Who are the Thursday Night Football announcers on Prime Video?

Thursday Night Football is back on Prime Video this season, featuring a loaded slate of high-stakes games.

You can check out the full schedule here.

Thursday Night Football announcers and analysts for 2024 NFL season

This Thursday, Sept. 12, will mark the season debut of Thursday Night Football on Prime Video. Amazon-MGM Studios confirmed the return of Al Michaels on play-by-play duties and Kirk Herbstreit as the color analyst. Kaylee Hartung will be the sideline reporter.

Meanwhile, the pregame, halftime and postgame shows will feature the standard collection of former NFL stars, including Andrew Whitworth, Tony Gonzalez, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Richard Sherman. Charissa Thompson will host.

So, in short, expect the classics from Prime Video in its third year on air with Thursday Night Football. The schedule is stronger than it has been in the past, which should lead to more engagement and a better overall product. It can be hard to get fans fully invested in the short week — the quality of the product often suffers with players asked to perform on such a quick turnaround — but that doesn't mean there isn't a certain entertainment quality, even beauty, to the traditional Thursday night rock fight.

Al Michaels

Al Michaels has been on sports network television since 1971. He has been a staple of NFL and other sport broadcasts for literal decades, with his signature baritone melding into a sense memory when one thinks of football. Once a prime time, Sunday and Monday night announcer, Michaels has spent the last few years working Thursdays for Prime Video.

In an interview with Sports Illustrated, he expressed gratitude with the TNF schedule this season and optimism over the direction of the program.

"In terms of the schedule this year, I'm not sure I could ask for anything more than the one they gave us because this is one that's by far the best of the three years we've been doing this," Michaels said. "It's pretty tough to beat, I gotta say. Let's put it this way. I was hoping it would be this good and it turned out to be a little bit better than I was even hoping."

Kirk Herbstreit

Kirk Herbstreit has been synonymous with college football for so long that it can be jarring for some folks to see him on the NFL broadcast. The former Ohio State star is right at home on Prime Video, though, applying his trademark knowledge of the QB position and scheme in general to an increasingly compelling broadcast. With such a strong schedule on TNF this season, we should get plenty of gems from Herbstreit as he provides insight in real time.

TNF pregame and postgame analysts

Pregame, halftime, and postgame TNF coverage is helmed by Andrew Whitworth, Tony Gonzalez, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Richard Sherman, a pannel of former NFL stars who can obviously provide unique perspectives on the game at hand. The host, Charissa Thompson, is tasked with mediating the debates and keeping such an eclectic group on track.

This has become the standard for NFL broadcasts in recent years, with more and more recent former players taking center stage on the analysis front. Sherman and Gonzalez are polished takesmiths at this point, while Fitzpatrick's characteristic charm and energy has been a welcome breath of fresh air on Thursdays. The sentiments are similar with Whitworth, who brings such a deep well of knowledge after 15 years in the NFL, which included four Pro Bowl berths and a Super Bowl title.