Saturday Night Football

Saturday Night Football
Genre	College football telecasts
Directed by	Jimmy Platt
Presented by	Booth: Chris Fowler Kirk Herbstreit Sidelines: Holly Rowe Studio: Kevin Negandhi Booger McFarland Dan Orlovsky Former: Brent Musburger (2006–2013) Bob Davie (2006) Lisa Salters (2006–2009) Erin Andrews (2010–2011) Heather Cox (2012–2015) John Saunders (2006–2015) Stan Verrett (2016) Samantha Ponder (2016) Mark May (2015–2016) Mack Brown (2014–2018) Tom Rinaldi (2014–2020) Jonathan Vilma (2018–2019) Cassidy Hubbarth (2015–2019) Maria Taylor (2017–2020) Mark Sanchez (2019–2020)
Theme music composer	John Colby Bob Christianson (SEC home games only)
Opening theme	ESPN College Football theme (main theme) SEC on ABC theme (SEC home games only)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	19
Production
Producer	Bill Bonnell
Production locations	Various NCAA stadiums (Game telecasts and halftime show) ESPN Center Bristol, Connecticut, U.S. (Studio segments)
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	210 minutes or until game ends
Production company	ESPN
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 2, 2006 (2006-09-02) – present
Related
ESPN College Football Countdown on ABC ESPN College Football on ABC
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Saturday Night Football (branded for sponsorship purposes as Saturday Night Football presented by Capital One^[1]) is an American weekly presentation of prime time broadcasts of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football games that are produced by ESPN, and televised on ABC. Games are presented each Saturday evening starting at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time/6:30 p.m. Central Time during the college football regular season, which has been the case since 2017 (some weeks until 2015 saw no game on ABC, due to Saturday evening Sprint Cup Series NASCAR coverage or to avoid competition with the World Series; ESPN would then carry that week's high-profile game instead, with ESPN2 carrying a secondary game usually seen on ESPN/ABC). The ESPN on ABC Saturday Night Football coverage began in 2006, as both ESPN and ABC are owned by The Walt Disney Company. It is ESPN's biggest game of the week, and in most cases (outside where another networks carries the game), the city and/or campus of that night's game is where that day's ESPN College GameDay had originated.

As of 2024^[update], the primary broadcast team for half of the games includes play-by-play announcer Chris Fowler and analyst Kirk Herbstreit, with Holly Rowe as sideline reporter. Kevin Negandhi, Booger McFarland, and Dan Orlovsky host the halftime show. Negandhi also provides in game updates throughout the game. Other ESPN broadcast teams may also occasionally appear for regional (and some national) telecasts.