Once the home of seven hours of commercial-free football, NFL RedZone is slowly creeping toward ad-filled Sundays.

It only took until Week 7 for the NFL to add more commercials to their RedZone channel after initially saying there would only be four 15-second ads added

Can a slow-paced, daily sport still command viewer interest when the closest corollary to a red zone is a runner on third base?

NFL RedZone promises every touchdown from every game. On Sunday in Week 5, that promise was broken – at least for a little bit. At the end of the early window, the famous whip-around show, which features live look-ins from every game, went out.