TMC
09-11-2021, 12:18 AM
https://tvline.com/2021/09/10/tv-ratings-nfl-kickoff-bucs-cowboys/
Last night's thriller between the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys was watched by 22 million on NBC, up from 19.3 million for last year's kickoff game.
NFL fans were ecstatic to see the return of the "Collinsworth Slide" for NBC's NFL 2021 season kickoff game (https://www.mediaite.com/sports/nfl-twitter-is-ecstatic-over-the-return-of-the-collinsworth-slide-the-nfl-is-back-baby/)
Cris Collinsworth has become a social media sensation in recent years for sliding next to Al Michaels (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNh5QuEfnkA) at the beginning of Sunday Night Football game broadcasts. But because of COVID and social distancing, the "Collinsworth Slide" was missing last season (https://larrybrownsports.com/football/cris-collinsworth-stop-collinsworth-slide-coronavirus/562762). The return of the "Collinsworth Slide" on Thursday brought a sense of normalcy to NFL fans. “Partner,” Michaels told Collinsworth. “Come sliding back in here.”
ALSO:
Drew Brees makes his NBC Football Night in America debut with a "new hairline" (https://www.mediaite.com/sports/drew-brees-new-hairline-made-its-debut-on-nbc-and-nfl-fans-were-in-awe-comeback-player-of-the-year/)
NFL Network unveils a new 5,970-square-foot studio complex costing “hundreds of millions of dollars" next to Inglewood's SoFi Stadium (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-09-08/nfl-media-moves-to-inglewood-sofi-stadium)
Last night's thriller between the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys was watched by 22 million on NBC, up from 19.3 million for last year's kickoff game.
NFL fans were ecstatic to see the return of the "Collinsworth Slide" for NBC's NFL 2021 season kickoff game (https://www.mediaite.com/sports/nfl-twitter-is-ecstatic-over-the-return-of-the-collinsworth-slide-the-nfl-is-back-baby/)
Cris Collinsworth has become a social media sensation in recent years for sliding next to Al Michaels (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNh5QuEfnkA) at the beginning of Sunday Night Football game broadcasts. But because of COVID and social distancing, the "Collinsworth Slide" was missing last season (https://larrybrownsports.com/football/cris-collinsworth-stop-collinsworth-slide-coronavirus/562762). The return of the "Collinsworth Slide" on Thursday brought a sense of normalcy to NFL fans. “Partner,” Michaels told Collinsworth. “Come sliding back in here.”
ALSO:
Drew Brees makes his NBC Football Night in America debut with a "new hairline" (https://www.mediaite.com/sports/drew-brees-new-hairline-made-its-debut-on-nbc-and-nfl-fans-were-in-awe-comeback-player-of-the-year/)
NFL Network unveils a new 5,970-square-foot studio complex costing “hundreds of millions of dollars" next to Inglewood's SoFi Stadium (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-09-08/nfl-media-moves-to-inglewood-sofi-stadium)