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“I have been informed by NBC that I won\u2019t be back with FNIA this fall and it has given me time to reflect and also to look ahead,” he announced.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s disappointing \u00a0news but I want to thank my NBC family for making the last 17 years so special. \u00a0I\u2019ll have lasting memories of my time there, especially with Rodney Harrison who has become a tremendous friend.”<\/p>\n
More changes could be coming, too.<\/p>\n
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 24: NBC Sunday Night Football color commentator Cris Collinsworth (L) talks with recording artist Carrie Underwood before a game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on September 24, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Steelers defeated the Raiders 23-18. (Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)Ethan Miller/Getty Images<\/p>\n
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Awful Announcing reports that other analysts, like Rodney Harrison and Jac Collinsworth, could be ousted from the program, too.<\/p>\n
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“Awful Announcing has learned that it is unlikely analyst Rodney Harrison will return next season and that Jac Collinsworth\u2019s role on the show is also in question. Along with Dungy, the trio made up the show\u2019s satellite studio that traveled on-site to each\u00a0Sunday Night Football\u00a0game throughout the season,” the outlet reported.<\/a><\/p>\n “Awful Announcing has also learned that those involved with the\u00a0Football Night in America\u00a0team are frustrated by how the news is unfolding, with some hearing about potential changes through media reports instead of directly from NBC.”<\/p>\n But what will happen to Collinsworth?<\/p>\n Collinsworth, the voice of Sunday Night Football in 2009, will return in 2026. He has signed a contract that’ll run through the 2029-30 season.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n While Sunday Night Football is making a lot of changes, Collinsworth is not one of them.<\/p>\n Many NFL<\/a> fans remain high on him.<\/p>\n “He has solidified his place as football\u2019s most sagacious color commentator,”\u00a0The New York Times wrote in 2023.<\/p>\n The Sunday Night Football announcing both will continue to feature Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on Mar 15, 2026, where it first appeared in the NFL<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBC is making changes to “Sunday Night Football” in 2026. The network is parting ways with longtime analyst…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[41637,50593,33365,7,104896,393,1280,6,57,39433,4032,13529],"class_list":["post-814857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-awful-announcing","tag-color-commentator","tag-cris-collinsworth","tag-football","tag-jac-collinsworth","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-nbc","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-rodney-harrison","tag-sunday-night-football","tag-tony-dungy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116237278078315509","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}