Pat McAfee announced October 9 that his Field Pass alternate telecast will expand to selected National Football League, or NFL, Monday Night Football games and Super Bowl LXI on February 14, 2027.
The first announced NFL edition will accompany Washington’s game at San Francisco on October 19. Dan Orlovsky will join the NFL production, according to McAfee’s announcement reported by Barrett Media.
Another way to watch
The format brings an established personality and his audience into a parallel presentation of a major sporting event. It extends a concept previously used for college football coverage.
The Super Bowl alternate telecast’s channel has not been announced, and the remaining Monday Night Football dates were not identified in the report. The announcement should not be treated as a complete distribution schedule.
The Radio News Now question: How much additional audience can a personality-led presentation attract alongside conventional coverage? Viewing, advertising and audience-overlap data would help establish whether alternate productions expand reach or primarily move existing viewers between feeds.
Source: Barrett Media’s account of McAfee’s announcement.
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