
Now that she can talk to him again she won't have to be alone. The accident killed Brian and crippled her. A week before they were to be married, she insisted on driving and lost control of the car. Elva says that she always insisted on having her own way, and Brian always did what she said. The phone company traces the cause to a telephone line that has fallen in a cemetery.Įlva and her housekeeper visit the cemetery where she finds that the line is resting on the grave of her long-deceased fiancé, Brian Douglas. Finally he says "Hello? Where are you? I want to talk to you." Elva, terrified, screams at the man to leave her alone. Later she hears a man moaning and she repeatedly demands to know who is calling. During the first calls she hears only static. Miss Keene doesn't know it yet, but her period of waiting has just ended, for something different is about to happen to her, has in fact already begun to happen, via two most unaccountable telephone calls in the middle of a stormy night, telephone calls routed directly through - the Twilight Zone." Episode SummaryĪn elderly woman, Elva Keene (Gladys Cooper), receives strange anonymous phone calls. Up until now, the pattern of Miss Keene's existence has been that of lying in her bed or sitting in her wheelchair, reading books, listening to a radio, eating, napping, taking medication - and waiting for something different to happen. Many of the voices are the same, but prominent broadcasters shifting to new networks will make for differences in the feel of primetime NFL football during the 2022 season."Miss Elva Keene lives alone on the outskirts of London Flats, a tiny rural community in Maine. A special thanks to NBC Sports Chairman Pete Bevacqua and the folks at NBCUniversal for their help in making this happen." “I’m looking forward to continuing my longtime NBC relationship while also launching the Thursday Night Football package on Amazon this fall. Michaels had this to say of the opportunity: In May, NBC Sports announced that Michaels was named to an emeritus role, allowing the legendary play-by-play analyst to broadcast and contribute to NBC's productions of the NFL Playoffs and the Olympics. While Michaels has moved on to a new weekly endeavor, his voice will still be heard on NBC this year, you'll just have to wait until the postseason. MORE: A complete guide to watching 'Thursday Night Football' in 2022īeginning in Week 2, Michaels and Herbstreit will call 15 "Thursday Night Football" games throughout the 2022 season, with broadcasts set to air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. On March 23, t he NFL officially announced that Michaels would become the voice of Amazon's "Thursday Night Football" alongside analyst Kirk Herbstreit.įans got their first look at the all-new broadcast during Week 3 of the 2022 NFL preseason when Michaels and Herbstreit covered a Thursday meeting between the 49ers and Texans, a broadcast that was met with positive feedback. In March, reports surfaced that Michaels had reached an agreement with Amazon Prime Video to become the streaming service's play-by-play voice for its exclusive coverage of "Thursday Night Football" that begins in the 2022 season. Michaels' contract with NBC expired after the network's coverage of Super Bowl 56 in February, making the legend one of the most sought-after announcers on the market. MORE: What's new with NFL broadcast crews for 2022 season What happened to Al Michaels? While he will no longer be working on "Sunday Night Football," Michaels, 77, will still be a prominent voice in primetime NFL football broadcasts. To put the change in perspective, Michaels had held the position of play-by-play announcer for "Sunday Night Football" since it began airing on NBC in 2006.Īfter 16 seasons with Michaels on the call, "Sunday Night Football" will see Mike Tirico take over as the new play-by-play voice alongside Cris Collinsworth and new sideline reporter Melissa Stark. One of the biggest changes involves NBC's broadcasts of "Sunday Night Football," as Al Michaels will no longer serve as the play-by-play voice.

Ahead of the 2022 season, the landscape of primetime NFL football took a major shift as some of the biggest names in broadcasting moved on to new networks.
