In the months before CBS began its AFC broadcast contract, former "NFL Today" host Greg Gumbel rejoined CBS from NBC to serve as the lead play-by-play announcer for the NFL game; while Jim Nantz was named as the studio host for "The NFL Today" (incidentally, during the 1993 season, Nantz filled in for predecessor Gumbel on the program, as the latter was helming the broadcast team for Major League Baseball on CBS' coverage of the American League Championship Series alongside Jim Kaat). Newcomer Bonnie Bernstein joined CBS as a reporter for "The NFL Today", before being moved to a sideline reporting role for the 1999 NFL season. Bernstein eventually returned to the show in 2004 NFL season, before leaving again in 2005 NFL season.