Chris Berman on Covering Super Bowls, ESPN’s Three Eras, and the Origin Story of ‘NFL Primetime’
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Episode description
Hello, media consumers! Bryan has a special bonus episode for you. He caught up with one of ESPN’s originals, Chris Berman, in New Orleans. They sit down and discuss the following:
What Chris Berman’s Super Bowl week is like (2:12)
When ESPN asked him to stop using nicknames (14:34)
The original idea for ‘NFL Primetime’ (23:33)
Turning down NBC (36:14)
The three eras of ESPN (53:08)
And then Bryan closes out the show with a fun lightning round where Berman talks about his favorite anchors to work with, getting a Super Bowl ring from the San Francisco 49ers, what he would have done if he wasn’t a sports anchor, and more (58:27).
Host: Bryan Curtis
Guest: Chris Berman
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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