FOX NFL Thursday Adds Another Hall of Famer to Star-Studded Lineup
Tony Gonzalez joins Thursday Night Football Beginning September 26th
NEW YORK – Class of 2019 Pro Football Hall of Famer and FOX NFL studio analyst Tony Gonzalez joins the FOX NFL THURSDAY pregame show for the NFL’s upcoming 100th season. Beginning with Week 4, the revamped THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL pregame show airs live on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 PM ET, and will feature the former tight end as a regular voice among its cast.
Days from enshrinement into NFL immortality, Gonzalez, a 14-time NFL Pro Bowler, joins Pro Football Hall of Famers and signature FOX NFL voices Michael Strahan, Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long. Bradshaw and Long split duties, alternating Thursday Night Football appearances throughout the 2019 season, while Gonzalez and Strahan appear on every edition with Strahan serving as the show’s host. Gonzalez, who appears regularly on FOX NFL KICKOFF, will remain in his role on the pregame show each Sunday during the NFL season. Strahan, Bradshaw and Long, who have been mainstays on FOX NFL SUNDAY, will continue as studio analysts each Sunday during the season. For the past 25 years, FOX NFL SUNDAY is America’s most-watched NFL pregame show.
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL PRESENTED BY BUD LIGHT games broadcast on FOX are also simulcast via NFL Network between Weeks 4-15 (excluding Thanksgiving night). The entire 2019 Thursday Night Football schedule begins with two games in Weeks 2 and 3 exclusively on NFL Network. Adding to television availability, several streaming options will be available to fans. FOX Thursday Night Football games will be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video and Twitch in addition to NFL, FOX and FOX Deportes digital properties across devices. The games will also be available to all fans on mobile through NFL digital properties (NFL App, NFL Fantasy, NFL.com mobile web), on Yahoo Sports and other Verizon Media properties, and on club sites and apps for the two participating teams. During the season, fans can learn all of the ways to watch at NFL.com/TNF.
NFL Network and Amazon simulcast subject to change.
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