Fox lead NFL producer Richie Zyontz and lead director Rich Russo
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Episode 583 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Richie Zyontz, the lead producer for FOX's top NFL team featuring Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi, and Rich Russo, the lead director for that team. FOX will air the Rams at Seahawks at 6:30 PM ET on Sunday from Seattle. In this podcast, Zyontz and Russo discuss their schedule this week; why Lumum Field is so good for NFL production teams; how the FOX team sees Sean McVay and Mike Macdonald in production meetings; why Mike Tomlin is a good television prospect; how specifically Brady has improved as a broadcaster; their favourite moment of the year with Brady; if the broadcast has had to work around restrictions on Brady; whether Brady will stay for the duration of his broadcast contract; how the public does not see what Andrews and Rinaldi do behind the scenes and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.
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| 0:48.3 | Welcome. Welcome to the sports media podcast. |
| 0:59.4 | I'm your host, Richard Deich. |
| 1:00.2 | My producer is Sean Cherry in for Patrick Antenetti on this episode. |
| 1:06.6 | We have two guests. |
| 1:07.9 | These gentlemen have been on a number of times before. |
| 1:10.2 | I like to have them on right before the NFC Conference Championship. Richie Zions is the lead producer for Fox's top NFL team featuring Kevin Burkart, Tom Brady, Aaron Andrews, and Tom Rinaldi. Rich Rousseau is the lead director for that team. |
| 1:28.2 | Richie Zions has been the lead producer for eight Super Bowls, and then obviously part of more than a dozen, if not, he can give us the exact number in terms of being part of Super Bowls in the production. |
| 1:40.0 | Rich Rousseau has been the lead director for six Super Bowls, and I think he, like, Richie Zions, he's, he's, you know, 17, 18 or something to that effect. |
| 1:49.2 | Super Bowls. |
| 1:50.6 | Obviously, let's get the promotion here. |
| 1:53.5 | Fox will be airing the Rams at the Seahawks at 6.30 p.m. on Sunday. |
| 2:00.7 | They are in obviously the premier spot when it comes to the |
| 2:05.5 | championship game. They also have the better game, just to be honest, in terms of being on paper. |
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