Terry Bradshaw Says His Decades-Long TV Career Is Nearing Its End

Terry Bradshaw says the broadcasting career he built after leaving the NFL is winding down. The 78-year-old former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback told “NBC News Daily” that he recognizes his days as a sports broadcaster are numbered.

“I realize my time on television as a sports broadcaster is coming to an end,” Bradshaw said in the interview.

The comment is notable because Fox colleague Curt Menefee has previously said he didn’t expect Bradshaw to ever leave the network’s NFL pregame show. Bradshaw’s remarks mark one of his most direct public acknowledgments that his on-camera run has a horizon.

A Broadcasting Career That Outlasted His Playing Days

Bradshaw retired from the NFL in 1983 after winning four Super Bowls with the Steelers and being named the league’s MVP in 1978. He was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1970 NFL Draft out of Louisiana Tech University and was later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

He moved into broadcasting in 1984, starting as a color commentator for CBS before shifting to studio shows in 1990. He joined Fox in 1994 and has remained there since, becoming one of the network’s most recognizable faces.

Bradshaw has been part of “Fox NFL Sunday” since its very first episode alongside Howie Long, and the two are the only remaining original cast members. The show originally also featured host James Brown and Jimmy Johnson, who had just stepped down as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

“I Love to Work”

Despite the acknowledgment that his broadcasting days are numbered, Bradshaw made clear he has no appetite for slowing down.

“I just love life. Billy Graham said, and I never forgot this quote, he said: ‘The day you retire is the day you start dying,'” Bradshaw told NBC. “I’m a workaholic; I love to work.”

Beyond football broadcasting, Bradshaw has built a long career in entertainment, including acting roles in “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Failure to Launch,” appearances on “Celebrity Family Feud,” and the E! reality series “The Bradshaw Bunch,” which ran for two seasons and followed his family. He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

If this season proves to be his last in front of the camera, Bradshaw will close out a broadcasting career that has spanned more than four decades—nearly as long as his life following his NFL debut.