TNT Sunday Night Football

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TNT Sunday Night Football was the weekly television broadcasts by Turner Network Television (TNT) of Sunday evening National Football League (NFL) games. TNT televised NFL games from 1990 through the 1997 season. They broadcasted Sunday night NFL games during the first half of the season, with ESPN taking over for the second half.

The network had a studio pregame show that lasted one hour from 1990 to 1994, and a half-hour from 1995 to 1997. Ernie Johnson was one of the studio hosts during this time, and Mark May (now of ESPN) was one of the studio analysts before moving to the booth for the final season.

ESPN anchor Chris Berman referred to TNT's football programming by its original "Nitro" brand, even after TNT abandoned that moniker. (This is not to be confused with the professional wrestling show, also colloquially called Nitro.)

The package ended when ESPN gained the cable and satellite TV rights to the entire season; those rights began in 1998. TNT replaced the game coverage with movies, which it still does today.

In addition to the Sunday night games, TNT also presented an annual special, Super Bowl Saturday Night. The program mixed a preview of the next day's game with entertainment segments. Johnson hosted the show from the Super Bowl host city.

Year Play-by-play Color Commentator
1990 Skip Caray Pat Haden
1991 Skip Caray Pat Haden
1992 Gary Bender Pat Haden
1993 Gary Bender Pat Haden
1994 Gary Bender Pat Haden
1995 Verne Lundquist Pat Haden
1996 Verne Lundquist Pat Haden
1997 Verne Lundquist Mark May
Pat Haden
Preceded by
ESPN		 National Football League broadcaster on Sunday night (with ESPN from 1990-1997)
1990 - 1997		 Succeeded by
ESPN

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Sports properties of Turner Broadcasting System (includes TNT and TBS)
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American Football: TNT Sunday Night Football | College Football on TBS
Auto Racing: NASCAR
Baseball: Major League Baseball on TBS | Braves TBS Baseball
Basketball: The NBA on TBS | The NBA on TNT | The NBA on TNT announcing teams | List of NBA on TNT announcers
See Also: United States sports broadcasting lists
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