Fox NFL Sunday debuted in 1994 with hosts James Brown, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson. The program was notable in being the first hour-long NFL pregame show on a broadcast network; previous network pregames such as CBS' The NFL Today or NBC's NFL Live! had always been 30 minutes in length. Fox's show also adopted a looser, more irreverent approach than its predecessors. During the time with Jimmy Johnson, the opening to the show would feature a comedic skit involving several or all of the hosts.