December 22nd, 2008
We thought we had it all figured out. We all thought that NBC would select the AFC East Championship matchup between the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins as the Week 17 NFL Flex Game for Sunday Night Football. But then the Jets lost, and the battle for which team will “limp” their way into the playoffs gets the national spotlight.
December 9th, 2008
As we suspected, NBC decided to pass on the originally scheduled Sunday Night Football game for Week 16, San Diego Charges vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (which has been moved to 1:00 PM ET on CBS). The NFL announced today that Carolina Panthers vs. New York Giants will be moved to Sunday Night on NBC at 8:15 PM ET, and the Philadelphia Eagles vs. Washington Redskins and Atlanta Falcons vs. Minnesota Vikings were moved to 4:15 PM ET on Fox, which has the weekly double header.
December 1st, 2008
As we suspected, NBC said “no thanks” when given the opportunity to switch out their Sunday night game for Week 15. They are keeping their marquee match-up between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys on Sunday December 14, at 8:15 PM ET. However, CBS did move the Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore and Denver vs. Carolina games from 1:00 to 4:15 PM ET.
November 24th, 2008
NBC has exercised their first Flex option for the 2008 season, moving the Washington Redskins at Baltimore Ravens game from 1:00 PM on Fox, to primetime Sunday Night Football on NBC at 8:15 PM.
January 5th, 2008
NBC Sunday Night Football has the option of changing one scheduled game from Sunday afternoon to Sunday night during weeks 11 through 17 of the NFL football season.
Fox and CBS are able to protect 5 of their games for weeks 11 through 16, but no games can be locked in the final weekend. (Unfortunately, this [...]
