buck and aikman sang the thursday night football song on cbs.
buck and aikman sang the thursday night football song on cbs.
who sings the thursday night football song on cbs?
buck and aikman
the first game produced by nbc sports was broadcast exclusively on nfl network on november 3, 2016, while the first game simulcast nationally on nbc aired on november 17. a cappella group pentatonix recorded a reworked version of their song "sing" ("weekend go") to serve as the opening theme song for nbc's "thursday night football" telecasts; nbc also commissioned new instrumental theme music by jimmy greco, "can't hold us down", which was performed by members of the orchestra from the broadway musical "hamilton". both were retained for nbc's games in 2017.
thursday night football
in addition to the regional games, the league also has packages of telecasts, mostly in prime time, that are carried nationwide. nbc broadcasts the primetime "sunday night football" package', which includes the thursday nfl kickoff game that starts the regular season and a primetime thanksgiving day game. espn carries all monday night football games. the nfl's own network, nfl network, broadcasts a series titled "thursday night football", which was originally exclusive to the network, but which in recent years has had several games simulcast on cbs (since 2014) and nbc (since 2016) (except the thanksgiving and kickoff games, which remain exclusive to nbc). for the 2017 season, the nfl network will broadcast 18 regular season games under its "thursday night football" brand, 16 thursday-evening contests (10 of which are simulcast on either nbc or cbs) as well as one of the nfl international series games on a sunday morning and one of the 2017 christmas afternoon games. in addition, 10 of the thursday night games will be streamed live on amazon prime. in 2017, the nfl games occupied the top three rates for a 30-second advertisement: $699,602 for sunday night football, $550,709 for thursday night football (nbc), and $549,791 for thursday night football (cbs).
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