Paramount’s Channel 5 scored a coup with a deal to show NFL free-to-air in the UK on Sunday evenings this season, however the first reactions from fans on social media hasn’t been kind.

Anticipation among the growing number of NFL followers in Blighty was high with news that Channel 5 and Comcast-owned Sky would be showing a boat load of games this year.

But Channel 5’s decision to gamify its Dermot O’Leary-fronted coverage has drawn ire online. The channel decided to eschew analysis and expert punditry during the many breaks in play for the 6pm game in favour of in-studio games featuring two teams of friends and family competing for prizes. Games included team members trying to stay on a bucking bronco while having footballs fired at them and team members trying to be the first to g

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