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[[Image:mcfamily.jpg|thumb|300px|Roy McMurtry (right) accompanied by his wife, daughter, and a sample of his art work]]
'''''The NFL on NBC''''' was the brand given to [[NBC Sports]] coverage of [[National Football League]] games until [[1998 in television|1998]], when [[NBC]] lost the NFL [[American Football Conference]] rights to [[CBS]].
'''Roland Roy McMurtry''' (born [[May 31]], [[1932]]) is a [[judge]] and former [[politician]] in [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].
McMurtry was born in [[Toronto]] and educated at [[Upper Canada College]] and then [[St. Andrew's College (Aurora, Ontario)|St. Andrew's College]], graduating in 1950. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from the [[University of Toronto]] (Trinity College) in [[1954]], and a [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree from [[Osgoode Hall Law School]], [[York University]] in [[1958]]. While attending university, he was admitted to the [[Zeta Psi]] fraternity and became a close friend of future [[Premier of Ontario]] [[Bill Davis|William Davis]], his [[football]] teammate. He was a trial lawyer for seventeen years before entering politics. In the 1960s, he worked with [[Dalton Camp]] and [[Norman Atkins]] to remove [[John Diefenbaker]] as leader of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]].
NFL coverage returned to NBC on Sunday, [[August 6]], [[2006 NFL season|2006]] under the title '''''[[NBC Sunday Night Football]]''''' <ref>http://www.ge.com/stories/en/20346.html?category=Product_Home</ref>, beginning its pre-season with coverage of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame Game|NFL Hall of Fame Game]].
McMurtry suffered a back injury during the 1971 [[Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership conventions|Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership convention]], and was able to exempt himself from choosing between Davis and rival candidate [[Allan Lawrence]], whose campaign was managed by Atkins. Davis defeated Lawrence by 44 votes on the final ballot. A few weeks later, McMurtry organized a meeting which brought together the Davis and Lawrence leadership teams. The resulting alliance, known as the [[Big Blue Machine]], dominated the Progressive Conservative Party into the 1980s.
==Background==
===Beginnings through the 1950s===
The program (which has aired under numerous program titles and formats) actually goes back to the beginnings of NBC's relationship with the NFL in [[1939 NFL season|1939]], when they aired the first-ever televised pro football game between the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] and the now defunct [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] football team.
Allan Lawrence resigned his [[St. George (electoral district)|St. George]] constituency in late 1972 to move to federal politics, and McMurtry was recruited by Davis as the Progressive Conservative candidate for a January 1973 [[by-election]]. He was unexpectedly defeated by [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal Party]] candidate [[Margaret Campbell]], a well-known municipal politician. He was first elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] two years later, in the [[Ontario general election, 1975|1975 provincial election]], defeating Liberal candidate [[Frank Judge (politician)|Frank Judge]] in the [[Eglinton]] electoral district.
By [[1955 NFL season|1955]], NBC became the televised home to the NFL Championship Game, paying [[United States dollar|$]]100,000 to the league. The ''[[NFL Championship Game, 1958|1958 NFL Championship Game]]'' played at [[Yankee Stadium]] between the [[Baltimore Colts]] and the [[New York Giants]] went into sudden death overtime. This game, known since as the "''Greatest Game Ever Played''", was seen by many throughout the country and is credited with increasing the popularity of professional football in the late [[1950s]] and early [[1960s]].
Davis won a [[minority government]] in the 1975 election, and McMurtry was immediately appointed to cabinet as [[Attorney-General (Ontario)|Attorney-General]]. He held this position until [[1985]], and also served as [[Solicitor-General (Ontario)|Solicitor-General]] from [[1978]] to [[1982]].
===1960s===
On [[April 5]], [[1961 in television|1961]], NBC was awarded a two-year contract for radio and television rights to the [[NFL Championship Game]] for [[United States dollar|$]]615,000 annually, $300,000 of which was to go directly into the [[NFL Player Benefit Plan]].
McMurtry was a [[Red Tory]],<ref name="Globe">Erin Anderssen, "Doing Canada justice," ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', December 13, 2003, pg. F.5.</ref> and was one of Davis's closest advisers in government. As Attorney-General, he played a major role in brokering the deal that achieved [[patriation]] of the [[Canadian Constitution]] and the creation of the [[Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]. A late night "kitchen accord" between McMurtry, [[Jean Chrétien]] and [[Roy Romanow]] in November [[1981]] played a significant role in ending the federal-provincial constitutional deadlock, and allowed the Constitution come into law the following year.
NBC resumed football telecasts on a regular basis in [[American Football League seasons#1965|1965]]. With NBC paying the [[American Football League]] [[United States dollar|$]]36 million on [[January 29]], [[1965 in television|1965]] to televise its games, and the increased, heated battle over college prospects, both leagues negotiated a [[AFL-NFL Merger|merger]] agreement on [[June 8]], [[1966#June|1966]]. Although they would not officially merge into one combined league until [[1970 NFL season|1970]], one of the conditions of the agreement was that the winners of each league's championship game would meet in a contest to determine the "''world champion of football''."
McMurtry's lowest point was his role in the prosecution of nurse [[Susan Nelles]], who was charged with the murder of a number of infants at the [[Hospital for Sick Children]] in Toronto. Nelles was ultimately exonerated, and McMurtry was criticized for his ministry's role in her wrongful prosecution.
On [[December 13]], [[1966 in television|1966]], the rights to the Super Bowl for four years were sold to CBS and NBC for $9.5 million. The first ever '''''[[Super Bowl I|AFL-NFL World Championship Game]]''''' was played on [[January 15]], [[1967#January|1967]]. Because [[NFL on CBS|CBS]] held the rights to nationally televise NFL games and NBC had the rights to broadcast AFL games, it was decided to have both of them cover that first game, though only CBS' cameras and technical crew were allowed to work the game with NBC picking up their feed. The next three AFL-NFL World Championship Games, later renamed the [[Super Bowl]], were then divided by the two networks: CBS broadcasted Super Bowls [[Super Bowl II|II]] and [[Super Bowl IV|IV]] while NBC covered [[Super Bowl III|III]].
When Davis resigned as Progressive Conservative leader and premier in 1985, McMurtry sought the party's leadership at the party's [[Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership conventions, 1985|January 1985 leadership convention]]. He started as the underdog in the campaign, but impressed many delegated through his performance in candidates' debates and polling data showing him as the preferred choice of Ontario voters. During the contest, McMurtry was sometimes criticized for remaining too long in one portfolio. While his opponents all had diverse ministerial experience, McMurtry's expertise was focused more narrowly on matters of legal jurisprudence. His supporters included [[Robert Elgie]], [[Frank Drea]], [[Reuben Baetz]] and [[Bob MacQuarrie]].
====''The Heidi Game''====
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One of the most remembered games on NBC was a [[American Football League seasons#1968|1968]] game known as the ''[[Heidi Game]]''. With its nationally-televised game between the [[Oakland Raiders]] and [[New York Jets]] running late, the network began to show the [[film|movie]] ''[[Heidi]]'' just moments after the Jets' [[Jim Turner (American football)|Jim Turner]] kicked what appeared to be the game-winning field goal with 1:05 remaining. While millions of irate fans, missing the finale, jammed NBC's phone lines, the Raiders scored 2 touchdowns in eight seconds during the final minute to win 43-32.
McMurtry won a total of 300 votes on the first ballot, considerably more than he had been expected to win. It was not sufficient, however, to place better than fourth in a field of four, after [[Frank Miller (politician)|Frank Miller]], [[Dennis Timbrell]] and [[Larry Grossman]]. He was eliminated from the contest and gave his support to Grossman, a fellow Red Tory.
The reaction to ''The Heidi Game'' resulted in the AFL, and most other sports leagues, demanding that networks thereafter televise all games to their conclusion. NFL contracts with the networks now require games to be shown in a team's market area to the conclusion, regardless of the score.
McMurtry's support was enough to move Grossman into second place on the second ballot, ahead of the more centrist Timbrell. Timbrell's delegates were divided on the last ballot, which allowed the conservative Miller to win the convention. Miller gave McMurtry the option of remaining as Attorney-General in the new government, but he declined and announced his retirement from politics.
To avoid a repeat incident, a [[1975 in television|1975]] NBC broadcast of ''[[Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]'' was preempted until the completion of a [[Washington Redskins]]–Raiders game.
On [[February 4]], Canadian [[Secretary of State for External Affairs (Canada)|External Affairs Minister]] [[Charles Joseph Clark|Joe Clark]] announced that McMurtry had been appointed to succeed [[Donald Jamieson]] as Canada's High Commissioner to [[Great Britain]]. He served in this capacity until [[1988]]. Upon his return to Canada, he resumed his law practice and became chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the [[Canadian Football League]].
At NBC, the network installed a new phone in the control room wired to a separate exchange, becoming known as the ''Heidi Phone''.
He was appointed Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court (Trial Division) in Ontario in [[1991]], and became [[Chief Justice]] of that court in [[1994]]. He became Chief Justice of Ontario in [[1996]], heading the entire court system in the province, and leading the [[Ontario Court of Appeal]]. That court gained a degree of public attention in [[2003]] when it ruled in ''[[Halpern v. Canada (Attorney General)]]'' that provisions of the [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]] guaranteeing equality under the law require the Province of Ontario to issue marriage licences to [[same-sex marriage in Canada|same-sex couples]]. For this, the ''[[Globe and Mail]]'' named McMurtry and his fellow judges the "Nation Builders of 2003."<ref name="Globe"/>
====See also====
*[[American Football League]]
*[[Heidi Game]]
*[[Super Bowl I]]
*[[Super Bowl III]]
Roy McMurtry is married to Ria Jean Macrae with whom he has six children. His eldest son, Jim McMurtry ran as the Liberal candidate in [[British Columbia]] for the 2006 federal election, placing second to Conservative candidate [[Russ Hiebert]]. He is a skilled landscape painter, and has donated his artwork to charity auctions.
===1970s===
{{main|AFL-NFL Merger}}
Beginning in [[1970 NFL season|1970]], NBC aired [[American Football Conference|AFC]] games until the [[1997 NFL season|1997 season]] (that is, the season that started in 1997 and [[Super Bowl XXXII|ended in 1998]]).
On [[January 17]], [[1971 in television|1971]], NBC's telecast of [[Super Bowl V]] between the [[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] and [[Dallas Cowboys]] was viewed in an estimated 23,980,000 homes, the largest audience ever for a one-day sports event. On [[January 14]], [[1973 in television|1973]], NBC's telecast of [[Super Bowl VII]] between the [[Miami Dolphins]] and [[Washington Redskins]] was viewed by approximately 75 million people. NBC's telecast of [[Super Bowl IX]] between the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and [[Minnesota Vikings]] was viewed by approximately 78 million people.
In [[1975 NFL season|1975]], because of NBC's coverage of Game 2 of the [[1975 World Series|World Series]] between the [[Cincinnati Reds]] and [[Boston Red Sox]], NBC's 1 p.m. NFL telecasts were cancelled. All games except [[New England Patriots|New England]] at [[Cincinnati Bengals|Cincinnati]] were picked up by local stations in visiting team markets. Meanwhile, at 4 p.m., NBC showed [[Oakland Raiders|Oakland]] at [[Kansas City Chiefs|Kansas City]] nationally. As the 1975 World Series progressed, NBC would advertise its upcoming weekend schedule during the breaks. They said, {{cquote|If we have a Game 7, we'll have ''[[The Baseball World of Joe Garagiola]]'' at 12:30 and Game 6 from [[Fenway Park|Fenway]]. Otherwise, we'll have ''[[The_NFL_on_NBC_Pregame_Show#GrandStand|GrandStand]]'' at 12:30, and [[Buffalo Bills|Buffalo]]/[[Miami Dolphins|Miami]] for most of you at 1:00. Either way, you win at NBC.}}
On [[January 9]], [[1977 in television|1977]] 81.9 million people (the largest ever to view a sports event at that point) watched NBC's telecast of [[Super Bowl XI]] between the [[Oakland Raiders]] and [[Minnesota Vikings]]. On [[October 12]], [[1977 NFL season|1977]], Commissioner [[Pete Rozelle]] negotiated contracts with the three television networks to televise all NFL regular season and postseason games, plus selected preseason games, for four years beginning with the [[1978 NFL season|1978 season]]. [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] was awarded yearly rights to 16 [[Monday Night Football|Monday night games]], four [[prime time]] games, the [[Pro Bowl|AFC-NFC Pro Bowl]], and the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame Game|Hall of Fame Games]]. [[NFL on CBS|CBS]] received the rights to all [[National Football Conference|NFC]] regular season and postseason games (except those in the ABC package) and to Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XIV|XIV]] and [[Super Bowl XVI|XVI]]. NBC received the rights to all [[American Football Conference|AFC]] regular-season and postseason games (except those in the ABC package) and to Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XIII|XIII]] and [[Super Bowl XV|XV]]. Industry sources considered it the largest single television package ever negotiated.
{{see also|Major League Baseball on NBC}}
NBC's [[January 21]], [[1979 in television|1979]] telecast of [[Super Bowl XIII]] between the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and [[Dallas Cowboys]] was viewed in 35,090,000 homes, by an estimated 96.6 million fans.
====See also====
*[[Holy Roller (American football)]]
*[[Immaculate Reception]]
*[[Super Bowl V]]
*[[Super Bowl VII]]
*[[Super Bowl IX]]
*[[Super Bowl XI]]
*[[Super Bowl XIII]]
===1980s===
NBC made history in the [[1980s]] with announcerless football (a one-shot experiment credited to [[Don Ohlmeyer]], between the [[New York Jets|Jets]] and [[Miami Dolphins|Dolphins]] in [[Miami Orange Bowl|Miami]] on [[December 20]], [[1980 NFL season|1980]]), covering the [[Canadian Football League]] during the [[1982 NFL season|1982]] players' strike, one-announcer football, and even the [[Gayle Sierens|first female play-by-play football announcer]] (which in its own way, set the mold for female sportscasters of today).
Television [[Nielsen Ratings|ratings]] in [[1980 NFL season|1980]] were the second-best in NFL history, trailing only the combined ratings of the [[1976 NFL season|1976 season]]. All three networks posted gains, and NBC's 15.0 rating was its best ever. [[NFL on CBS|CBS]] and [[Monday Night Football|ABC]] had their best ratings since [[1977 NFL season|1977]], with 15.3 and 20.8 ratings, respectively. In [[1981 NFL season|1981]], ABC and CBS set all-time rating highs. ABC finished with a 21.7 rating and CBS with a 17.5 rating. NBC however, was down slightly to 13.9.
In [[1982 in television|1982]], the NFL signed a five-year contract with the three television networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) to televise all NFL regular season and postseason games starting with the [[1982 NFL season|1982 season]].
On [[March 6]], [[1985#March|1985]], [[NBC#Radio|NBC Radio]] and the NFL entered into a two year agreement granting NBC the radio rights to a 37-game package in each of the [[1985 NFL season|1985]]-[[1986 NFL season|1986 seasons]]. The package included 27 regular season games and 10 postseason games. Also in [[1985 in television|1985]], the NFL showed a ratings increase on all three networks for the season, gaining 4 percent on NBC, 10 on CBS, and 16 on ABC.
On [[January 26]], [[1986#January|1986]], the [[Chicago Bears]] defeated the [[New England Patriots]] 46-10 in [[Super Bowl XX]] at the [[Louisiana Superdome]]. The NBC telecast replaced the [[Goodbye, Farewell and Amen|final episode of ''M*A*S*H'']] as the most-viewed television program in history, with an audience of 127 million viewers, according to A.C. Nielsen figures. In addition to drawing a 48.3 rating and a 70 percent share in the United States, Super Bowl XX was televised to 59 foreign countries and beamed via satellite to the [[QE II]]. An estimated 300 million [[List of Chinese language television channels|Chinese]] viewed a tape delay of the game in [[1986#March|March]]. NBC Radio figures indicated an audience of 10 million for the game.
In [[1987#January|1987]], NBC Radio's broadcast of [[Super Bowl XXI]] between the [[New York Giants]] and [[Denver Broncos]] was heard by a record 10.1 million people. Also in [[1987 in television|1987]], new three-year TV contracts with ABC, CBS, and NBC were announced for the [[1987 NFL season|1987]]-[[1989 NFL season|1989 seasons]] at the NFL's annual meeting in [[Maui, Hawaii]] on [[March 15]].
NBC's [[1989 in television|1989]] telecast of [[Super Bowl XXIII]] between the [[San Francisco 49ers]] and [[Cincinnati Bengals]] was watched by an estimated 110,780,000 viewers, according to A.C. Nielsen, making it the sixth most-watched program in television history.
====See also====
*[[The Drive]]
*[[The Epic in Miami]]
*[[Freezer Bowl]]
*[[The Fumble]]
*[[Red Right 88]]
*[[Super Bowl XV]]
*[[Super Bowl XVII]]
*[[Super Bowl XX]]
*[[Super Bowl XXIII]]
===1990s===
On [[March 12]], [[1990 in television|1990]], at the NFL's annual meeting in [[Orlando, Florida]], new four year TV agreements were ratified for the [[1990 NFL season|1990]]-[[1993 NFL season|1993 seasons]]. The networks that were included were [[Monday Night Football|ABC]], [[NFL on CBS|CBS]], NBC, [[ESPN Sunday Night Football|ESPN]], and [[TNT Sunday Night Football|TNT]]. The contracts totaled [[United States dollar|$]]3.6 billion, the largest in TV history. The television contract for [[1990 NFL season|1990]]-[[1993 NFL season|1993]] had each network having one Super Bowl telecast as part of the package. The fourth Super Bowl ([[Super Bowl XVIII|XVIII]]) was up for a separate sealed bid. NBC won the bid, and since they were last in the rotation for Super Bowl coverage in the regular contract, ended up with two straight Super Bowls. CBS is the only other network to televise two Super Bowls ([[Super Bowl I|I]] and [[Super Bowl II|II]]) in a row.
On [[January 31]], [[1993 in television|1993]], NBC's telecast of [[Super Bowl XXVII]] between the [[Dallas Cowboys]] and [[Buffalo Bills]] was the most watched program in television history and was seen by 133,400,000 people in the United States. The rating for the game was 45.1, the tenth highest for any televised sports event. The game also was seen live or taped in 101 other countries.
On [[December 18]], [[1993 in television|1993]], the NFL announced new 4-year television agreements with ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NFL newcomer [[NFL on FOX|FOX]], which took over the NFC package from CBS. The NFL completed its new TV agreements by announcing that NBC would retain the rights to the AFC package on [[December 20]].
On [[January 30]], [[1994 in television|1994]], NBC's telecast of [[Super Bowl XXVIII]] between the [[Dallas Cowboys]] and [[Buffalo Bills]] was viewed by the largest U.S. audience in television history-134.8 million people. The game's 45.5 rating was the highest for a Super Bowl since [[1987 in television|1987]] and the tenth highest-rated Super Bowl ever.
====See also====
*[[The Comeback (American football)]]
*[[Super Bowl XXVII]]
*[[Super Bowl XXVIII]]
*[[Super Bowl XXX]]
*[[Super Bowl XXXII]]
====NBC loses the NFL====
NBC's rebound in their overall [[Nielsen Ratings|ratings]] in both the [[1980s]] and [[1990s]] (after years in the bottom of the ratings cellar) was attributed in part to its continuing coverage of the NFL. But with television contract re-negotiations in early [[1998 in television|1998]] ushering in the era of multi-billion dollar broadcasting agreements, an era of pro football broadcasting would soon came to an unceremonious conclusion.
[[NFL on CBS|CBS]], stung by [[NFL on FOX|FOX]]'s surprise bid [[1994 NFL season|four years earlier]], aggressively sought to reacquire some broadcasting rights. CBS agreed to pay [[United States dollar|$]]4 billion over eight years ($500 million per season) to air American Conference games. NBC, meanwhile, had indicated a desire to bid for ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' rights in [[1998 NFL season|1998]], but gave up when the financial stakes skyrocketed. Prior to the [[2006 NFL season|2006]] [[Pro Football Hall of Fame Game|Hall of Fame Game]], NBC's final NFL telecast was on [[January 25]], [[1998 in television|1998]]. It was [[Super Bowl XXVII]] between the [[Denver Broncos]] and [[Green Bay Packers]]. NBC earned the third-largest audience in U.S. television history with 133.4 million viewers for their Super Bowl XXVII coverage. And so, after six decades, NBC, the network that helped define pro football on television, lost its rights to air the NFL, thus marking the beginning of a slow decline for the Peacock network's sports division. In September 2000, NBC would lose [[Major League Baseball on NBC|baseball]]; in June 2002, it lost the [[The NBA on NBC|NBA]].
===2000s===
That decline would be stemmed in 2004. [[The NHL on NBC|NBC]] took over the [[National Hockey League]]'s broadcast rights from [[The NHL on ABC|ABC]]. And when the new NFL television contracts were negotiated in [[2005 NFL season|2005]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] exercised its option not to renew their rights ([[ABC Sports]] itself dissolved shortly after losing ''[[Monday Night Football]]''). Thus NBC, by this time in another [[Nielsen Ratings|ratings]] slump, chose to take advantage of the opportunity by acquiring the Sunday night NFL package.
On Sunday, [[August 6]], [[2006 NFL season|2006]], NBC resumed airing NFL football with an annual package that includes three preseason games, the Thursday season opener, all Sunday night regular season games (the rights of which were formerly held by [[ESPN]]), two postseason Wild Card games, two Super Bowls (in 2009 and 2012), and two [[Pro Bowl]]s (also in 2009 and 2012).
[[Al Michaels]], having recently departed from ABC/ESPN after a "trade" between the Disney-owned network and the Peacock network that included the rights to [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] going from Universal to Disney, is doing play-by-play on the new NBC telecasts, while [[John Madden (football)|John Madden]] is serving as [[color commentator]]. [[Cris Collinsworth]], the recently-retired [[Jerome Bettis]], and five-time [[Pro Bowl|Pro Bowler]] [[Sterling Sharpe]] are studio analysts and [[Bob Costas]] is the studio host. [[Andrea Kremer]] will serve as the sideline reporter, and is also contributing to the studio show. [[Sports Illustrated]] reporter [[Peter King (sportswriter)|Peter King]]
will serve as a reporter for the studio show. The halftime show is sponsored by [[Toyota]].
The NFL also has a strict policy prohibiting networks to run ads during the Super Bowl from the [[gambling]] industry, and has rejected ads from the [[Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority]]. It has been reported that if the television program ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]'' is still on the air when [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] televises [[Super Bowl XLIII]] in 2009, they may not be allowed to promote the series during the entire block of programming. <ref>http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2005-08-04-las-vegas-ads_x.htm</ref>
====See also====
*''[[Football Night in America]]''
*''[[NBC Sunday Night Football]]''
==Pregame/Studio Programs==
{{main|The NFL on NBC Pregame Show}}
==Commentators==
{{For2|future commentators|[[Football Night in America]] and [[NBC Sunday Night Football]]}}
{{main|List of NFL on NBC announcers}}
===See also===
*[[List of NFL on NBC commentator pairings]]
*[[List of AFC Championship Game broadcasters]]
*[[List of NFC Championship Game broadcasters]]
*[[List of Super Bowl broadcasters]]
==References==
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*[http://www.ilovewavs.com/TV/Sports/TV%20Theme%20-%20NBC,%20NFL.wav TV Theme - NBC, NFL.wav]
*[http://www.80stvthemes.com/ra/NFLLIVE90.ra NFL Live (1990) - John Tesh's theme for NBC.]
*[http://www.80stvthemes.com/ra/NFLNBC.ra The NFL on NBC (1995)]
*[http://www.80stvthemes.com/ra/NFL85.ra NFL '85 - Very short intro.]
==External links==
*[http://www.osgoodehall.com/mcmurtry2.html McMurtry Art Exhibit] Online exhibition of Roy McMurtry's paintings.
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* [http://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/ NBCSports.com - NFL]
**[http://www.nbcsports.com/sundaynightfootball/index.html Sunday Night Football]
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