I have some baseball-centric releases for you and throughout the baseball season, I’ll try to group the network TV announcements together so they’re not all over the place. Fox’s baseball schedule for this Saturday is here. Next week, I’ll group it here so you won’t have to dig around, it’ll all be in one place.
Ok, here’s a release from MLB Network announcing that every Friday night, MLB Tonight will be commercial-free for one hour to provide continuous highlights, updates and live cut-ins. Perhaps this is something that can be expanded for the entire season. I like this.
MLB NETWORK TO AIR 60 MINUTES OF HIGHLIGHTS, UPDATES & LIVE LOOK-INS COMMERCIAL-FREESolid 60 to Debut Within MLB Tonight on Friday, April 9Secaucus, N.J., April 8, 2010 – MLB Network will debut Solid 60, a 60-minute block of highlights, updates and live look-ins telecast commercial-free, on Friday, April 9 at 9:30 p.m. ET. MLB Network’s Greg Amsinger and Harold Reynolds will host the debut segment, taking viewers around the league at the time of day with the most games in progress. Solid 60 will air within MLB Tonight, MLB Network’s live nightly studio show, regularly on Friday nights throughout the 2010 Championship Season.“Solid 60 showcases the essence of MLB Tonight in a one-hour format and demonstrates our commitment to providing comprehensive coverage of all 30 MLB Clubs,” said Tony Petitti, President and CEO of MLB Network.MLB Tonight, the signature program of MLB Network during the regular season, airs live beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET until the final MLB game of the night ends each Monday through Friday, featuring live look-ins of games in progress, updates, highlights, reporting and analysis.
Next to TBS and its selection for this Sunday. It’s noted that Milwaukee Brewers TV voice Brian Anderson kicks off the season for TBS and will do the first three Sunday games for the network.
“Sunday MLB on TBS” Leads Off with the World Champion New York Yankees Facing the Tampa Bay Rays in a Divisional Showdown“Sunday MLB on TBS” leads off its 2010 season schedule with Derek Jeter and the 2009 World Champion New York Yankees heading to Florida to battle Evan Longoria and their division-rival Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, April 11 at 1:30 p.m. (ET). Calling the action will be Brian Anderson (play-by-play) and Buck Martinez (analyst).“Sunday MLB on TBS” includes match-ups on TBS every Sunday afternoon throughout the regular season. The network will also exclusively televise the MLB All-Star Selection Show on Sunday, July 4. Additionally, beginning in October TBS will once again provide exclusive coverage of the Division Series and the American League Championship Series (ALCS).TBS has broadcast MLB coverage for more than 30 years serving as the exclusive home of the MLB Division Series (DS) and one League Championship Series (LCS) since 2007 and home of Atlanta Braves coverage from 1977 to 2007. Follow Turner Sports PR on Twitter (http://twitter.com/TurnerSportsPR) to keep up with the latest news from the division.SUNDAY MLB ON TBS SCHEDULE:Sun., April 111:30 p.m. New York Yankees @ Tampa Bay RaysAnnouncers: Brian Anderson (play-by-play) and Buck Martinez (analyst)SUNDAY MLB ON TBS UPCOMING SCHEDULE:Sun., April 181:30 p.m. Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red SoxAnnouncers: Brian Anderson (play-by-play) and Ron Darling (analyst)Sun., April 252 p.m. Chicago Cubs @ Milwaukee BrewersAnnouncers: Brian Anderson (play-by-play) and Ron Darling (analyst)
And this is what you’ll see on ESPN from Sunday through Wednesday.
Sunday Night Baseball (April 11)
St. Louis at Milwaukee at 8 p.m. ET
(ESPN, ESPN HD, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.com, ESPN Mobile TV)
Commentators: Jon Miller, Joe Morgan, Orel HershiserMonday Night Baseball (April 12)
Boston at Minnesota at 4 p.m. ET (ESPN)
** First regular-season game from Target Field **
(ESPN, ESPN HD, ESPN3.com, ESPN Mobile TV)
Commentators: Dan Shulman, Chris Singleton, Aaron Boone
* ESPNEWS will be seen
in team marketsWednesday Night Baseball (April 14)
Houston at St. Louis at 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
(ESPN2, ESPN2 HD, ESPN3.com)
Commentators: Dave O’Brien, Rick Sutcliffe
* ESPNEWS will be seen in team markets
That’s it.
