NFL’s First Comedy Show, Hosted by ‘SNL’ Alum Taran Killam, Will Hit Amazon Prime Video Ahead of ‘Thursday Night Football’

variety.com:

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Amazon will bow a new laugh lead-in for its exclusive “Thursday Night Football” NFL games package, enlisting “Saturday Night Live” alum Taran Killam as the host of “The NFL Pile On” — the league’s first official comedy show. “The NFL Pile On” will premiere Sept.

14 at 7 p.m. ET on Prime Video, airing each Wednesday throughout the NFL season one day before Amazon’s “Thursday Night Football” coverage.

In the half-hour show, Killam will riff on “funny and unexpected moments” from the across the NFL the week prior, from mic’d up players during pregame warmups to postgame press conference zingers, and from epic fumbles to off-the-field blunders — according to Amazon, “everything from studio shows, social media and fashion faux pas will be fair game.” “I am so excited and grateful to help launch a show about two things I love: football and comedy,” Killam said. “The fact that we are supported by the NFL and Prime Video means we can provide exclusive, all-access content to Prime members and NFL fans alike… and also that I get all ‘The Boys’ spoilers I can handle.” In addition to being designed to drive tune-in for “TNF” — for which Amazon is paying about $1 billion per year — “The NFL Pile On” has sponsorship revenue attached to it: The show is “presented by Carnival Cruise Line,” which is also the exclusive advertising partner.

The show is produced in coordination with NFL Films and led by showrunner Chris Pizzi. After they air, episodes of “The NFL Pile On” will available on demand for one week afterward on Prime Video.