Good Morning Football is a liveNFLmorning television program onNFL Network. The program premiered on Monday, August 1, 2016. It airs from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.ET.
| Good Morning Football | |
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| Genre | NFL |
| Starring | Hosts:
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Michael Davies Bill Hentschel Becky Orenstein |
| Production locations | CBS Broadcast Center,New York City (2016–2018) The NFL Experience,Times Square, New York City (2018) SNY,4 World Trade Center, New York City (2018–March 2024) NFL Network's studios,Inglewood, California (Begins April 1, 2024, Weekday) NFL Films,Mount Laurel, New Jersey (weekends) |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Production company | Embassy Row |
| Original release | |
| Network | NFL Network |
| Release | August 1, 2016 (2016-08-01) – present |
The program is hosted byKyle Brandt,Jamie Erdahl, andAkbar Gbaja-Biamila. NFL reporter Sherree Burruss gives news updates. NFL analystsRon Rivera,Michael Robinson,Isaiah Stanback, andManti Te'o appear regularly. NFL insiders Mike Garafolo,Tom Pelissero, andIan Rapoport are featured all throughout the week.
Production
editGood Morning Football replaced earlier attempts by NFL Network at a morning television program, includingNFL AM andNFL HQ. Unlike its predecessors, which were filmed at network studios inCulver City, California, the show is produced live on the east coast. The move was made, in part, because doing the show required the live broadcasts to begin at 4 a.m.Pacific Time. According to chief content officer of NFL MediaJordan Levin, "There’s an energy to morning programming. The challenge is compounded when you have people who are literally doing the show in the middle of the night." The weekday program first utilized theCBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street as a condition of CBS holding the rights toThursday Night Football.[1]
Good Morning Football is the first NFL Network program to originate in New York since the network's launch in 2003.Sony Pictures Television'sEmbassy Row handles production of the show, with its CEOMichael Davies as the executive producer.[2]
In May 2018, the weekday program moved from the CBS Broadcast Center to20 Times Square, inside a studio constructed within the newNFL Experience attraction.[3] With the planned closure of the attraction,[4] the show moved toSportsNet New York's studios at4 World Trade Center with a new set debuting November 5, 2018.[5] The weekend program is broadcast fromNFL Films inMt. Laurel, New Jersey.[6]
On April 25 and 26, 2019, the program was simulcast byESPN2 as part of coverage of the2019 NFL draft (which would see personalities from ESPN and NFL Network appearing as contributors on each other's studio programs).[7]
In March 2024, it was reported that the program would relocate to the NFL Network'sInglewood studios ahead of the2024 NFL season[8] In addition, on May 9, 2024, it was announced that Sony Pictures Television wouldsyndicate an extension ofGood Morning Football that will air alongside the portion on NFL Network, withCBS Media Ventures handling ad sales, andFox Television Stations (the local station division of NFL broadcasterFox) as its core station group.[9] The syndicated show is brandedGMFB: Overtime and is also available to stream onThe Roku Channel.[10]
References
edit- ^"Good Morning Football moving to new NFL Experience in Times Square".Awful Announcing. February 13, 2018. RetrievedFebruary 13, 2018.
- ^"NFL Network Announces New Morning Show Good Morning Football To Launch August 1 Live From New York City". Multichannel News. July 19, 2016. RetrievedJanuary 3, 2017.
- ^"NFL Network's 'Good Morning Football' set for new digs".Sports Business Journal. February 12, 2018. RetrievedFebruary 13, 2018.
- ^Fickenscher, Lisa (September 19, 2018)."NFL Experience in Times Square will close at the end of the month".New York Post. RetrievedNovember 1, 2018.
- ^Dachman, Jason (October 26, 2018)."NFL Media Ramps Up for Exclusive London Broadcast; Good Morning Football Preps for Move to SNY".Sports Video Group. RetrievedNovember 5, 2018.
- ^"NFL's 'GMF' moving NYC locations after London stint".NewscastStudio. October 30, 2018. RetrievedNovember 1, 2018.
- ^"ESPN2 will simulcast NFL Network's Good Morning Football Thursday and Friday in latest olive branch to the NFL".Awful Announcing. April 25, 2019. RetrievedApril 26, 2019.
- ^"'Good Morning Football' moving from N.Y. to L.A."Sports Business Journal. March 6, 2024. RetrievedMarch 6, 2024.
- ^Weprin, Alex (May 9, 2024)."Fox TV Stations Pick Up 'Good Morning Football' Syndicated Show, From NFL and Sony".The Hollywood Reporter. RetrievedMay 10, 2024.
- ^Weprin, Alex (July 15, 2024)."Roku Picks Up 'Good Morning Football' as NFL Readies Relaunch of Show".The Hollywood Reporter. RetrievedAugust 13, 2024.