NFL RedZone has long been touted by NFL fans as the best way to watch football. The seven-hour-long show, hosted by Scott Hanson each week of the NFL regular season, provides whip-around coverage of every play within the 20-yard line from every single Sunday afternoon NFL game. If you don't have NFL Sunday Ticket, it's essentially the only way to ensure you don't miss any of Sunday's big plays — and it used to be commercial-free.
However, this season, the NFL is officially adding commercials to RedZone permanently. Hanson broke the news during an episode of "The Pat McAfee Show" on Wednesday, Sept. 3, and while he vowed that no football would be sacrificed, eyebrows and hackles were immediately raised.
Now that week 1 of NFL RedZone has come and gone, though, we officially know just how