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Behind the scenes of ESPN+’s NFL PrimeTime

ESPN’s Postseason NFL Countdown will preview the NFL’s Conference Championship games on Sunday, Jan. 19 at 12 p.m. ET. Sam Ponder hosts the three-hour show from ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., studio with Tedy Bruschi, Matt Hasselbeck, Randy Moss, Rex Ryan, Louis Riddick, Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter.

Countdown Features:

  • Eddie’s Advice – Former Titans running back Eddie George gave Derrick Henry advice has led to his emergence as the most dominant runner in the NFL over the last two years. Dianna Russini
  • Best of Chiefs Soundtracks Countdown offers the best in-game sound this season from the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelce and head coach Andy Reid.
  • California Love – Before he became one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history, Aaron Rodgers was a scrawny high school quarterback in Northern California just hoping someone would give him a chance. Now, headed home with a chance to play in his second Super Bowl for the Green Bay Packers, Countdown talks to the coaches that knew Rodgers would succeed all along.
  • Kyle Shanahan Conversation – Chris Berman – who covered the 49ers during their Super Bowl championship runs in the 1980s and 90s – travels back to San Francisco to sit with the 49ers head coach to discuss the lessons Shanahan learned from his father and to talk about two of the biggest plays of the NFL season.

ESPN’s Countdown is coming off its most-viewed Divisional Playoff shows since 2014. Last weekend in New Orleans, Sunday’s show was the most-viewed regular-season or postseason edition of Sunday NFL Countdown in two years, averaging 1,985,000 viewers, up 53 percent. Season-to-date, Postseason NFL Countdown is averaging 1.5 million viewers, up 21 percent.

ESPN reporters for the NFL Conference Championship games:

Chris Berman and Tom Jackson return for NFL PrimeTime on ESPN

ESPN coverage of the NFL’s Conference Championship Weekend includes Chris Berman and Tom Jackson’s return to NFL PrimeTime on ESPN (Sunday, 10 p.m. ET). Boomer and TJ – who worked together all season on NFL PrimeTime on ESPN+ – will have a full recap of the Championship games and a preview of Super Bowl LIV. For a behind-the-scenes look at how NFL PrimeTime comes together, visit ESPN Front Row.

Other Championship Weekend NFL programming:

ESPN NFL shows on NFL Conference Championship Weekend (Jan. 18-20):

Date Start (ET) Episode Title Network
Sat, Jan. 18 8:30 a.m. NFL Matchup

* re-airs Sunday at 4 and 6:30 a.m. (ESPN)

ESPN2
Sun, Jan. 19 9:30 a.m. NFL’s Greatest Games: 1998 NFC Wild Card Game

(Green Bay Packers vs. San Francisco 49ers)

ESPN2
12 p.m. Postseason NFL Countdown (three hours) ESPN
10 p.m. NFL PrimeTime

* re-airs at 2 and 4:30 a.m. (ESPN)

ESPN
Mon, Jan. 20 3:30 p.m. NFL PrimeTime on ESPN+

(Super Bowl Preview)

ESPN+

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