List of Pro Bowl Broadcasters

The Pro Bowl is the All-Star equivalent of the other major US sports leagues such as the NBA, MLB, and the NHL. It brings together the best players of the game and pits them against each other. While there is no real value to the game, it does provide an entertainment value, especially considering that the NFL season is mostly over by then, except for the Super Bowl. The format has changed throughout the years. However, due to a lack of interest and lower television ratings, the NFL switched it to a non-contact flag football game in 2023. Since then, both Manning brothers have led the NFC and AFC during Pro Bowl games with Eli Manning beating his older brother Peyton for a third consecutive time in the 2025 Pro Bowl, as per CBS Sports.

Pro Bowl Broadcasters

In the 1950s, NBC was the one that broadcast four Pro Bowls while a network known as DuMont broadcast the 1954 Pro Bowl. There were multiple years in this period when the Pro Bowl was not televised. From 1960 onwards, televising the Pro Bowl has remained a constant and NBC had the rights for the first six years followed by CBS who also televised the event for another six years. NBC and CBS alternated for the next three years before ABC took over from 1975 all the way to 1987.

1988 saw ESPN jump into the mix and this network earned the right to televise the Pro Bowl till 1994 after which ABC once again regained the rights for another nine years. From the mid-2000s onwards, ESPN, NBC, Fox, CBS, ABC, and Disney XD have all held rights to the event. The latest Pro Bowl in 2025 was broadcast by ESPN/ABC and Disney XD.

List of Pro Bowl Broadcasters