Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 1976, NBC paid US$10.7 million per year to show 25 Saturday Games of the Week and half of the postseason (both League Championship Series in odd numbered years and World Series in even numbered years). ABC would carry a Monday Night Baseball game (later switched to a combination of Sunday afternoon games in the early and later part of the ...
On October 19, 1965, NBC signed a three-year contract with Major League Baseball. The year before, NBC lost the rights to the Saturday–Sunday Game of the Week. In addition, the previous deal limited CBS to covering only 12 weekends when its new subsidiary, the New York Yankees, played at home. The new package under NBC called for 28 games ...
In 1972, [87] NBC began televising prime time regular-season games on Mondays, under a four-year contract worth $72 million. In 1973, NBC extended the Monday night telecasts (with a local blackout) to 15 consecutive games. NBC's last Monday Night Baseball game aired on September 1, 1975, in which the Montréal Expos beat the Philadelphia ...
This scenario, in which a team finishing its season on Monday night had a playoff game the following Saturday, never occurred. Between 2006 and 2020, ESPN has opened the season with a Monday Night Football doubleheader, with a 7:00 p.m. game and a 10:30 p.m. both shown in their entirety nationwide. ESPN2 or ESPNEWS (only in 2012 because ESPN2 ...
Baseball Tonight is an American television program that airs on ESPN.The show, which covers the day's Major League Baseball action, has been on the air since 1990.Its namesake program also airs on ESPN Radio at various times of the day during the baseball season, with Marc Kestecher as host.
The number broke a record set last year, when the Chiefs' loss to the Detroit Lions drew 27.5 million. Viewership Thursday reportedly peaked at 33 million at one point in the second quarter.
The Packers have moved to 10-point underdogs at the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday night as sharp money is favoring the 49ers. Under half the bets are on the 49ers to cover the number, but those ...
A number of NFL teams and their broadcasting departments have teamed up with CBS Sports to produce games; as of 2011, these teams include the New York Jets (WCBS-TV in New York City), Los Angeles Chargers (KCBS-TV in Los Angeles) and Green Bay Packers (WGBA-TV in Green Bay and co-flagship WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee; since former CBS O&O WFRV-TV in ...