The Producer and Director of Super Bowl LIV: Richie Zyontz and Rich Russo of Fox Sports

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Episode 85 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features a conversation with Richie Zyontz and Rich Russo of Fox Sports. Zyontz and Russo are the lead producer and lead director for Super Bowl LIV. This will be Zyontz’s six Super Bowl as a lead game producer. It is the fourth Super Bowl Russo has directed. In this episode, Zyontz and Russo discuss the preparation that goes into the production elements of the Super Bowl; what they do day to day during Super Bowl week; how they practice for the worst contingencies; how the Chiefs and Niners’ specifically impact the broadcast; how much interaction they have with game announcers Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews and Chris Myers prior to kickoff; what replays are like in the truck; how they determine what they will do on crowd shots; how they plan to incorporate the rules officials into the broadcast and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.3	Hey, everybody, this is Richard Deich, and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:39.5	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:41.4	Two guests this week.
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0:48.2	Richie Zions is the producer for Fox Sports's NFL coverage. He is the lead producer on the Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Aaron Andrews, etc.
0:58.9	team, and he will be producing his sixth Super Bowl on February 3rd as the lead game producer.
1:07.3	Richie Zions has been in the business for a long time, so he's done other responsibilities
1:10.9	at Super Bowls. But this is the number six for him as the lead game producer. Rich Rousseau is the
1:17.1	lead NFL director for Fox Sports. This will be the fourth Super Bowl. Rich Rousseau has directed.
1:24.8	These are two guys who've been in the business for a long time, have won a ton of awards,
1:28.6	and I'm excited about this conversation because they're going to give us some insight into what it
1:32.8	takes to direct and produce a Super Bowl. Richie and Rich, welcome to the sports media podcast.
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