NFL Series Heads to Showtime

NEW YORK, June 4: Showtime
Networks and CBS Sports have teamed up to bring the award-winning National
Football League (NFL) studio show Inside the NFL to the U.S. premium cable network, premiering
September 10 at 9 p.m.

The show will be produced
by CBS Sports and NFL Films, and will air on Showtime every Wednesday through
February 11, 2009. The series premiered in 1977 and features a roster of sports
talent recapping the weekend’s games and previewing the match-ups for the week
ahead.

"We welcome the NFL
to the Showtime family," said Matthew C. Blank, the chairman and CEO of Showtime Networks. "We're thrilled to
be joining the successful partnership of CBS Sports and the NFL in presenting
the show to our subscribers. It's a perfect fit with our original scripted
series and sports programming."

"CBS Sports is proud
to expand its association with the National Football League and the
award-winning team at NFL Films to produce Inside the NFL for Showtime," commented Sean McManus, the
president of CBS News and Sports and the executive producer of The NFL on
CBS. "We look forward to
bringing the show to a new stage with a new team of talent and to continue to
make history in the style that has been recognized for more than three
decades."

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski