All announcers: NFL Week 17 (12/31/2023) (NE-BUF: Harlan/Green/Collins) (maps Wed. AM...maybe)

[chongli]

The maps tomorrow may be delayed to the holiday and because a large part of the country is still undetermined on the FOX map.

 

This is the second time we have had Harlan, Green, and Collins this year. The first was when we hosted the Raiders in Week 2.

 

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[Note 1: Doubleheader this week is CBS.]

[Note 2: There is *no* more ManningCast until Super Wild Card Weekend.]

[Note 3: Remember: the TNF game is free and legal to all on Twitch--no Amazon Prime account needed.]

[Note 4: The final MNF game of the season is on Saturday this week, out of respect for college football]

[Note 5: There are no regular season more byes left this year.]

 

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https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-reveals-announcers-for-week-17-games/

 

NFL Week 17, 2023 - December 31, 2023

 

NATIONAL BROADCASTS:

 

TNF - Amazon Prime Video/Twitch (free)

Thursday, December 28 - 8:15 PM ET:

New York Jets at Cleveland

Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit, Kaylee Hartung

[simulcasts: WNYW (FOX/5) New York (per zap2it) and WEWS (ABC/5) Cleveland (per TVGuide.com)]

 

MNF - ABC/ESPN

Saturday, December 30 - 8:15 PM ET:

Detroit at Dallas

Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters

 

SNF

Sunday, December 31 - 8:20 PM ET:

Green Bay at Minnesota

Mike Tirico, Chris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark

 

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CBS Early

Sunday, December 31 - 1 PM ET:

 

Miami at Baltimore

(B) Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn

 

New England at Buffalo

(C) Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins

 

Las Vegas at Indianapolis

(D) Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber, Matt Ryan, AJ Ross

 

Carolina at Jacksonville

(E) Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta, Aditi Kinkhabwala

 

Atlanta at Chicago

(G) Chris Lewis, Jason McCourty, Ross Tucker, Amanda Renner

 

Blackout Alert:

Houston is exercising its right to enforce a blackout in its DMA on KHOU (CBS/11) Houston in the early Sunday timeslot per TitanTV. [Home teams have to allow the other network to air a competing game in the same time slot on the singleheader network four times a year but can enforce a blackout if that number has been or will be exceeded that season. This will be the sixth time this year in Houston.]

 

Tampa Bay may exercise its right to enforce a blackout in its DMA on WTSP (CBS/10) St. Petersburg for the same reason (and in fact probably will), but this is yet to be confirmed.

 

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CBS Late

Sunday, December 31 - 4:25 PM ET:

 

Cincinnati at Kansas City

(A) Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson 

 

Los Angeles Chargers at Denver

(F) Tom McCarthy, James Lofton, Jay Feely, Tiffany Blackmon

 

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FOX Single

Sunday, December 31 - 1 PM and 4:05 PM ET:

 

Los Angeles Rams at New York Giants

Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez, Laura Okmin

 

 

San Francisco at Washington

(C) Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth, Kristina Pink

 

 

New Orleans at Tampa Bay

(A) Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi

 

Arizona at Philadelphia

(B) Joe Davis, Daryl Johnston, Pam Oliver 

 

Tennessee at Houston

(F) Chris Myers, Robert Smith Jen Hale

 

Pittsburgh at Seattle (LATE)

Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, Shannon Spake

[confirmed by Albert during 12/24 during DET-MIN game]
 

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Byes:

None

 

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Edited December 26, 2023 by chongli

[RiotAct]

I bet the broadcast area for our game is going to be tiny.   CBS knows ain’t no one (besides us!) wants to see the carnage that we’re going to rain down on Mac Jones, or Bailey Zappe or whoever, and the Cheatriots

[chongli]

7 minutes ago, RiotAct said:

I bet the broadcast area for our game is going to be tiny.   CBS knows ain’t no one (besides us!) wants to see the carnage that we’re going to rain down on Mac Jones, or Bailey Zappe or whoever, and the Cheatriots

 

We get the #3 broadcast team at CBS though. Broadcast teams for CBS are assigned on distribution, so it may be bigger than you think. Still, I agree...no one wants to see New England. This also may be Belichick's final broadcast by CBS (though probably not, unless New England gets moved to Saturday in Week 18 or flexed to FOX).

[Taro Nimbus]

I really dislike Harlans voice during a broadcast.  

[beerme1]

2 hours ago, Taro Nimbus said:

I really dislike Harlans voice during a broadcast.  

 

I used to. He's really great though if you allow it. 

[Freddie's Dead]

Awesome that we finally got Harlan!

[JESSEFEFFER]

11 hours ago, Taro Nimbus said:

I really dislike Harlans voice during a broadcast.  

I like his voice.  It's forceful and he can raise the volume of his voice without raising the pitch.  I think Don Criqui was much the same style.  I do not favor the shrieking style unless it's for my team.  Then it's ok.  For the too young to know crowd:

 

 

Don Criqui is an American sportscaster. He holds the record for longest-tenured NFL broadcaster in U.S. TV history, calling NFL football for 47 seasons on NBC and CBS. Wikipedia

Born: 1940 (age 83 years), Buffalo, NY

Education: University of Notre Dame, St Joseph's Collegiate Institute

Sports: American football, basketball, ice hockey, golf, tennis

[chongli]

4 hours ago, Ryan Simpsons said:

what game do you guys think FOX's A-team will get? To be honest, there really are no GREAT games set

 

This is a good question. We'll know more when the early distributions are more clear Sunday, but I would say PIT-SEA and NO-TB seem like the only choices, depending on how they do this week.

 

EDIT: on second thought, they are probably going to do AZ-PHL or SF-WAS, as three of the four teams have big markets. Anything but TEN-HOU, as that involves two small-market AFC teams. But then again, what do I know? The networks, especially FOX, have surprised us before.

Edited December 24, 2023 by chongli

[chongli]

UPDATE:

 

FOX Single:

 

Pittsburgh at Seattle (LATE)

Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, Shannon Spake

[confirmed by Albert during 12/24 during DET-MIN game]

 

Kenny Albert will be in Seattle the next day, January 1, to call the NHL Winter Classic, so that was a logical choice for FOX.

Edited December 24, 2023 by chongli

[chongli]

Cleveland simulcast just added:

 

TNF - Amazon Prime Video/Twitch (free)

Thursday, December 28 - 8:15 PM ET:

New York Jets at Cleveland

Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit, Kaylee Hartung

[simulcasts: WNYW (FOX/5) New York (per zap2it) and WEWS (ABC/5) Cleveland (per TVGuide.com)]

[chongli]

UPDATE:

 

Fox Single:

San Francisco at Washington

(C) Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth, Kristina Pink

 

 

[Gregg]

I am surprised Nantz and Romo are doing the Bengals-Chiefs game and not the Dolphins-Ravens game being that MIA-BAL is the best game for CBS this weekend.

[chongli]

UPDATE:

 

Fox Single:

 

Los Angeles Rams at New York Giants

Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez, Laura Okmin

 

 

5 minutes ago, Gregg said:

I am surprised Nantz and Romo are doing the Bengals-Chiefs game and not the Dolphins-Ravens game being that MIA-BAL is the best game for CBS this weekend.

 

True, lots of grumbling everywhere, but the Mahommes and Taylor factor...they will draw lots of eyes no matter what, which means money. Plus Baltimore and Miami are both smaller markets and the NFL/CBS did not want to switch and the A team almost always gets the late slot.

Edited December 26, 2023 by chongli

[Charles Romes]

Sending the #2 broadcast team to call the week 17 game between the 1+2 seed is bizarre. 

[Gregg]

4 minutes ago, Charles Romes said:

Sending the #2 broadcast team to call the week 17 game between the 1+2 seed is bizarre. 

 

The Bengals-Chiefs is the national game with the 4:25 start. The Ravens-Dolphins is the game that should be shown around the country. It's the best game for CBS this weekend.

[chongli]

4 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

The Bengals-Chiefs is the national game with the 4:25 start. The Ravens-Dolphins is the game that should be shown around the country. It's the best game for CBS this weekend.

 

To make matters worse, Tampa Bay and Houston are blacking out that game on CBS.

 

EDIT: And a notice: the maps tomorrow may be delayed to the holiday and because a large part of the country is still undetermined on the FOX map.

Edited December 26, 2023 by chongli

[CNYfan]

On 12/22/2023 at 10:28 AM, Ryan Simpsons said:

his terrific enthusiasm beings life to the broadcast even during boring games

Yes, as someone said a two yard dive becomes an enthralling seismic event!!!!

[Whites Bay]

Thank you for the work you put into these broadcast updates, Chongli.  I really appreciate it.

 

The reality of the Bills/Pats* game being directly opposite of the Dolphins/Ravens game just came hammering home.  I'm glad I got that extra beer in me and signed up for YouTube TV/NFL package this past August.  The beer helped the "wince" as I hit Send.  But I love the side-by-side broadcast.  Going to need it this weekend.

[chongli]

UPDATE:

 

Fox Single:

 

New Orleans at Tampa Bay

(A) Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Tom Rinaldi, Erin Andrews

 

Arizona at Philadelphia

(B) Joe Davis, Daryl Johnston, Pam Oliver 

 

Tennessee at Houston

(F) Chris Myers, Robert Smith Jen Hale

 

All per Barry Werner:

https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-reveals-announcers-for-week-17-games/

 

 

13 minutes ago, Whites Bay said:

Thank you for the work you put into these broadcast updates, Chongli.  I really appreciate it.

 

The reality of the Bills/Pats* game being directly opposite of the Dolphins/Ravens game just came hammering home.  I'm glad I got that extra beer in me and signed up for YouTube TV/NFL package this past August.  The beer helped the "wince" as I hit Send.  But I love the side-by-side broadcast.  Going to need it this weekend.

 

Thanks...the encouragement means a lot!

 

As fot the Bills game being on a normal 1 PM window against MIA-BAL, let's just say a lot of Bills fans are going to be angry with the maps, as MIA-BAL is being featured (and rightfully so, despite getting the B-team). 

[chongli]

5 minutes ago, Ryan Simpsons said:

@chongli 

Also i found per 80forBrady on X that Patriots/Bills week 17 game is a 1:00 window featured game. Technically, wouldn't that be broadcasted nationally over the 1:00 PM window since its on the schedule or would it be Dolphins/Ravens since it is the better game?

 

https://www.google.com/urlsa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2F80forBrady&psig=AOvVaw0LSyu1DilPIhzjdB4zNlbs&ust=1703720385589000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCPCy7ZejroMDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD

 

I couldn't find the tweet you mentioned above, but MIA-BAL is going to almost all of the country, whereas NE-BUF is just going to New York state, New England, NYC, and parts of Wyoming. NYC is expected to switch to MIA-BAL by tomorrow.