Buck, Aikman, Pereira, Andrews & Myers Lead FOX Sports NFC Championship Coverage
America’s #1 Pregame Show FOX NFL SUNDAY Goes On-the-Road
Redskins CB Josh Norman to Appear on FOX NFL KICKOFF
NEW YORK – FOX Sports play-by-play announcer Joe Buck, analyst Troy Aikman along with rules analyst Mike Pereira, and reporters Erin Andrews and Chris Myers lead this Sunday’s FOX Sports NFL NFC Championship game coverage. The lead team begins coverage airing on FOX, Sunday, Jan. 20 (3:05 PM ET) when the NFC South Champion New Orleans Saints host the NFC West Champion Los Angeles Rams from the Mercedes Benz Dome in New Orleans, La.
Sunday’s NFC Championship game will be the 15th called by Buck and Aikman as a duo in the booth. The seven-time Emmy Award-winning announcer Buck and three-time Super Bowl champion Aikman have been part of FOX NFL’s lead broadcast team since 2002 and worked together as a two-man booth since 2005.
“We were very happy with the way our pregame shows and NFL game broadcasts performed this season,” said Mark Silverman, President, FOX Sports National Networks. “The 2018-19 NFL season has been one for the record books with compelling matchups, explosive offenses and some truly captivating storylines. The momentum of our NFC Championship Game this Sunday will propel us into next season which concludes with FOX Sports’ exclusive presentation of Super Bowl LIV in 2020.”
Terry Bradshaw and Curt Menefee, along with analysts Howie Long, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Strahan, Tony Gonzalez and insider Jay Glazer comprise FOX NFL SUNDAY’s special edition live and on-site from the Mercedes Benz Dome airing on FOX, Sunday, Jan. 20 (2:00 PM ET). Earlier this week, it was announced that America’s No. 1 pregame show, will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Broadcasting Hall of Fame during the 2019 NAB Show held in April from Las Vegas.
FOX NFL KICKOFF, hosted by Charissa Thompson, four-time NFL Pro Bowler Michael Vick, host Colin Cowherd, reporter Peter Schrager and Super Bowl-winning defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt, broadcasts a special edition from its Los Angeles studio on Sunday, Jan. 20
(1:00 PM ET) before the network’s NFC Championship Game. In addition, Washington Redskins CB Josh Norman will appear as a guest on the show.
FOX Deportes’ broadcast team for Sunday’s NFC Championship Game includes host Rodolfo Landeros, play-by-play announcer Jessi Losada, reporter Rolando Cantu and analyst Jaime Motta. The FOX Deportes pregame show airs live from the Mercedes Benz Dome 30 minutes prior to kick off on Sunday, Jan. 20 (2:35 PM ET).
2019 FOX NFC CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
(ALL TIMES ET)
NFC Championship Game
Sunday, Jan. 20
1:00 PM
FOX NFL KICKOFF
2:00 PM
FOX NFL SUNDAY
2:35 PM
FOX Deportes Pregame Show
3:05 PM
NFC Championship Game
(Buck, Aikman, Pereira, Andrews, Myers)
6:00 PM
THE OT Postgame Show
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