairman Mark Lazarus, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced a nine-year extension of NBC’s Sunday Night Football package, beginning in 2014 and running through the 2022 NFL season.

The centerpiece of the Hall of Fame display reads as follows:

In September 2006, NBC Sunday Night Football made its debut as the NFL’s premier primetime package, with Al Michaels and John Madden in the broadcast booth and Andrea Kremer on the sideline. Over the years, the oft-honored, critically-acclaimed SNF series has been the home of many of the NFL’s most memorable moments while becoming a TV ratings hit. Since the show began, it has been produced by Fred Gaudelli and directed by Drew Esocoff.

Five years after the series launch, NBC Sunday Night Football – featuring Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth in the booth and Michele Tafoya on the sideline – averaged more than 21 million viewers to become the first-ever sports series to rank as primetime TV’s #1 show for a full TV season (2011-12). Sunday Night Football has been TV’s top primetime show every season since – a streak no other program can top.

Among the items displayed in the NBC Sunday Night Football exhibit:

• Al Michaels’ spotting board (created by “Malibu” Kelly Hayes) for Super Bowl XLIX on NBC – New England’s thrilling four-point victory over Seattle, which is the most-watched program in U.S. TV history (114.4 million viewers).
• Carrie Underwood’s dress, shoes, and jewelry from the 2017 SNF show open.
• The Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Sports Series won by Sunday Night Football for the 2015 NFL season.
• The Sunday Night Football bus “Player of the Game” football from Oct. 19, 2014 – when Broncos’ QB Peyton Manning broke Brett Favre’s record for career touchdown passes.
• A highlight reel chronicling memorable moments in the history of NBC Sunday Night Football.

NBC Sunday Night Football finished the 2016-17 TV season as primetime’s #1 TV show in all key metrics for a record sixth consecutive year – tying American Idol for the most consecutive years atop the charts (since 1950), based on live plus same day data provided by The Nielsen Company. NBC Sunday Night Football also ranked as the No. 1 show in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic for the seventh consecutive TV season. SNF’s six-year run at the top marks the only six times on record that a sports series has been the highest-rated and most-watched show of the primetime TV season

Most Consecutive Years, #1 Ranked Show in Primetime, Since 19506 years in a row – Sunday Night Football (2011-12 through 2016-17)6 years in a row – American Idol (2005-06 through 2010-11)
5 years in a row – The Cosby Show (1985-86 through 1989-90)…tied Cheers in ‘89-90
5 years in a row – All in the Family (1971-72 through 1975-76)
4 years in a row – Gunsmoke (1957-58 through 1960-61)