When this show began in 1977, it effectively ended the weekly syndicated "This Week in Pro Football" show which ran from 1969-1975 and its one season successor "Pro Football Playback" half-hour show. NFL Films ran half-hour weekly syndicated shows for a couple of years until HBO became more readily available. Their "NFL Game of the Week" continued in syndication through the late 1980's, hosted mostly by legendary Philadelphia sportscaster Harry Kalas, who also was the lead voice of baseball's Philadelphia Phillies until his death in 2009.
Review of Inside the NFL
