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Al Michaels

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Al Michaels Biography

Al Michaels, the play-by-play voice for NBC’s Sunday Night Football, called Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022 on NBC and Peacock. The Super Bowl marks Michaels’ 11th Super Bowl play-by-play assignment – the most ever for a television commentator, joining former CBS and FOX announcer Pat Summerall (11).

One of the most renowned sports broadcasters of all time and the commentator called “TV’s best play-by-play announcer” by the Associated Press, Michaels recently completed his 16th season as the voice of NBC’s Sunday Night Football and record 36th campaign as the play-by-play announcer of the NFL in primetime.

SNF averaged 18.5 million TV viewers in 2021 (with a Total Audience Delivery average of 19.3 million viewers), and is on pace to rank as primetime’s #1 TV show in all key metrics for an unprecedented 11th consecutive year – adding to its record for the most successive years atop the charts (since 1950), based on official live plus same day data provided by Nielsen.

In December 2020, Michaels was honored with the 2021 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Michaels is one of only five distinguished broadcasters to be recognized with the baseball honor and the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Pete Rozelle Award (Dick Enberg, Lindsey Nelson, Jack Buck, and Curt Gowdy).

In the first 15 seasons on NBC (2006-20), Sunday Night Football has won 30 Sports Emmys. Following the 2018 season, NBC SNF became the first-ever 10-time honoree for Outstanding Live Sports Series and won its 11th honor in the category following the most recent NFL season (2020). From the 2008-13 NFL seasons, Sunday Night Football won six consecutive Outstanding Live Sports Series honors – also a Sports Emmy record – and won again following the 2015-2018 and 2020 NFL seasons.

In September 2018, as Michaels began his 10th season in the SNF booth with Cris Collinsworth, USA Today profiled the duo, writing: “Michaels and Collinsworth — oh, heck, let’s just call them Al and Cris; they’re on a first-name basis with America…Turn on the TV. Listen to the timbre of Al’s voice. Hear the mirth audible in Cris’. Taken together, their voices have come to mean Big Game.”

On February 4, 2018, Michaels called Super Bowl LII on NBC – his 10th Super Bowl in the booth In addition, Michaels’ call of the Eagles-Patriots title game from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, came nearly 30 years to the day since his first Super Bowl play-by-play assignment – ABC’s broadcast of Super Bowl XXII. He is the only TV commentator with a Super Bowl play-by-play run of three decades.

On August 4, 2017, NBC Sunday Night Football was honored with a display in the Pro Football Hall of Fame for “its record run as the #1 show in all of primetime television.”

In 2016, Michaels also served as the play-by-play voice of the NBC/NFL Network Thursday Night Football series, which ranked as primetime’s #2 show in the 2016-17 TV season.

In February 2015 in Arizona, Michaels called Super Bowl XLIX – the thrilling four-point New England Patriots victory over the Seattle Seahawks which still ranks as the most-watched show in U.S. TV history (average of 114.4 million viewers). Michaels’ previous Super Bowl — Super Bowl XLVI, which Michaels called with Collinsworth on NBC in February 2012 — was the most-viewed program in U.S. television history at the time.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Michaels served a host on NBC’s daytime coverage. He hosted NBCSN’s weekday afternoon and NBC’s weekend daytime coverage of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, and served in the same role for NBC at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the most-watched event in U.S. television history, and the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. In 2015, Michaels served as host of the first events in the “PBC on NBC” boxing series.

Michaels’ autobiography, "You Can’t Make This Up" (released Nov. 18, 2014), was for two months on the New York Times best-seller list for hard-cover, non-fiction titles.

One of television’s most respected journalists, Michaels has covered more major sports events than any sportscaster, including 20 years as the play-by-play voice of Monday Night Football. He is the only commentator to call the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals and host the Stanley Cup Final for network television. In addition, Michaels called the classic 1985 championship boxing match between Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns and “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler.

Among his many accolades, Michaels has captured eight Emmy Awards – seven for Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play and one in 2011 for the Lifetime Achievement Award, and has three times (1980, 1983 and 1986) received the NSSA Award from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association; he was inducted into the NSSA Hall of Fame in 1998. Michaels was named Sportscaster of the Year in 1996 by the American Sportscasters Association, and, in 1991, he was named Sportscaster of the Year by the Washington Journalism Review. In 2004, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Michaels received three major industry honors in 2013. First, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame with the prestigious Pete Rozelle Radio & Television Award, which distinguishes long-time exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football. Michaels was then inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which annually recognizes television’s most distinguished “innovators and icons.” Finally, in December 2013, the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame recognized Michaels for his “excellence and lifetime achievement,” and he was inducted as a member of its 2013 Hall of Fame Class.

Michaels garnered his first Sportscaster of the Year award in 1980, the year he made his memorable call, “Do you believe in miracles? Yes!” on the U.S. men’s hockey team’s dramatic upset victory over the USSR at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. His reputation for Olympic acumen grew with his coverage of figure skating and hockey at the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo, and track & field and road cycling at the Summer Games in Los Angeles. He also called hockey during the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympic Games.

Regarded as one of the best baseball announcers of all time, Michaels was ABC’s lead baseball play-by-play announcer during the network’s coverage of Major League Baseball. He has also earned praise as a journalist and became just the second sportscaster in history to receive a News Emmy nomination for his coverage of the San Francisco earthquake during the 1989 World Series.

Michaels currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

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    Speaking fees for Al Michaels, or any other keynote speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The amount that Al Michaels charges to speak often varies according to the circumstances, including their schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. The speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Al Michaels, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
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Al Michaels Biography

Al Michaels, the play-by-play voice for NBC’s Sunday Night Football, called Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022 on NBC and Peacock. The Super Bowl marks Michaels’ 11th Super Bowl play-by-play assignment – the most ever for a television commentator, joining former CBS and FOX announcer Pat Summerall (11).

One of the most renowned sports broadcasters of all time and the commentator called “TV’s best play-by-play announcer” by the Associated Press, Michaels recently completed his 16th season as the voice of NBC’s Sunday Night Football and record 36th campaign as the play-by-play announcer of the NFL in primetime.

SNF averaged 18.5 million TV viewers in 2021 (with a Total Audience Delivery average of 19.3 million viewers), and is on pace to rank as primetime’s #1 TV show in all key metrics for an unprecedented 11th consecutive year – adding to its record for the most successive years atop the charts (since 1950), based on official live plus same day data provided by Nielsen.

In December 2020, Michaels was honored with the 2021 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Michaels is one of only five distinguished broadcasters to be recognized with the baseball honor and the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Pete Rozelle Award (Dick Enberg, Lindsey Nelson, Jack Buck, and Curt Gowdy).

In the first 15 seasons on NBC (2006-20), Sunday Night Football has won 30 Sports Emmys. Following the 2018 season, NBC SNF became the first-ever 10-time honoree for Outstanding Live Sports Series and won its 11th honor in the category following the most recent NFL season (2020). From the 2008-13 NFL seasons, Sunday Night Football won six consecutive Outstanding Live Sports Series honors – also a Sports Emmy record – and won again following the 2015-2018 and 2020 NFL seasons.

In September 2018, as Michaels began his 10th season in the SNF booth with Cris Collinsworth, USA Today profiled the duo, writing: “Michaels and Collinsworth — oh, heck, let’s just call them Al and Cris; they’re on a first-name basis with America…Turn on the TV. Listen to the timbre of Al’s voice. Hear the mirth audible in Cris’. Taken together, their voices have come to mean Big Game.”

On February 4, 2018, Michaels called Super Bowl LII on NBC – his 10th Super Bowl in the booth In addition, Michaels’ call of the Eagles-Patriots title game from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, came nearly 30 years to the day since his first Super Bowl play-by-play assignment – ABC’s broadcast of Super Bowl XXII. He is the only TV commentator with a Super Bowl play-by-play run of three decades.

On August 4, 2017, NBC Sunday Night Football was honored with a display in the Pro Football Hall of Fame for “its record run as the #1 show in all of primetime television.”

In 2016, Michaels also served as the play-by-play voice of the NBC/NFL Network Thursday Night Football series, which ranked as primetime’s #2 show in the 2016-17 TV season.

In February 2015 in Arizona, Michaels called Super Bowl XLIX – the thrilling four-point New England Patriots victory over the Seattle Seahawks which still ranks as the most-watched show in U.S. TV history (average of 114.4 million viewers). Michaels’ previous Super Bowl — Super Bowl XLVI, which Michaels called with Collinsworth on NBC in February 2012 — was the most-viewed program in U.S. television history at the time.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Michaels served a host on NBC’s daytime coverage. He hosted NBCSN’s weekday afternoon and NBC’s weekend daytime coverage of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, and served in the same role for NBC at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the most-watched event in U.S. television history, and the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. In 2015, Michaels served as host of the first events in the “PBC on NBC” boxing series.

Michaels’ autobiography, "You Can’t Make This Up" (released Nov. 18, 2014), was for two months on the New York Times best-seller list for hard-cover, non-fiction titles.

One of television’s most respected journalists, Michaels has covered more major sports events than any sportscaster, including 20 years as the play-by-play voice of Monday Night Football. He is the only commentator to call the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals and host the Stanley Cup Final for network television. In addition, Michaels called the classic 1985 championship boxing match between Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns and “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler.

Among his many accolades, Michaels has captured eight Emmy Awards – seven for Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play and one in 2011 for the Lifetime Achievement Award, and has three times (1980, 1983 and 1986) received the NSSA Award from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association; he was inducted into the NSSA Hall of Fame in 1998. Michaels was named Sportscaster of the Year in 1996 by the American Sportscasters Association, and, in 1991, he was named Sportscaster of the Year by the Washington Journalism Review. In 2004, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Michaels received three major industry honors in 2013. First, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame with the prestigious Pete Rozelle Radio & Television Award, which distinguishes long-time exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football. Michaels was then inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which annually recognizes television’s most distinguished “innovators and icons.” Finally, in December 2013, the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame recognized Michaels for his “excellence and lifetime achievement,” and he was inducted as a member of its 2013 Hall of Fame Class.

Michaels garnered his first Sportscaster of the Year award in 1980, the year he made his memorable call, “Do you believe in miracles? Yes!” on the U.S. men’s hockey team’s dramatic upset victory over the USSR at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. His reputation for Olympic acumen grew with his coverage of figure skating and hockey at the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo, and track & field and road cycling at the Summer Games in Los Angeles. He also called hockey during the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympic Games.

Regarded as one of the best baseball announcers of all time, Michaels was ABC’s lead baseball play-by-play announcer during the network’s coverage of Major League Baseball. He has also earned praise as a journalist and became just the second sportscaster in history to receive a News Emmy nomination for his coverage of the San Francisco earthquake during the 1989 World Series.

Michaels currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Al Michaels Videos

  • NBC Sports’ Al Michaels Talks Super Bowl LVI, Tom Brady & More
    NBC Sports’ Al Michaels and Rich Eisen discuss his Cincinnati connection to the Rams-Bengals Super Bowl because of his past gig as the Reds...
  • Al Michaels On His Future, the ManningCast & More
    Episode 363 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with Al Michaels.
  • 2021 FORD C. FRICK AWARD WINNER AL MICHAELS
    Michaels, the winner of the Hall of Fame’s 2021 Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters, ascended to prominence as the voice of ABC’s baseball...

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  • How to book Al Michaels?

    Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Al Michaels for both live and virtual events for over 20 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment. Fill out a booking request form for Al Michaels, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Al Michaels or any other celebrity of your choice.
  • How much does it cost to book Al Michaels?

    Speaking fees for Al Michaels, or any other keynote speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The amount that Al Michaels charges to speak often varies according to the circumstances, including their schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. The speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Al Michaels, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
  • Who is the agent for Al Michaels?

    All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Al Michaels for clients worldwide for more than 20 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Al Michaels for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service talent booking agency?

    All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Al Michaels or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Al Michaels or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.

Al Michaels is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Al Michaels for your event is $100,000 - $200,000. Al Michaels generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Bob Costas, Cris Collinsworth, Michael Lombardi, Joe Tessitore and Tim Tebow. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Al Michaels for an upcoming live or virtual event.

Al Michaels Speaker Videos

  • NBC Sports’ Al Michaels Talks Super Bowl LVI, Tom Brady & More
    NBC Sports’ Al Michaels and Rich Eisen discuss his Cincinnati connection to the Rams-Bengals Super Bowl because of his past gig as the Reds play-by-play announcer, why he’d be surprised if Tom...
    Al Michaels On His Future, the ManningCast & More
    Episode 363 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with Al Michaels.
  • 2021 FORD C. FRICK AWARD WINNER AL MICHAELS
    Michaels, the winner of the Hall of Fame’s 2021 Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters, ascended to prominence as the voice of ABC’s baseball coverage in the 1970s and 80s. In an era when cable...
    Al Michaels reflects on memorable 'Miracle on Ice' call | NBC Sports
    Al Michaels reflects on calling the historic "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Lake Placid Games, where the underdog U.S. men beat the powerhouse Soviet Union en route to Olympic gold.

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This website is a resource for event professionals and strives to provide the most comprehensive catalog of thought leaders and industry experts to consider for speaking engagements. A listing or profile on this website does not imply an agency affiliation or endorsement by the talent.

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