Report: Al Michaels moves from NBC to Amazon for Thursday Night Football

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Entertainment web site TV Line is reporting that the popular NBC Sunday Night Football announcer has inked a 4 year deal with Amazon to announce their coverage of Thursday Night Football for the 2022 – 2023 football season.

According to the article:

The game of musical chairs with NFL announcers continues: Al Michaels, who has been in the booth for NBC’s Sunday Night Football for more than a decade, is moving to Prime Video for the streamer’s new slate of Thursday Night Footballgames, according to a report in the New York Post.

Michaels is expected to sign a three-year contract and earn a salary rivaling that of Joe Buck, who just moved with his broadcasting partner Troy Aikman from Fox to ESPN to call Monday Night Football. Joining Michaels in the Prime Video booth will be Kirk Herbstreit, who will continue to cover college football on ESPN as well.

Prime Video landed the exclusive rights to the NFL’s Thursday Night Football last year in an 11-year deal, which begins this fall. “Thursday Night Football will be our first-ever digital package and we are thrilled to exclusively partner with Amazon to bring our games to more fans on more platforms,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “NFL football drives passionate viewers and Amazon will enable us to continue to grow our fanbase in innovative and compelling ways.”