CBS Permanently Pulls Rihanna From Thursday Night Football

Last week, CBS pulled Rihanna singing Jay-Z’s “Run This Town” off Thursday Night Football due to the Ray Rice controversy and also due to her own connection with domestic violence thanks to Chris Brown.

CBS had planned to use her song for the rest of the season, but then this morning she reacted in a way that only Rihanna can:

Followed by:

As a result, CBS is pulling the song permanently and will use another theme song in its place. The network made the following statement today:

“Beginning this Thursday, we will be moving in a different direction with some elements of our Thursday Night Football open. We will be using our newly created Thursday Night Football theme music to open our game broadcast.”

Plans to use actor Don Cheadle in the opening are still in place, that is unless he decides to chime in as well.

It appears that CBS won’t miss Rihanna at all.

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Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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