Host, Thursday Night Football
Already established as one of the top hosts in sports and entertainment, Charissa Thompson was named host of Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage in June 2022. Thompson will anchor Prime Video’s wraparound coverage each Thursday alongside Tony Gonzalez, Richard Sherman, and Ryan Fitzpatrick, live at each game site throughout the season.
Throughout her career, Thompson has excelled through a series of high-profile roles at FOX Sports, ESPN, and Extra, among others. She is an esteemed NFL expert and a skilled host, as comfortable anchoring live coverage at major sporting events as she is interviewing A-List celeb
Host, Thursday Night Football
Already established as one of the top hosts in sports and entertainment, Charissa Thompson was named host of Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage in June 2022. Thompson will anchor Prime Video’s wraparound coverage each Thursday alongside Tony Gonzalez, Richard Sherman, and Ryan Fitzpatrick, live at each game site throughout the season.
Throughout her career, Thompson has excelled through a series of high-profile roles at FOX Sports, ESPN, and Extra, among others. She is an esteemed NFL expert and a skilled host, as comfortable anchoring live coverage at major sporting events as she is interviewing A-List celebrities on the red carpet. In addition to her Thursday Night Football role with Prime Video, she will remain the host of FOX NFL Kickoff each Sunday, where she previously worked alongside Gonzalez for three seasons.
A Seattle native, Thompson attended UC Santa Barbara before launching her on-air career at Fox SportsNet Rocky Mountain.