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1983. 30 January – Live American Football is seen in the UK for the first time when Channel 4 broadcasts live coverage of Super Bowl XVII. [2] 1984. 29 March – Screensport launches [3] and coverage of American Football is a significant part of its output throughout its time on air. 1985.
The history of the National Football League on television documents the long history of the National Football League on television. The NFL, along with boxing and professional wrestling (before the latter publicly became known as a "fake" sport ), was a pioneer of sports broadcasting during a time when baseball and college football were more popular than professional football.
The history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football.Both games have their origin in multiple varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, in which a football is kicked at a goal or kicked over a line, which in turn were based on the varieties of English public school football games descending from medieval ...
7 November – Coverage of American sport gets its first regular coverage on UK television when Channel 4 starts broadcasting American football on a weekly basis. [2] 1983. 30 January – Live American Football is seen in the UK for the first time when Channel 4 broadcasts live coverage of Super Bowl XVII. 1984.
NFL on American television. Satellite trucks broadcasting from Super Bowl XXXV. National Football League broadcasts are among the most-watched programs on American television. The television rights to broadcast National Football League (NFL) games in the United States are the most lucrative and expensive rights of any sport in the world.
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron football, [nb 1] is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with ...
The National Football League (NFL) regular season begins on the weekend following the first Monday of September (i.e, the weekend following the Labor Day holiday) and ends in early January, after which that season's playoffs tournament begins. It consists of 272 games, with each of the NFL's 32 teams playing 17 games during an 18-week period ...
Lists of National Football League team seasons. Timeline of the National Football League. American Football League (1926) (AFL I) 1926 American Football League season. American Football League (1936) (AFL II) 1936 American Football League season. 1937 American Football League season.