NFL Programming on ESPN for the 2012 Season

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ ESPN is planning to provide 30 hours of weekly television programming devoted to the NFL. Many of the studio shows produced in the past will return. From ESPN PR, here is a list of new or updated programs: Mike and Mike’s Best of the NFL (Tuesdays, 3-3:30 p.m., ESPN): In a new weekly NFL highlights show, hostsMike Greenberg and Mike Golic of ESPN Radio’s Mike and Mike in the Morning examine the best NFL game highlights from the previous week. The show debuts Sept. 11. · Fantasy Football Now (Sundays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., ESPN2): This fantasy show expands to two hours in 2012.Robert Flores hosts with analysts Matthew Berry and Tim Hasselbeck, injury analyst Stephania Bell and Sara Walsh. · Monday Night Countdown (Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., ESPN): MNF’s pre-game show – now two hours – offers 30 more minutes of information and analysis in 2012. Host Chris Berman and ESPN’s cast of NFL analysts and Insiders prepare fans for the weekly MNF matchup. · SportsCenter Special: Bill Parcells’ NFL Mid-Season Review (Wednesday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m., ESPN): ESPN NFL contributor and two-time Super Bowl winning head coach Bill Parcells analyzes the first part of the NFL season. Here is the complete NFL programming scheule on the ESPN television networks: Date Time (ET) Show Network Sundays 3:30-4 a.m. NFL Matchup ESPN 8:30-9 a.m. NFL Matchup ESPN2 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. Sunday NFL Countdown ESPN 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Fantasy Football Now ESPN2 The Blitz on SportsCenter ESPN Mondays 4-5 p.m. NFL Live ESPN 3-4 p.m. NFL Primetime ESPN 6-6:30 p.m. NFL32 ESPN2 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday Night Countdown ESPN 8:30 p.m. Monday Night Football ESPN Tuesdays 3-3:30 p.m. Mike and Mike’s Best of the NFL ESPN 4-5 p.m. NFL Live ESPN 6-6:30 p.m. NFL32 ESPN2 Wednesdays 4-5 p.m. NFL Live ESPN 6-7 p.m. NFL32 ESPN2 Thursdays 4-5 p.m. NFL Live ESPN 6-7 p.m. NFL32 ESPN2 7-8 p.m. Audibles ESPN or ESPN2 Fridays 4-5 p.m. NFL Live ESPN 6-7 p.m. NFL32 ESPN2 7-8 p.m. NFL Kickoff ESPN2 ESPN Radio will also provide increased programming during the season. Programming begins Fridays with the Mike Tirico’s Monday Night Preview podcast, which takes listeners behind the scenes of sports television’s longest-running series with the MNF crew and offer a look ahead to next week’s matchup. Also on Fridays, Tirico will be joined by Chris Mortensen and Keyshawn Johnson to preview the weekend’s NFL action in Mike Tirico’s Weekend Blitz, which airs at 8 p.m. ET (re-airs at 11 p.m.). On Sundays, Countdown to Kickoff (10 a.m.) provides whip-around coverage of the day’s slate in the NFL. Host Adnan Virk takes fans to the game sites for late-breaking injury, weather and fantasy information. Later on Sunday, The NFL on ESPN Radio (1 p.m.) offers day-long reports from every stadium with hosts Mike Hill and Freddie Coleman and analysts Eric Allen, Antonio Pierce and Tim Hasselbeck. Mike & Mike in the Morning will also have daily NFL guests as follows: Mondays: Ron Jaworski (7:15 a.m.), Cris Carter (7:30 a.m.) and Mike Ditka (8:15 a.m.); Tuesdays: Cris Carter (7:30-8:30 a.m.) and John Clayton (9:15 a.m.); Wednesdays: Jon Gruden (7:15 a.m.) and Adam Schefter (7:45 a.m.); Thursdays: Brian Billick (7:30 a.m.) and Chris Mortensen (9:15 a.m.); Fridays: Ron Jaworski (8:15 a.m.) and Mel Kiper, Jr. (8:45 a.m.); And Mark Schlereth – in studio Thursday or Friday.