{"id":16189,"date":"2022-07-19T14:57:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T12:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=16189"},"modified":"2022-07-19T14:57:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T12:57:22","slug":"fox-sports-premiers-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/07\/19\/fox-sports-premiers-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox Sports Premiers FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Commercial Campaign Celebrates the World\u2019s Biggest Sporting Event Taking Place For the First Time Ever During the Holiday Season<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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America\u2019s English-language home for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM<\/sup>, today announces Emmy Award-winning actor Jon Hamm, <\/strong>executive producer and star of FOX\u2019s upcoming animated comedy series \u201cGrimsburg,\u201d the upcoming comedy \u201cConfess, Fletch\u201d and star of \u201cTop Gun: Maverick,\u201d will star as Santa Claus in its new creative campaign for this year\u2019s anticipated tournament. For the first time in history, the FIFA World CupTM<\/sup> will take place during the holiday season providing fans across America with the opportunity to watch the beautiful game on FOX Sports throughout November and December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The network\u2019s new teaser opens with Hamm sitting poolside, as Santa Claus, when he receives an urgent phone call from the North Pole regarding the FIFA World CupTM<\/sup> taking place during the holiday season \u2013 his season. At the North Pole, the elves are already celebrating the big news unaware their boss will be upset. Upon hearing the news from his head elf, Santa\u2019s spirits are no longer jolly as he realizes he must now perform up against some of the greatest global soccer icons on the world stage, including Cristiano Ronaldo<\/strong> and Lionel Messi<\/strong>. With a pout, Santa accepts this challenging feat and cuts his vacation short to get to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Gottlieb<\/strong>, Executive Vice President, Marketing, FOX Sports, shared insight on the creative process that went into bringing the concept to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the unique things about the FIFA World CupTM<\/sup> is that it\u2019s a really communal experience where people want to get together with others to enjoy the event,\u201d said Gottlieb. \u201cTo have that sync with the holidays this year for the first time ever, when we will all be gathering with friends and family, made for an incredible opportunity to embrace the holiday spirit in FOX Sports\u2019 creative campaign. We look forward to following Santa on his soccer journey as he meets more surprise guest stars and becomes captivated with this year\u2019s long-awaited tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOX Sports\u2019 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM<\/sup> campaign debuts tonight during the Major League Baseball All-Star game on FOX and marks the first of three commercials set to launch in the lead-up to the tournament. Fans are encouraged to keep watching FOX Sports for the next installments featuring Hamm and a star-studded lineup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From\u00a0Monday, Nov.\u00a021\u00a0through\u00a0Sunday, Dec. 18, FOX Sports will present all 64 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022\u00a0TM<\/sup>\u00a0matches live across FOX and FS1 with every match live streaming on the FOX\u00a0Sports\u00a0app.\u00a0In addition, every FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ match will be available on-demand for free on Tubi in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Commercial Campaign Celebrates the World\u2019s Biggest Sporting Event Taking Place For the First Time Ever During the Holiday Season America\u2019s English-language home for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM, today announces Emmy Award-winning actor Jon Hamm, executive producer and star of FOX\u2019s upcoming animated comedy series \u201cGrimsburg,\u201d the upcoming comedy \u201cConfess, Fletch\u201d and star… Continue reading Fox Sports Premiers FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[196],"class_list":["post-16189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-fox","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}