Fans Hate Amazon's Thursday Night Football Pre-Game Show

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Football viewers weren't the biggest fan of the debut Amazon Thursday Night Football pre-game show.

Amazon rolled out its TNF pre-game panel — including Charissa Thompson, Tony Gonzalez, Richard Sherman and Ryan Fitzpatrick on analysis — on Thursday ahead of the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs showdown.

Amazon's first show was choppy at best.

From the cringe Dude Perfect skit; terrible sound mixing that muted most of the analysts; praising Amazon owner Jeff Bezos as he walked around Arrowhead; and peaking with Thompson's ill-timed transition to Britt Reid's DUI after Sherman spoke on Justin Herbert's arm — Amazon's showing on primetime TV that hosting the NFL is no easy task.

Hopefully Kirk Herbstreit and Al Michaels have better luck than this on the play-by-play.

The one winner from the show: Ryan Fitzpatrick's wardrobe.

Here are the best reactions to the pre-game madness:

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Alejandro Avila lives in Southern California and previously covered news for the LA Football Network. Jeopardy expert and grumpy sports fan. Known for having watched every movie and constant craving for dessert. @alejandroaveela (on X)