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CBS and Amazon Prime tipped to go to war over Al Michaels TNF successor – as No. 1 target identified

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Amazon Prime appears to have identified their target replacement for Al Michaels on Thursday Night Football. Michaels has been a hugely recognizable voice of NFL football, and other sports including baseball , basketball, and ice hockey , since the 1970s. Al Michaels’ time in the broadcasting booth may soon be coming to an end Getty He joined Amazon back in 2022, having previously worked for ABC and NBC Sports, to serve as the streaming service’s play-by-play announcer for Thursday Night Football. Now 81-years-old, though, and Michaels is edging ever-closer to retirement, amid concerns from fans over his growing mistake-making on broadcasts. Amazon Prime want Ian Eagle Amazon have already identified their No. 1 target, according to The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand, as Ian Eagle. But pursuing the CBS talent, who has a great relationship with the network’s president David Berson, is much easier said than done. “If you play out the Al Michaels situation for Amazon, they have their sights se

First report: Sports media insider: CBS, Prime could tangle over Ian Eagle potentially succeeding Al Michaels on TNF — awfulannouncing.com, 1d