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NFL on Fox
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<p>The <i>NFL on Fox</i> (also known as <i>Fox NFL</i>) is the branding used for broadcasts of <a href="/facts/National_Football_League/cBH0hxRV">National Football League</a> (NFL) games produced by <a href="/facts/Fox_Sports_(United_States)/nEvpcwJk">Fox Sports</a> and televised on the <a href="/facts/Fox_Broadcasting_Company/yeFeCgGk">Fox</a> broadcast network. Game coverage is usually preceded by <i><a href="/facts/Fox_NFL_Kickoff/QjF8mRGa">Fox NFL Kickoff</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Fox_NFL_Sunday/LFyIKBfI">Fox NFL Sunday</a></i> and is followed on weeks when the network airs a Doubleheader by <i>The OT</i>. The latter two shows feature the same studio hosts and analysts for both programs, who also contribute to the former. In weeks when Fox airs a <a href="/facts/Doubleheader_(television)/RNVhKCCT">doubleheader</a>, the late broadcast (which airs nationwide in nearly all markets, there typically being only one to three games taking place at the time) airs under the brand <i>America's Game of the Week</i>, almost always featuring the <a href="/facts/Dallas_Cowboys/Dr9XlTzh">Dallas Cowboys</a> due to their <a href="/facts/America%27s_Team/34W0Erlb">national appeal</a>. </p><p>Fox aired its inaugural NFL game telecast on August 12, 1994, with a <a href="/facts/NFL_preseason/5hyIeQmk">preseason game</a> between the <a href="/facts/1994_Denver_Broncos_season/5Ib8IgVr">Denver Broncos</a> and the <a href="/facts/1994_San_Francisco_49ers_season/at6LVoII">San Francisco 49ers</a> at <a href="/facts/Candlestick_Park/lYazK0t2">Candlestick Park</a> in San Francisco. Coverage formally began the following month on September 4, with the premiere of <i>Fox NFL Sunday</i>, followed by a slate of six regionally televised regular season games on the first Sunday of the <a href="/facts/1994_NFL_season/SP1jTIsX">1994 season</a>. </p>