The game of football is perfectly suited for television. Like most sports, football provides a natural break at the end of each quarter or half of play, as well as after a team scores, where the TV broadcast can cut to a commercial. Unlike other sports, a change in possession in football requires a full replacement of every player on the field, giving broadcasters additional opportunities for ad breaks as players run off and on the field.

Football fans know this much before sitting down to watch: They must endure a large number of beer, truck and other commercials. That's why NFL RedZone, without these fillers, was such a magical creation. Since its inception in 2009, the RedZone channel sprang to life each Sunday during the season, with host Scott Hanson proclaiming, "Seven hours of comm

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