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For the first time ever, all seven rounds of the NFL Draft will air on broadcast network television. The expanded coverage gives the NFL Draft its largest audience reach to-date.
NFL Network and Fox will team up to simulcast live coverage of Rounds 1-3 of the 2018 NFL Draft on Apr. 26-27. Additionally, the league has expanded its partnership with ESPN/ABC whereby ESPN2 will supplement ESPN’s coverage of Round 1 on Apr. 26 with a separate and unique college-themed production. There will also be a simulcast of ESPN’s live coverage of Rounds 4-7 to air on ABC on Apr. 28.
The 2018 NFL Draft will take place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Related: 22 pages of 2018 draft notes from the NFL
The 2017 NFL Draft on NFL Network and ESPN/ESPN2 delivered a combined 2.9 U.S. household rating and 4.6 million viewers across NFL Network and ESPN/ESPN2, up +2 percent and +6 percent respectively versus 2016. The 4.6 million viewers between NFL Network and ESPN/ESPN2 made the 2017 NFL Draft the second most-watched NFL Draft behind 2014.
The following is the day-by-day NFL Draft coverage schedule (all times listed in Eastern):
Thursday, Apr. 26, 2018
8:00-11:30 p.m.: First Round on NFL Network, Fox, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
Hosts, analysts and contributors:
NFL Network/Fox:
Main Set: Rich Eisen, Mike Mayock, Daniel Jeremiah, Stanford head coach David Shaw
Outside Set: Steve Mariucci, Steve Smith Sr., Troy Aikman
Insider: Ian Rapoport
Stage: Deion Sanders
Reporters at NFL Team Locations:
Tiffany Blackmon – Arizona Cardinals
Stacey Dales – New England Patriots
Mike Garafolo – New York Jets
Kimberly Jones – New York Giants
Aditi Kinkhabwala – Buffalo Bills
James Palmer – Denver Broncos
Tom Pelissero – Miami Dolphins
Omar Ruiz & Steve Wyche – Cleveland Browns
Mike Silver – Oakland Raiders
Jane Slater – Dallas Cowboys
ESPN: Trey Wingo, Mel Kiper Jr., Louis Riddick and Kirk Herbstreit; also, Todd McShay, Chris Mortensen, Adam Schefter and Suzy Kolber
ESPN reporters: Josina Anderson (Cleveland), Dianna Russini (New York Giants), Sal Paolantonio (New York Jets) and Jeff Darlington (Buffalo)
ESPN2 (College Football Primetime at The NFL Draft): Rece Davis, Desmond Howard, David Pollack, Joey Galloway and Booger McFarland, with Tom Rinaldi and Maria Taylor
ESPN Deportes: Eduardo Varela, Pablo Viruega, and Miguel Pascal, with Alba Galindo, Kenneth Garay, and Carlos Nava
Friday, Apr. 27, 2018
7:00-11:00 p.m.: Rounds 2-3 on NFL Network, Fox, ESPN/ESPN2
Hosts, analysts and contributors:
NFL Network/Fox:
Main Set: Rich Eisen, Mike Mayock, Daniel Jeremiah, Charles Davis
Outside Set: Chris Rose, Peter Schrager, Joel Klatt
Insider: Ian Rapoport
Stage: Melissa Stark
ESPN/ESPN2: Trey Wingo, Mel Kiper Jr., Louis Riddick, Todd McShay, Chris Mortensen, Adam Schefter
ESPN reporters: Josina Anderson (Cleveland), Dianna Russini (New York Giants), Sal Paolantonio (New York Jets) and Jeff Darlington (Buffalo)
Saturday, Apr. 28, 2018
Noon-7:00 p.m.: Rounds 4-7 on NFL Network, ABC, ESPN
Hosts, analysts and contributors:
NFL Network/Fox:
Main Set: Rich Eisen, Mike Mayock, Daniel Jeremiah, Charles Davis
Insider: Ian Rapoport
Draft Experience: Colleen Wolfe, Kyle Brandt
Los Angeles: Dan Hellie, Shaun O’Hara, Reggie Bush, Charley Casserly
ABC/ESPN: Trey Wingo, Mel Kiper Jr., Louis Riddick, Todd McShay, Chris Mortensen, Adam Schefter
ESPN reporters: Josina Anderson (Cleveland), Dianna Russini (New York Giants), Sal Paolantonio (New York Jets) and Jeff Darlington (Buffalo)
