Amazon has found its announcers for 'Thursday Night Football.'
Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit will be the play-by-play announcers for Amazon Prime Video's exclusive coverage of"Thursday Night Football" starting next season, kicking off with a September 15 telecast.Landing Michaels, one of the most iconic announcers in sports history, is a big get for Amazon . Michaels will be leaving his post at"Sunday Night Football" to take on the new role. In February Michaels called his 11th Super Bowl, the most for any TV commentator.
covering the NFL Draft and college football including"College Gameday."Read MoreJoe Buck and Troy Aikman are leaving Fox for 's 'Monday Night Football'In a statement, Michaels called the Amazon-NFL deal"the new frontier in sports television." Mike Tirico will take his spot on NBC's"Sunday Night Football" — which Michaels called for 16 years — joining Cris Collinsworth to call those games for the upcoming season.Michaels and Herbstreit aren't the only NFL announcers shuffling around.
announced earlier this month that Joe Buck and Troy Aikman are leaving their longtime home at Fox to lead the network's"Monday Night Football" telecasts.
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