Broadcasting Career
In 1985, Theismann helped call Super Bowl XIX for ABC alongside Frank Gifford and Don Meredith, becoming only the second person to do commentary on a Super Bowl telecast while still an active player at the time (the first was Jack Kemp when he helped call Super Bowl II for CBS). Theismann served as a color commentator on regional CBS NFL coverage in 1986 and 1987, then worked on ESPN's Sunday Night Football telecasts from 1988 to 2005, and on their Monday Night Football coverage in 2006.
On March 26, 2007, ESPN announced that Ron Jaworski would replace Theismann in the Monday Night Football booth. Theismann rejected an offer to work on the network's college football coverage. He has since done a number of Washington Redskins pre-season games on CSN.
On September 16, 2009, the NFL Network announced that Theismann would analyze game films on the show Playbook, airing Thursday and Friday nights at 6 p.m. Eastern.
In addition to covering football, Theismann hosted the first half of the first season of American Gladiators in 1989.
Theismann worked with Joe Gibbs and Tom Hammond on the broadcasting crew for NBC's coverage of the early wild-card game between the New York Jets and the Cincinnati Bengals on January 9, 2010.
On September 6, 2010, NFL network announced that they had added Theismann to their Thursday Night Football broadcast crew alongside Bob Papa and Matt Millen. The three only announced one season (2010) together.
In January 2011, in the days leading up to the NFL Divisional Playoff between the Jets and Patriots, Theismann committed an embarrassing blunder on the show No Huddle when, while discussing the Patriots' strengths on offense, called New England running back Danny Woodhead "Danny Woodcock." This gaffe caused his co-hosts, Deion Sanders, Mike Mayock and Steve Mariucci to laugh hysterically, to the point that Sanders fell out of his chair.
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