CBS Sports confirmed Tuesday that it would unveil four more hours of programming on Sundays prior to it’s NFL coverage under the title, “That Other Pregame Show.”
Sean McManus, chairman for CBS Sports and executive producer for The NFL on CBS, said “That Other Pregame Show” would look and feel different from other NFL pre- and post-game shows, including those on CBS.
“There is room for a new show if it can differentiate itself from the others,” McManus said during a CBS-NFL media event on Tuesday. “‘That Other Pregame Show’ will be more informal, more free-wheeling than pre-game shows anyone else does, including CBS. It will be different and memorable.”
The show will air on CBS Sports Network beginning September 8 at 9:00 a.m. (ET). On CBS, ‘The NFL Today’ hits the air at 1:00 p.m. (ET).
The show comes at a time when ESPN is expanding its NFL game-day coverage and Fox Sports 1 launched with a bevy of NFL programming, including “Fox Football Daily.” NFL Network also has 24/7 coverage.
McManus said the show’s quirky title came during planning meetings when executives would refer to the proposed effort as “That other pre-game show” to differentiate if from ‘The NFL Today.’ McManus said that CBS Sports creative director Pete Radovich noticed that the acronym for the show’s working title spelled TOPS. So it stuck.
“That Other Pregame Show” will be hosted by Adam Schein from CBS Sports Network’s “NFL Monday Quarterback” and include just-retired 11-year NFL veteran Bart Scott as well as Amy Trask, former CEO for the Oakland Raiders; Brandon Tierney from CBS Radio; and CBSSports.com fantasy analyst Nathan Zegura. The show will cover college football as well as the NFL.
Members of “The NFL Today” will be regular contributors, said McManus, including Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher, and host James Brown.
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