Once again, the English Premier League dominates NBCSN’s early weekend morning programming. There’s tripleheader today starting with Manchester City hosting Arsenal which is on top of the EPL table.
The other games on NBCSN today are Chelsea vs. Crystal Palace and Hull City vs. Stoke City.
NBCSN airs another two games on Sunday: Aston Villa vs. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur vs. Liverpool.
For the rest of games which will air on Extra Time, read below.
MANCHESTER CITY HOST FIRST-PLACE ARSENAL SATURDAY AT 7:45 A.M. ET ON NBCSN
Aston Villa Host Manchester United Sunday at 8:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN
Second-Place Liverpool Face Tottenham Sunday at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN
All Matches Available on NBC Sports Live ExtraStamford, Conn. – December 9, 2013 – NBC Sports Group’s Premier League coverage this week is highlighted by fourth-place Manchester City hosting first-place Arsenal on Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ET on NBCSN. On Sunday, NBCSN’s Premier League doubleheader features Aston Villa hosting Manchester United at 8:30 a.m. ET; followed by second-place Liverpool facing Tottenham at 11 a.m. Coverage begins Saturday at 7 a.m. ET with Premier League Live on NBCSN.
The four additional matches on Saturday in the 10 a.m. ET slot and the additional match on Sunday in the 8:30 a.m. ET slot will be available on Premier League Extra Time, a bonus television package available to MVPDs at no extra cost for customers who receive NBCSN.
The interactive Premier League Game Finder can be accessed at http://www.nbcsports.com/ExtraTime.
mun2 will also telecast two matches and Telemundo will broadcast one in Spanish this week (listed in table below).
Lead play-by-play voice Arlo White joins former Chelsea defender Graeme Le Saux to call Manchester City v. Arsenal on Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ET on NBCSN. White and Le Saux will also call Tottenham v. Liverpool on Sunday at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN.
All matches will be preceded and followed by Premier League Live pre- and post-match shows from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn. Rebecca Lowe hosts Premier League Live alongside former Jamaican National Team player Robbie Earle and former U.S. Men’s National midfielder Kyle Martino.
All Premier League games will be streamed on NBC Sports Live Extra, NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices and tablets. Games airing on NBC Sports Network will be live streamed via “TV Everywhere,” the media industry’s effort to make quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
To date, AT&T U-verse®, Bright House Networks, Cablevision’s Optimum, Comcast’s Xfinity TV, Cox, DIRECTV, Mediacom, Suddenlink, and Time Warner Cable have opted to carry the additional Premier League matches via the Premier League Extra Time package, and AT&T U-verse, Cablevision’s Optimum, Charter, Comcast’s Xfinity TV, Cox, DIRECTV, DISH, Suddenlink and Verizon FiOS will make all Premier League games available through TV Everywhere. Additionally, over 100 NCTC partners have either signed-on to the Premier League Extra Time package or have opted-in via TV Everywhere, including Blue Ridge Communications, Buckeye CableSystem, CenturyLink Prism, and RCN. In some cases, the Premier League Extra Time package will be available in select markets.
Below is the NBCUniversal schedule for the 16th week of the Premier League season (all times ET):
Date Time Home v. Away Network Sat., Dec. 14 7 a.m. Premier League Live NBCSN Sat., Dec. 14 7:45 a.m. Manchester City v. Arsenal NBCSN, mun2 Sat., Dec. 14 9:45 a.m. Premier League Live NBCSN Sat., Dec. 14 10 a.m. Chelsea v. Crystal Palace NBCSN Sat., Dec. 14 10 a.m. Everton v. Fulham Extra Time Sat., Dec. 14 10 a.m. Newcastle v. Southampton Extra Time Sat., Dec. 14 10 a.m. Cardiff City v. West Bromwich Albion Extra Time Sat., Dec. 14 10 a.m. West Ham United v. Sunderland Extra Time Sat., Dec. 14 Noon Premier League Live NBCSN Sat., Dec. 14 12:30 p.m. Hull City v. Stoke City NBCSN Sun., Dec. 15 12 a.m. NBCSN’s Match of the Day NBCSN Sun., Dec. 15 8 a.m. Premier League Live NBCSN Sun., Dec. 15 8:30 a.m. Aston Villa v. Manchester United NBCSN, mun2 Sun., Dec. 15 8:30 a.m. Norwich City v. Swansea City Extra Time Sun., Dec. 15 10:30 a.m. Premier League Live NBCSN Sun., Dec. 15 11 a.m. Tottenham Hotspur v. Liverpool NBCSN, Telemundo Sun., Dec. 15 11 p.m. NBCSN’s Match of the Day II NBCSN
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