Scott Hanson reveals disappointing update for NFL RedZone ahead of 2025 season
By Matt Reed

The NFL has dominated Sundays for years with its incredible product, and one of the reasons why the sport has reached new heights is because of Scott Hanson and NFL RedZone jumping around between games and showing the biggest plays from every matchup.
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Despite all the success and new fans that have come from the program, Hanson revealed Wednesday that NFL RedZone will have some major changes coming in 2025 that will affect how fans can view the product and check in on their favorite players.
🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨🚨
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) September 3, 2025
NFL RedZone will have actual FULL COMMERCIALS for the 2025 season, according to Scott Hanson.
There will be full commercials along with
the side overlay ads.
Scott says the new intro will be “7 Hours of RedZone Football start now…”
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RedZone debuted back in 2009 when Hansen first received the gig, and since then NFL fans have been able to watch full slates of Sunday afternoon games each week with every touchdown and scoring play shown, as well as providing updates for fans with fantasy football and betting implications.
Hanson even revealed that he will have an entirely new introduction when the program goes on air, changing his iconic call of "seven hours of commercial free football starts now."
While it's not unexpected that the newly-acquired program by ESPN would see some changes in the future, the commercial-free aspect has always been one of the biggest draws and by altering that it could cause some dissent from fans.
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