''NFL GameDay'' (stylized as ''NFL GameDay Morning presented by
Lowe's'' (Sunday regular season mornings only) or ''NFL GameDay Morning presented by
Intuit
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TurboTax'' (
playoff
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and
Super Bowl editions only), ''NFL GameDay Live presented by
GEICO'' (at the start of 1 PM and 4 PM (ET) doubleheader games), ''NFL GameDay Highlights presented by
CDW
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'' (after 1 PM and 4 PM (ET) doubleheader games) and ''NFL GameDay Prime presented by
Mercedes-Benz
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'' (after Sunday night games) for sponsorship reasons) is an American television program that features highlights of the
National Football League
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games for the day. It airs on the
NFL Network
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, having debuted on September 10, 2006. The program starts at either 11:00 p.m.
Eastern time
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or the moment that ''
NBC Sunday Night Football
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'' concludes, whichever is later. When NBC does not carry a game, it begins at 8 p.m. ET, or after ''
NFL RedZone
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'' goes off the air, which happened twice in
2006, on October 22 and December 24, and also on December 31, 2017.
Summary
Rich Eisen
Richard Eisen (; born June 24, 1969) is an American television sportscaster and radio host. Since 2003, he has worked for NFL Network as a host of various pregame, halftime, and postgame shows. He also hosts a daily sports radio show, ''The Ric ...
was the initial
anchor
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, and former NFL
defensive back Deion Sanders and
head coach
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Steve Mariucci
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were the analysts when ''NFL GameDay'' debuted in September 2006.
NFL Network claims that this is the only long-form highlight show about the league in the late-night slot on Sunday, although
Chris Berman
Christopher James Berman (born May 10, 1955), nicknamed "Boomer", is an American sportscaster. He has been an anchor for ''SportsCenter'' on ESPN since 1979, joining a month after its initial launch, and hosted the network's '' Sunday NFL Count ...
and
Tom Jackson host extended packages called "The Blitz" as part of ''
SportsCenter''.
On October 1, 2006, Week 4 of the
season
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, Eisen missed the program. No reason was given for his absence, but
Fran Charles
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Career
Charles attended John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri; then earned a Bachelor's degree in Communication at Stanford ...
filled in as host of the show, just as he sometimes does on ''
NFL Total Access''. The following week, October 8, Eisen returned.
Starting in November 2007, ''NFL GameDay'' would be shown in Ireland on the over-the-air broadcast network
TV3, in a late-night slot on Thursdays.
Effective fall 2010, Rich Eisen is no longer hosting ''NFL GameDay Final'' as he is now hosting ''NFL GameDay Morning''.
Fran Charles
Fran Charles (born October 19, 1968) is an American television personality for MLB Network, formerly for NFL Network.
Career
Charles attended John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri; then earned a Bachelor's degree in Communication at Stanford ...
is now the new host, joined by
Steve Mariucci
Stephen Ray Mariucci (born November 4, 1955), nicknamed "Mooch", is an American sportscaster and former football coach who was the head coach of two National Football League teams, the San Francisco 49ers (1997–2002) and the Detroit Lions (200 ...
,
Deion Sanders and
Michael Irvin
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as analysts.
Effective fall 2012,
Chris Rose
Christopher Rose (born January 27, 1971) is an American sportscaster for the NFL Network. He is also a commentator for the Discovery Channel series ''BattleBots'' and podcast host for Jomboy Media.
Early life and career
Rose, who was born and r ...
replaces Fran Charles as host on ''NFL GameDay Final''. He is joined by analysts
Deion Sanders,
Michael Irvin
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and
Marshall Faulk.
Starting in 2018, the show, now known as ''NFL GameDay Prime'' is also syndicated to several Fox affiliates as part of the network’s ''
Thursday Night Football
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'' contract.
In 2020 season Deion Sanders became the Head Coach at Jackson State University thus leaving the show and the shows name went back to NFL GameDay Final with Chris Rose hosting and Steve Smith as an analyst.
References
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2006 American television series debuts
2010s American television series
GameDay