Thursday Night Football back to CBS next week?

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David Bruggeman

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Nov 28, 2015, 12:07:05 AM11/28/15
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Hi,

I've been trying (and failing) to find an explanation for why the December 3 Thursday night game is back on CBS.  It's Packers/Lions, and I'm in the D.C. market.

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Joe Ryan

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Nov 28, 2015, 1:11:38 AM11/28/15
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Because it's still the regular season and TNF goes until week 16. This is the only time the teams involved have a normal week between games instead of the short week.

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David Bruggeman

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Nov 28, 2015, 1:17:43 AM11/28/15
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Yeah, but TNF usually stops being broadcast on CBS around the end of October, and goes exclusively to the NFL Network.  It did the same thing this year, and all of the schedule information released during the summer did not list the December 3 game as being on CBS.


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Joe Ryan

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Nov 28, 2015, 1:33:37 AM11/28/15
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Thanksgiving is a different deal as Fox, CBS and NBC have a game that day. So is week 1 where NBC gets the first game of the year. All the other weeks are part of the TNF package.

TNF was created in part so there could be a third Thanksgiving game. NBC then asked for the night game and the NFL created the rest of the package and put it to bid.

If you think about it, if the NFL bid out the entire package and allowed every week to be shown on that network, there would be no reason for NFL Network to exist.

JW

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Nov 28, 2015, 5:06:22 AM11/28/15
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> I've been trying (and failing) to find an explanation for
> why the December 3 Thursday night game is back on
> CBS.  It's Packers/Lions, and I'm in the D.C. market.

Good question. It's not part of CBS' original package:

http://cbspressexpress.com/cbs-sports/releases/view?id=41732

And while the schedule on nfl.com shows Packers-Lions on CBS as well as NFLN, I can't find a press release or an article in a less-than-exhaustive search.

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Nov 28, 2015, 7:53:26 AM11/28/15
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This may or may not be related. The NFL Network's new Timeline miniseries premieres on NFLN on Dec. 3 after the Packers/Lions game. Episode one is, of course, Favre-focused. But unless they were planning to promote the show by showing it on CBS as well, I don't understand why this would move the game to CBS, unless they plan to have Nance and Simms promote Timeline endlessly throughout the broadcast. 


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Brad Beam

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Nov 28, 2015, 8:33:26 AM11/28/15
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Brad Beam

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Nov 28, 2015, 8:36:06 AM11/28/15
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>I've been trying (and failing) to find an explanation for why the December 3 Thursday night game is back on CBS.  It's Packers/Lions, and I'm in the D.C. market.

 

Per the Wiki*:

CBS is contracted for eight Thursday night games; so far, they’ve only broadcast seven. Last year, CBS’ eighth TNF game was the second half of a Saturday doubleheader.

 

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Network_Thursday_Night_Football_results_(2006%E2%80%93present)

 

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Bob Jersey

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Nov 28, 2015, 5:31:39 PM11/28/15
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Joe Ryan, to David Bruggeman, in part:
If you think about it, if the NFL bid out the entire package

They already did. (link to thread here)

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Joe Hass

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Nov 30, 2015, 12:58:11 PM11/30/15
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For the record: the game has always been scheduled for CBS. All I know is my wife (Packers fan) is very happy she gets a national game and doesn't have to sweat the "Wheel Of Scheduling".

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