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Here's Why NBC Introduced The "Green Zone," Which Maybe Doesn't Need To ExistThis season marks the 20th anniversary of the yellow first-down line, televised football’s single greatest innovation since instant replay. The yellow line has become invaluable, and more than that, has become a friend. And now apparently it’s not good enough anymore???...

<em>Sunday Night Football</em> Producer: No Need To "Glorify" Big Hits Anymore The producer of the NFL's flagship broadcast, NBC's Sunday Night Football, said he's getting super-cautious about showing repeated replays of rough hits, especially those of the helmet-to-helmet variety....

"What They Must Not See": A Top Producer Weighs In On How To Cover A Catastrophic InjuryEarlier we examined some of the difficulties and choices faced by broadcasters when a live event is derailed by a gruesome injury, like Louisville's Kevin Ware's compound fracture. We asked Fred Gaudelli, lead producer of NBC's Sunday Night Football, how he's handled similar situations in the past—a...

How Fred Gaudelli Turned NBC's <em>Sunday Night Football</em> Into The No. 1 Show On TV

With 7:30 left in the second quarter of an otherwise forgettable October game between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, Cris Collinsworth said the name that had been on Fred Gaudelli's mind for at least five days. ...