Editing NFL on CBS (section)

====''The NFL Today'' debuts====
In [[1975 NFL season|1975]], CBS debuted ''[[The NFL Today]]'', a pre-game show originally hosted by journalist [[Brent Musburger]] and former NFL player [[Irv Cross]], with former [[Miss America]] [[Phyllis George]] serving as one of the reporters. [[Jimmy Snyder (sports commentator)|Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder]] joined the program in [[1976 NFL season|1976]] but was dismissed by the network in January 1988 after making comments about racial differences among NFL players on [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]]. George was replaced by [[Jayne Kennedy]] for the 1978 season, only for Kennedy to depart at the end of [[1979 NFL season|the following season]]. George returned in 1980 and stayed on through the [[1983 NFL season|1983 season]], after which she was replaced by [[Charlsie Cantey]]. In 1979, the first year that the [[Sports Emmy Awards]] were awarded to sportscasts, ''The NFL Today'' was among the recipients.{{cn|date=April 2025}}