{"id":704581,"date":"2026-06-15T01:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/704581\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T01:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:32:11","slug":"peyton-mannings-omaha-productions-is-already-getting-roughly-60m-per-year-from-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/704581\/","title":{"rendered":"Peyton Manning&#8217;s Omaha Productions is already getting roughly $60M per year from ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many eyebrows were raised at the news that ESPN is poised to pay Pat McAfee <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/report-espn-pat-mcafee-are-discussing-an-extension-worth-more-than-60-million-per-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">$60 million per year<\/a>. One of his former Colts teammates, however, has already made it to that neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Via Brendon Kleen of Awful Announcing, Andrew Marchand said in a recent episode of his podcast that ESPN is currently paying Peyton Manning\u2019s Omaha Productions <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/espn\/peyton-manning-omaha-productions-close-pat-mcafee-salary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">an annual fee in that same range<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Omaha has an extensive relationship with ESPN, with the Monday night ManningCast serving as the centerpiece of the relationship. The added value of the alternate broadcast has always been a major question, since it\u2019s likely siphoning viewers who would watch the main broadcast in lieu of adding new eyeballs.<\/p>\n<p>In the years since ESPN beefed up the main booth to feature Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, the numbers for the ManningCast have consistently softened.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the ManningCast, Omaha produces other shows and podcasts for ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>This news will serve only to make Stephen A. Smith even more determined to complete the $60 million trifecta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many eyebrows were raised at the news that ESPN is poised to pay Pat McAfee $60 million per&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-704581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}