section_path: Broadcasting career
section_name: Broadcasting career
paragraph_text: Broadcasting career
  
  Simpson worked as an NFL analyst on NBC from 1978 to 1982. He joined ABC 's Monday Night Football crew in 1983, becoming the first black announcer on the network's No. 1 NFL broadcast team. For Super Bowl XIX during the 1984 season, ABC moved Simpson to its pregame show, replacing him in the broadcast booth with active player Joe Theismann, who had played in the previous two Super Bowls. Simpson continued his Monday Night Football announcing duties in 1985 before being dropped after the season. In 1989, he rejoined NBC to replace Ahmad Rashad as an analyst on their NFL Live! pregame show. After he was accused of his ex-wife's murder, Simpson was replaced by Rashad in 1994.
  
  Simpson worked as an NFL analyst on NBC from 1978 to 1982. He joined ABC 's Monday Night Football crew in 1983, becoming the first black announcer on the network's No. 1 NFL broadcast team. For Super Bowl XIX during the 1984 season, ABC moved Simpson to its pregame show, replacing him in the broadcast booth with active player Joe Theismann, who had played in the previous two Super Bowls. Simpson continued his Monday Night Football announcing duties in 1985 before being dropped after the season. In 1989, he rejoined NBC to replace Ahmad Rashad as an analyst on their NFL Live! pregame show. After he was accused of his ex-wife's murder, Simpson was replaced by Rashad in 1994.