The first flex of the season for Sunday Night Football boots the originally scheduled San Diego Chargers-New York Jets game out of primetime, into the early afternoon window and has the NFC West Division battle between last year’s NFC Championship finalist the San Francisco 49ers visiting the upstart Seattle Seahawks.
Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya will be live at CenturyLink Field in the coffee capital of the United States. Bob Costas and Hines Ward will be there as well to do live segments for Football Night in America and halftime of SNF.
Dan Patrick, Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison man the NBC 30 Rockefeller Plaza studios in New York.
Here’s the press release.
49ERS CAN WIN NFC WEST WITH WIN AGAINST RED – HOT SEAHAWKS ON “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL”
Coverage Begins with Football Night in America at 7 p.m. ET
Sunday Night Football Extra to Live Stream 49ers-Seahawks on NBCSports.comNEW YORK – December 20, 2012 – Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers (10-3-1), who have clinched a Wild Card spot and are currently leading the NFC West, travel to Seattle to take on Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks (9-5), who have won three-in-a-row, five of their last six games, and are undefeated at home this season, in an NFC West matchup on Sunday Night Football. With a win, the 49ers will secure their second straight division title. A Seahawks victory keeps Seattle alive to win the NFC West. Coverage begins with Football Night in America at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.
Calling 49ers-Seahawks is six-time Emmy Award-winner Al Michaels (play-by-play), in his 27th season as the voice of the NFL’s premier primetime package; 13-time Emmy Award-winner Cris Collinsworth, who has won the Emmy for Outstanding Event Analyst in each of his three seasons in the Sunday Night Football booth; and sideline reporter Michele Tafoya, who, last year in her first season with SNF, won the inaugural Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Reporter.
Football Night in America is hosted by 24-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas, who will report from CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Wash. Costas will be joined on site by Michaels, Collinsworth and Hines Ward, the former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver and Super Bowl MVP.
Dan Patrick co-hosts Football Night from NBC’s Studio 8G at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Patrick is joined by Super Bowl-winning head coach Tony Dungy, two-time Super Bowl winner Rodney Harrison, Peter King of Sports Illustrated, and Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network and NBCSports.com. Carolyn Manno will report on Giants – Ravens, from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md.
PREVIEW VIDEO:
Michaels and Collinsworth on 49ers vs. Seahawks:
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/22825103/vp/50221119#50221119PREVIEW VIDEO:
Patrick, Dungy and Harrison on 49ers vs. Seahawks:
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/22825103/vp/50220702#50220702In addition to the weekly Sunday Night Football and Football Night in America broadcasts, NBC Sports Group’s NFL coverage also includes digital content and social media extensions that are available online, as well as NFL-related shoulder programming available on NBC Sports Network.
That is all.
