Coming off a season in which CBS Sports broadcast the Super Bowl to a record-setting average audience of 123.7 million viewers, the company is preparing for another season of NFL live game telecasts. The 2024 season will represent the second year of its existing media rights deal, for which it pays a reported $2.1 billion per year, and will include a similar lineup of game announcers. Furthermore, it represents the first full season with David Berson as the president and chief executive officer of CBS Sports following the retirement of chairman Sean McManus this past April.
The lead broadcast team of play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz, color commentator Tony Romo and sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson will remain intact, marking the eighth season in which the commentators will work together. The grouping will call several marquee contests throughout the year, including the Thanksgiving game, AFC Playoffs and AFC Championship Game. In Week 1, Nantz, Romo and Wolfson will be broadcasting live from SoFi Stadium as the Los Angeles Chargers open their season against the Las Vegas Raiders. The broadcasters will call another Chargers game in Week 3, albeit on the road against the Pittsburgh Steelers, preceded by a Week 2 AFC showdown between the Cincinnati Bengals and defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
Ian Eagle, Charles Davis and Evan Washburn encompass the network’s secondary announcing team, the fifth season in which they will work together. Kevin Harlan, Trent Green and Melanie Collins will continue working together as the third announcing team as well. The team featuring play-by-play announcer Andrew Catalon and sideline reporter AJ Ross, however, has undergone changes that are presumably a result of the new lineup on The NFL Today.
After letting go of long-tenured analysts Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms after the end of the season, former quarterback Matt Ryan was moved to The NFL Today lineup. Ryan joined CBS Sports last year and was a color commentator on NFL broadcasts as a part of the aforementioned announcing team. J.J. Watt, former defensive end for the Houston Texans, joined The NFL Today last year and will remain on the show with James Brown, Bill Cowher, Nate Burleson and Jonathan Jones.
Moving up in the announcing schema is Jason McCourty, a former NFL cornerback who called games with Chris Lewis and Ross Tucker last season. McCourty previously left Good Morning Football on NFL Network after the show relocated from New York, N.Y. to Los Angeles, Calif., and stated that he was in discussions with CBS Sports during a podcast appearance on SI Media earlier in the month. McCourty is now officially slated to join Catalon and Ross, along with fellow analyst Tiki Barber, on the four-person announcing team. The new group will make its debut in Week 1 as the Houston Texans face the Indianapolis Colts from Lucas Oil Stadium.
Lewis will call select games for the NFL on CBS this season, while Tucker is now working with Tom McCarthy and Jay Feely. Beth Mowins will also return for select game broadcasts throughout the season as well. James Lofton, who was the analyst with McCarthy and Feely last year, is not listed on the game announcing lineup for the season.
Another change ahead of the year is the addition of Aditi Kinkhabwala, who has earned a full-time reporting position as part of the broadcast team of play-by-play announcer Spero Dedes and analyst Adam Archuleta. Reporters who will be on the air for select games are Amanda Balionis, Tiffany Blackmon and Amanda Guerra. Additionally, Gene Steratore will return for his seventh year as the network’s NFL rules analyst. The full announcing lineup, which makes its debut on Sunday, Sept. 8, is outlined below:
| Play-by-Play Announcer | Analyst(s) | Reporter |
| Jim Nantz | Tony Romo | Tracy Wolfson |
| Ian Eagle | Charles Davis | Evan Washburn |
| Kevin Harlan | Trent Green | Melanie Collins |
| Andrew Catalon | Tiki Barber; Jason McCourty | AJ Ross |
| Spero Dedes | Adam Archuleta | Aditi Kinkhabwala |
| Tom McCarthy | Jay Feely | Ross Tucker |
