This story first appeared in the Aug. 29 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. CBS Sports is gearing up for Thursday Night Football, the NFL's first expansion into broadcast primetime since 2006, when Sunday night games moved from Espn to NBC. But the crew at NBC Sports -- including chairman Mark Lazarus, 51; play-by-play team Al Michaels, 69, Cris Collinsworth, 55, and sideline reporter Michele Tafoya, 49; coordinating producer Fred Gaudelli, 54; and director Drew Esocoff, 56 -- says it is not concerned about the incursion. "We're not playing against anybody," says Michaels. And Lazarus notes that CBS' eight weeks
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- 8/24/2014
- by Marisa Guthrie
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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