"The kids from Stranger Things got really old": Ian Eagle had a playful moment with his team by joking about the crew from the hit Netflix show

The network teamed up with a star-studded group of analysts and hosts for its NFL Christmas pregame shows, including veteran broadcaster Ian Eagle, former wide receiver Nate Burleson, and CBS Sports analyst J.J. Watt, for Chiefs vs. Steelers play-by-play. Eagle, who has covered NBA, NFL, and college basketball in the past, was joined by Burleson and Watt.

Ian Eagle cracked a joke referencing Netflix's Stranger Things

The broadcast booth of Ian Eagle, J.J. Watt, and Nate Burleson have been pretty easy to listen to. The renowned play-by-play announcer, Ian Eagle, had a playful moment with his team by joking about the crew from Netflix's hit show "Stranger Things.” "I don’t know if somebody is like tuning into Netflix right now and thinking the kids from Stranger Things got really old," Eagle said, referencing Netflix's hit show.


When NFL posted the clip on Twitter, fans were quick to flood in the comments. “WHERES WILL BYERS”, one user commented. “Are you gonna give us something about stranger things or what?”, another fan tweeted. “Ok Ian I didn’t know you had jokes”, a third user wrote. “Drop that teaser i know you have it,” a fourth user wrote. “Guess it’s time for the Stranger Things gang to trade,” a fifth chimed in. “JUST DROP THE TRAILER ALREADY STOP EDGING ME,” another wrote.

Netflix has confirmed that Stranger Things Season 5 release news is incoming, marking the longest gap between seasons in the sci-fi franchise's history, with the fifth and final season expected to be released over three years after its last appearance on Netflix. After years of waiting, Netflix confirmed a Stranger Things Season 5 release announcement is coming "soon.

A brief about Ian Eagle

Ian Eagle was born to entertainers Jack Eagle and Monica Maris in Miami. His father, who is of Jewish descent, once a former "Catskills comedian" and also a commercial actor, would best be remembered for doing "Brother Dominic" in the Xerox adverts and "Mr. Cholesterol" in the ads for Fleischmann's margarine in the 1970s. Maris was an entertainer that sang. Eagle graduated at Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1990. He was an Alpha Epsilon Pi-fraternity.

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He calls games for the NBA, NFL, and college basketball on CBS, TNT, and TBS. He also called Brooklyn Nets games on the YES Network and French Open tennis for Tennis Channel. Other announcing experiences include Army–Navy football games, boxing, and NCAA track and field for CBS. In October 2022, it was announced that Eagle would succeed Jim Nantz as the lead play-by-play announcer for CBS and TNT Sports' coverage of the NCAA Tournament starting in 2024.