NBC ‘Sunday Night Football’ Producer Fred Gaudelli, On-Air Team Describe How COVID Will Alter 2020 Telecasts
Dade Hayes Finance EditorNBC’s perennially top-rated Sunday Night Football broadcasts will sound fairly normal this fall, executive producer Fred Gaudelli promised Thursday, but they will feature fewer crowd shots due to few if any fans attending games.Gaudelli joined play-by-play voice Al Michaels, analyst Cris Collinsworth and sideline reporter Michele Tafoya for a media conference call ahead of next Thursday’s start to the 15th season of SNF. Discussion of COVID-19 adjustments outweighed any talk about Xs and Os, though Collinsworth pronounced himself ready for the ritual, however different it may be.“I can’t remember a year when I’ve been more excited for football,” Collinsworth said.