{"id":91895,"date":"2025-05-31T00:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T00:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/91895\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T00:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T00:09:11","slug":"scott-hanson-will-be-back-on-nfl-redzone-for-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/91895\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Hanson will be back on &#8216;NFL RedZone&#8217; for 2025 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Hanson has officially confirmed his return as host of \u201cNFL RedZone\u201d for the 2025 season, marking his 17th year leading the popular Sunday broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement comes after months of speculation regarding his future on the show following the reported expiration of his contract at the end of the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Hanson shared the news<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScottHanson\/status\/1928497044282376241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> of his return with a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36095584\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2212587157.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Hanson speaks on stage during the during the third day of the 2025 NFL Draft on April 26, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. \" class=\"wp-image-36095584\"\/>Scott Hanson speaks on stage during the third day of the 2025 NFL Draft on April 26, 2025, in Green Bay. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201c100 days from now = NFL RedZone. (&amp; for those wondering: Yes, I *will* be there. We have A LOT of Touchdowns to watch together!) #NFLRedZone,\u201d Hanson wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Hanson has hosted \u201cNFL RedZone\u201d since its inception on NFL Network in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Known for its coverage of touchdowns and few commercials, \u201cRedZone\u201d has been an NFL staple for football fans on Sundays, especially heightened with the rise of fantasy football and sports betting, since it entered the fray in the late 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the offseason, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/14\/sports\/popular-redzone-host-scott-hanson-may-leave-for-new-opportunities\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reports indicated that negotiations between Hanson and NFL Media<\/a> had stalled, leading to concerns that he might depart for other opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/27\/sports\/nbc-olympics-gold-zone-is-here-to-stay-scott-hanson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hanson had hosted NBC\u2019s Peacock \u201cGold Zone\u201d<\/a> during the 2024 Summer Olympics, so speculation grew that he could make a complete move there.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36095582\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1394648213.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Hanson speaks on stage during round four of the 2022 NFL Draft on April 30, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. \" class=\"wp-image-36095582\"  \/>Scott Hanson speaks on stage during round four of the 2022 NFL Draft on April 30, 2022 in Las Vegas. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Though fans will generally be happy about Hanson\u2019s return, some have expressed apprehension regarding the show\u2019s format.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2024, \u201cRedZone\u201d began incorporating limited commercials during its broadcasts, a departure from its longstanding \u201ccommercial-free\u201d promise.<\/p>\n<p>Hanson even dropped \u201ccommercial-free\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/22\/sports\/scott-hanson-drops-commercial-free-from-nfl-redzone-after-controversy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">from his opening catchphrase<\/a>, previously welcoming viewers to \u201cseven hours of commercial-free football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite these changes, Hanson\u2019s continued presence will be a stabilizer for fans of \u201cRedZone,\u201d even with the program\u2019s evolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scott Hanson has officially confirmed his return as host of \u201cNFL RedZone\u201d for the 2025 season, marking his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6,9,10,203],"class_list":{"0":"post-91895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-sports-entertainment","12":"tag-sports-media"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114599544012989050","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91895","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=91895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}