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On January 5, 1989, Major League Baseball signed a $400 million deal with ESPN, who would show over 175 games beginning in 1990.For the next four years, ESPN would televise six games a week (Sunday Night Baseball, Wednesday Night Baseball and doubleheaders on Tuesdays and Fridays), as well as multiple games on Opening Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day.
Atlanta Braves baseball games had been a local staple on Atlanta independent station WTBS (channel 17, now WPCH-TV; which, like TBS, was owned by Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System) since Turner acquired the team's broadcast rights in 1973, and subsequently gained national prominence when the station was uplinked to satellite in December 1976, becoming one of America's first superstations.
ESPN Thursday Night Baseball was discontinued after the 2006 season because the broadcast rights to the package were lost to TBS. TBS shows the games on Sunday afternoons that ESPN previously aired on Thursday nights. The games were then moved to ESPN and ESPN2. Thursday Night Baseball was replaced with MLS Primetime Thursday. [28]
In the 2008 season, Chip Caray, Ron Darling, and Buck Martinez formed the lead broadcast crew for Sunday games on TBS. [13] Darling and Martinez have taken turns as analysts. Marc Fein, the last TBS Braves Baseball studio host, had the same duties here, providing updates throughout the day from other MLB games. Johnson also hosts from time-to-time.
The last package gave each club $1.9 million per year. ABC contributed $575 million for regular season prime time and Sunday afternoons and NBC paid $550 million for thirty Saturday afternoon games. By 1986, ABC only televised 13 Monday Night Baseball games. This was a fairly sharp contrast to the 18 games that were scheduled in 1978.
Major League Baseball on TBS (2008) NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament (2011) ELeague (2016) NBA on TNT (2015; NBA All-Star Game simulcasts and alternate broadcasts & 2023; regular season simulcasts) NHL on TNT (2022; Stanley Cup playoffs games and simulcasts)
The baseball is coming to an end and the postseason is right around the corner. Here is the full schedule for the upcoming MLB playoffs. MLB playoff schedule: Bracket, dates, TV, teams on road to ...
MLB on TBS (2007–present) Tuesday night games (2022–present) (1 game every week during the regular season, co-exists with regional broadcasts) [22] MLB Leadoff; MLB Closer; MLB postseason (select playoff games/overflow on TNT) American League Division Series and Championship Series (even-numbered years)