Promotion features a special pizza offer each week with Pepsi,
Twitter contest for a Super Bowl XLVIII trip, and dedicated fan site
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Papa John's has teamed with the NFL Network and Pepsi to bring fans an
exciting promotion that will enhance their Thursday Night Football
viewing experience. Beginning with tonight's New York Jets vs. New
England Patriots game on NFL Network (8 p.m. ET), fans can go to www.papajohns.com/tnf
to get details on a special Thursday Night Football Fan Deal, including
tonight's deal -- a large one-topping pizza, Cheesesticks and a 2-Liter
Pepsi product for $17. Fans are invited to return each Thursday through
Dec. 12, to receive a special Thursday Night Football Fan Deal.
NFL Network host, Rich Eisen, and Papa John's founder, chairman and CEO, John Schnatter, star in a commercial touting Papa John's Thursday Night Football Fan Deal. The commercial will air on the NFL Network throughout its slate of season-long Thursday night games. (Photo: Business Wire)
A commercial featuring John Schnatter, Papa John's founder, chairman and
CEO, and NFL Network host, Rich Eisen, will air each Thursday during the
telecast of the game touting Papa John's Thursday Night Football Fan
Deal.
Fans also can Tweet a picture of themselves celebrating Thursday Night
Football with family and friends using #TNFISBETTER for a chance to win
a trip to Super Bowl XLVIII, Feb. 2, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. The
contest runs through Thursday, Dec. 12.
"We are excited to partner with the NFL Network and Pepsi on this great
promotion that will deliver throughout the football season," said
Schnatter. "There's no better way to enjoy the NFL Network's great
lineup of Thursday night games than with Papa John's and Pepsi."
Papa John's is in the midst of a multi-year sponsorship with the NFL and
is also the Official Pizza of the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons,
Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys,
Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville
Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, New York
Jets, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Tennessee Titans and Washington
Redskins.
NFL Network's Thursday Night Football begins each week at 6 p.m. ET with
the Craftsman Presents NFL Total Access Kickoff pregame show live
from the stadium. The Lexus Halftime Show and the postgame show
provide additional analysis live from inside the stadium each week on
Thursday Night Football.
This year marks the 8th season of live regular-season,
prime-time games on NFL Network. Last year's edition of Thursday Night
Football finished with a record-high per game average audience of 7.3
million viewers, marking the 4th consecutive year that
Thursday Night Football has set an all-time high viewership mark for NFL
Network. Each week of the 2012 Thursday Night schedule, NFL Network's
game telecast was the most-watched program on cable TV that day.
NFL Network 2013 Thursday Night Football
Schedule
All games at 8 p.m. ET
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Week 2: 9/12 - New York Jets at New England Patriots
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Week 3: 9/19 - Kansas City Chiefs at Philadelphia Eagles
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Week 4: 9/26 - San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams
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Week 5: 10/3 - Buffalo Bills at Cleveland Browns
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Week 6: 10/10 - New York Giants at Chicago Bears
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Week 7: 10/17 - Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals
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Week 8: 10/24 - Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Week 9: 10/31 - Cincinnati Bengals at Miami Dolphins
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Week 10: 11/7 - Washington Redskins at Minnesota Vikings
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Week 11: 11/14 - Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee Titans
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Week 12: 11/21 - New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons
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Week 14: 12/5 - Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars
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Week 15: 12/12 - San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos
Launched on Nov. 4, 2003, NFL Network is celebrating its 10th
Anniversary this season. NFL Network airs seven days a week, 24 hours a
day on a year-round basis and is the only television network fully
dedicated to the NFL and the sport of football. Currently in more than
72 million homes, NFL Network has carriage agreements with each of the
country's largest television providers including Comcast, DirecTV, DISH
Network, Cablevision, Cox, Charter, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS and
AT&T U-Verse. For more information, log on to NFL.com/NFLNetwork.
Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, Papa John's International, Inc.
(NASDAQ: PZZA) is the world's third largest pizza delivery company. For
12 of the past 14 years, consumers have rated Papa John's No. 1 in
customer satisfaction among all national pizza chains in the American
Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Papa John's is the Official Pizza
Sponsor of the National Football League and Super Bowl XLVIII. For more
information about the company or to order pizza online, visit Papa
John's at www.papajohns.com,
or visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PapaJohns,
on Twitter at http://twitter.com/PapaJohns,
or on our blog at www.papajohnsblog.com.
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Papa John's International, Inc.
Darryl Carr, 502-261-4318
Director,
Corporate Communications
Darryl_Carr@papajohns.com
Source: Papa John's International, Inc.
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