NFL RedZone host Scott Hanson could leave the show in 2025, it has been reported.
Hanson, 53, will host the live whip-around program for an incredible 16th straight season starting this Sunday, and he’s become a beloved figure to NFL fans – especially fantasy players and gamblers.
However, Front Office Sports has reported that Hanson’s current contract with NFL Media expires after this season, potentially leading to ‘lucrative’ offers from rival networks like NBC Sports, Fox Sports, ESPN or Amazon Prime Video.
Hanson reportedly signed his current deal in 2021.
Front Office Sports later wrote that Hanson leaving his role seemed ‘far fetched.’
Scott Hanson has become a beloved figure to NFL fans for his work on NFL RedZone
RedZone whips around between live NFL games every Sunday without commercials
Still, the situation is something to monitor as NFL Media has been cutting costs, with the company’s RedZone host for DirecTV, Andrew Siciliano, among those laid off in April.
While the NFL season of course concluded with the Super Bowl in February, Hanson kept busy this summer as one of the hosts on NBC Sports’ Gold Zone – which employed a similar style to RedZone for the Olympic Games.
At one point, Hanson even bloodied himself while cheering on Team USA by banging on a desk.
Nonetheless, the show was well received by Olympics viewers as Hanson thrived in a familiar format.
‘I hope to deliver those same dopamine hits that we give to our ‘RedZone’ audience to the ‘Gold Zone’ audience,’ Hanson told Indiewire before the Games.
He’ll begin another season of commercial-free football this Sunday at 1pm, with notable games including the Dolphins vs. Jaguars, Falcons vs. Steelers and Giants vs. Vikings.
