# RedZone is back, with commercials now

> Scott Hanson explains the 15-second ad breaks, and reveals which two White Houses have had RedZone on.
- Title: RedZone is back, with commercials now · OutKick | Shortify
- Summary: Scott Hanson explains the 15-second ad breaks, and reveals which two White Houses have had RedZone on. RedZone's ad-free era is over, but the ads are short…
- Keywords: nfl, redzone, sports media, advertising, scott hanson, news, politics, back, commercials, OutKick
- Source: OutKick — https://foxnews.com/outkick-sports/redzone-returns-18th-season-despite-15-second-commercials-could-still-be-white-house
- Author: Armando Salguero
- Published: 2026-09-12T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: nfl, redzone, sports media, advertising, scott hanson, news, politics
## Season 18 kicks off
RedZone returns Sunday at 1 p.m. ET for seven hours of whip-around football. The talk heading in is not the games, it's the ads.
## Ads, but only 15 seconds
Host Scott Hanson confirmed the plan: single 15-second spots, spliced in only between plays. Think a Cowboys drive, first-and-10 after a 5-yard gain, players walking back to the huddle.

> That's when we will splice in one standalone, 15-second commercial. I can confirm that for you.
## Last year set the precedent
RedZone ran 16 advertisements of some kind at one point last season, a big jump for a show built on seven commercial-free hours.
## Fewer ads, for now
Hanson says the season opens with fewer spots than fans fear. What happens later is out of his hands.

> Uncle Scott doesn't make the decisions when it comes to the business folks at the NFL.
## On in the White House
Hanson has been told the show played in the White House under the last two administrations, which puts it on both sides of the aisle.

> I've been told we've been on in the White House in the last two administrations, so both sides of the aisle.
## Players watch it too
Tom Brady kept RedZone on during bye weeks and prime-time nights. Josh Allen does the same on his off days.

> So it's just, it's, it's a phenomenon.
## Lions scare him, not sharks
Hanson has hit six continents, run with the bulls, climbed Kilimanjaro and cage-dived with great whites. The sharks came with bars; the Serengeti lions did not.

> Kilimanjaro was more beautiful. Running with the bulls required more courage.
## Key takeaway

RedZone's ad-free era is over, but the ads are short and slotted between plays, and the show's grip on players and presidents hasn't loosened.