Questions about the future of Al Michaels have circulated throughout the 2025 NFL season. Now, the veteran broadcaster and Prime Video have provided an important answer.
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According to Sports Business Journal, Prime Video management confirmed on Thursday night that Michaels will return to the broadcast booth in 2026. He will continue to call weekly prime-time games for the streamer, continuing the role he took over in 2022.
"First of all, I feel great," Michaels told Sports Business Journal. "Everyone at Amazon has been fantastic and I love working with this group. I've been looking at this year one year at a time and as long as I feel I'm at the top of my game, I'd like to continue."
Michaels made it clear earlier in the season that he planned on returning to the booth for Prime Video. He said on the "SI Media with Jimmy Traina" that it's been a lot of fun, but he also acknowledged that he didn't have the final say in the decision.
"It's a two-way street," he said. "They could tell me, 'Hey, we gotta move on. It's time to make a transition.' All that. It could happen. But as of the moment, as we sit here on this mid-November afternoon, I feel really good.
"Still love what I do. And again, work with a tremendous crew. So, yeah, I think at this moment in time, I'd like to continue."
The 81-year-old has been the voice of prime-time NFL action for four decades while working for a variety of networks. However, he called numerous other sports throughout his career, including auto racing, college football, Major League Baseball, horse racing, hockey, boxing, and cycling.
As an NFL announcer, Michaels built up his fanbase while calling "Monday Night Football" on ABC for 20 years. This included his pairing with John Madden in his final years at ABC.
The veteran broadcaster continued to be the voice of prime-time NFL action in 2006 as he and Madden both moved to NBC and "Sunday Night Football." Michaels remained the voice of the Sunday night broadcast through the 2021 season, which later featured Cris Collinsworth in the analyst role.
