Five Additional Games For NFL Network’s 'Thursday Night Football', New 13-Game Thursday Night Slate Runs From Weeks 2-15 in 2012

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Five Additional Games For NFL Network’s 'Thursday Night Football', New 13-Game Thursday Night Slate Runs From Weeks 2-15

Categories: Network TV Press Releases
Written By Bill Gorman
February 3rd, 2012






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via press release:
FIVE ADDITIONAL GAMES FOR NFL NETWORK’S THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

New 13-game Thursday night slate runs from Weeks 2-15

All 32 teams to play in primetime in 2012
New Spanish-language NFL RedZone channel to debut in ‘12

NFL Network will televise five additional regular-season games in 2012 as part of its Thursday Night Football package, NFL CommissionerROGER GOODELL announced today.


The Thursday Night Football schedule on NFL Network will now feature 13 games, all on Thursdays, from Weeks 2-15 (skipping Week 12). In previous years, the NFLN slate included at least one Saturday night game. NBC will televise the Thursday night game on Thanksgiving in Week 12, in addition to the NFL Kickoff game.

“Adding these games to the NFL Network schedule will give more players, teams, and cities the primetime stage,” Commissioner Goodell said. “Our fans can now get an early start on the NFL weekend in the season’s first 15 weeks.”

With the expansion of the Thursday Night Football schedule, all 32 NFL teams will now play at least one primetime game in 2012. In addition, every club will play on one Thursday following a Sunday game.

Also in 2012, NFL Network will unveil a new Spanish-language NFL RedZone channel. NFL RedZone, produced by NFL Network, debuted in 2009 and whips around to every NFL game on Sunday afternoons, delivering the touchdowns and most exciting moments as they happen. The channel keeps fans up-to-date in real time, switching from game to game with live look-ins, highlights and a chance to see the important plays.

Thursday Night Football averaged a record 6.2 million viewers in 2011 (not including over-the-air stations) – topping the average playoffviewership of other sports on cable. TNF has doubled average viewership from its inaugural season in 2006 (3.1 million viewers).
 

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