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Al Michaels will return to Amazon Prime Video for another season of NFL coverage in 2026. The 81-year-old sports broadcasting legend has been the play-by-play voice of “Thursday Night Football” since the streaming service acquired the package in 2022.
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Al Michaels has announced that he will return to the booth for the 2026 NFL season. The 81-year-old has been serving as the play-by-play sportscaster for Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime Video confirmed to The Athletic ’s Andrew Marchand that Michaels will be back in the booth for Prime Video during the 2026 NFL season. That Michaels will be back calling games shouldn’t surprise anyone who’s heard him talk lately. On the “SI Media With Jimmy Traina” podcast, Michaels made it clear that the passion still exists.
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Amazon's 81-year old Al Michaels reveals retirement plans for Prime Video NFL broadcasts
Al Michaels isn't giving up the microphone yet. The Amazon Prime Video play-by-play broadcaster for their NFL Thursday Night Football package is 81 years old, and he plans to keep calling the games for at least another season. Sports Business Journal's Richard Deitsch reported Michaels' plans to return in a new article on Friday.
The last time Michaels called a postseason game at Soldier Field, it didn’t end well for Chicago. That contest was the NFC Wild Card matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, when Bears kicker Cody Parkey missed a potential game-winning field goal after it hit the upright and then the crossbar — forever remembered as the infamous “double doink.”
After months of speculation, Amazon Prime Video has decided if it'll retain legendary play-by-play broadcaster Al Michaels for the 2026 NFL season. Michaels, 81, has been calling NFL games for decades.
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