Fox Sports host Charissa Thompson said she’s looking forward to a “recent starting” after Peter Schrager and Michael Vick’s exits from the network left two vacant seats on the Fox “NFL Kickoff” show.
Thompson, who reportedly landed a lucrative contract extension with Fox, hosts the show on Sunday mornings throughout the NFL season with a desk of analysts, including retired Patriots wideout Julian Edelman and Pro Football Hall of Famer Charles Woodson.
During a fan Q&A on Tuesday’s installment of the “Calm Down” podcast, Thompson explained that she’s excited and curious of how the “shakeup” will affect the long run of the show.
“For Fox, it’s a shakeup,” Thompson, 43, said. “I’m curious because on the Kickoff show … Peter Schrager went to ESPN sadly, which makes me bummed because I really like him and Michael Vick went to go coach at Norfolk State, which obviously I’m blissful for his opportunity there.
“So, its Jules [Edelman] and I and Charles Woodson. And so, we’ll discover somewhat bit more closer to the football season form of the structure and the rundown and sort of how we wish to border that show. I believe it’s a brand new starting, in order were hitting our stride at Amazon we’re sort of starting back over at Fox, which can be excited because that signifies that there’s recent opportunities to do various things on that show.”
Schrager joined ESPN in April after nearly 20 years at Fox.
Vick left Fox NFL Sunday to turn into the pinnacle football coach at Norfolk State University in February.
Andrews chimed in in the course of the conversation, “A rebirth if you happen to will.”
Thompson, who’s been with Fox since 2013, is entering her fourth Amazon Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” pregame show.
“We’re fully in our stride,” she said. “… We’re in yr 4 of this bad boy and it feels great we have now our same group back and everybody may be very comfortable I their designated roles, so I’m enthusiastic about that.”
As for Andrews? The veteran sideline reporter, who reportedly landed a generous contract extension this offseason as well, is thrilled to get back on the road along with her crew.
The WEAR by EA founder is a component of Fox’s top broadcast team of analyst Tom Brady, play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt and reporter Tom Rinaldi.
“I like that it’s not going to be a rebirth for our crew,” Andrews, 47, said. “It’s going to be Tom [Brady’s] second yr we sort of are already within the swing of things. Nothing is sort of recent for us. I’m enthusiastic about just getting on the road, seeing the boys … having our funny, silly conversations. Our text chain has been somewhat quiet currently, I’ll probably get that going here tonight.”
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Andrews and Thompson didn’t mention their respective contracts with Fox.
Their prior deals expired after the 2024-25 season, including Super Bowl 2025, which aired on the network.
Andrews joined Fox in 2012 after her contract with ESPN expired.
Front Office Sports reported Monday that Fox is promoting college football sideline reporter Allison Williams to Laura Okmin’s NFL sideline reporter role.
Okmin told the outlet last month that she turned down a contract extension with Fox following 23 years with the network.
