A week after Michelle Beadle went on Sports Media Weekly and lamented over the lack of promotion for her show, “The Crossover,” NBC and NBCSN have announced that the program is the odd man out of a new late afternoon schedule.
Crossover went through two incarnations and suffered through numerous pre-emptions due to the Tour de France and most recently, The America’s Cup. The show averaged 30,000 viewers per day.
NBCSN issued this statement:
With the NHL returning, we decided to focus on our core sports and have created vertical programming blocks in that time period to do that. We look forward to Michelle Beadle and the production team continuing their work on other NBC Sports Group properties.
Michelle tweeted the news as well.
Crossover is donzo. Thanks 2 the crew who tried their damnedest. I'll let ya know what's next. Access Hollywood on NBC- Blake Shelton 2nite
— Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) September 25, 2013
Without mentioning the show by name, NBCSN says with the new NHL season starting and an expansion of its football programming, a new schedule starting at 5 p.m. ET starting on Tuesday, October 1 will be anchored by Pro Football Talk and interspersed with Fantasy Football Live and Football Night in America: Coach’s Clicker.
In addition, a new NHL show will air on Wednesdays at 6;30 p.m. and that will be officially unveiled later this week.
We have the official announcement from NBCSN.
NBCSN ADJUSTS PROGRAMMING AS NHL SEASON BEGINS
90-Minute Block of NFL Studio Programming Begins at 5 p.m. ET
Additional Weekly Fantasy Football Live Tuesdays at 5 p.m. ETStamford, Conn. – September 25, 2013 – With NBCSN televising three weeknight NHL games each week plus pre- and post-game shows beginning with the October 1 start of the season, NBCSN has adjusted its late-afternoon weekday schedule to create vertical programming blocks around its core sports.
Beginning Monday, Sept. 30, NFL studio programming will be presented in a 90-minute block beginning at 5 p.m. ET. On weekdays with a live Premier League match, that game will be followed by Premier League Goal Zone.
Following is a summary NBCSN’s new late-afternoon weekday programming schedule:
NFL Programming
- Pro Football Talk will be preceded by NFL programming each weekday. On Mondays without a live Premier League match, Pro Football Talk expands with a 90-minute program.
- NBCSN will air an additional Fantasy Football Live on Tuesdays. Fantasy Football Live, in conjunction with Yahoo Sports, will air at 5 p.m. ET on Tuesdays and Thursdays, followed by Pro Football Talk at 5:30 p.m. ET, with an encore presentation at 6:30 p.m. ET on evenings when NHL Live, NBCSN’s pre-game show starts at 7 p.m. ET.
- Football Night in America: Coach’s Clicker will air on Wednesdays and with an encore presentation on Fridays at 5 p.m. ET, followed by Pro Football Talk at 5:30 p.m. ET.
Premier League Programming
- NBC Sports Group’s Premier League Goal Zone expands on weekdays, primarily Mondays at 5 p.m. ET, following Premier League fixtures.
NHL Programming
- NBC Sports Group’s 2013 NHL regular-season coverage begins Tues., Oct. 1 with NHL Face-Off as the 2013 Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks host the Washington Capitals. Coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET with NBC Sports Group’s pre-game show, NHL Live.
- New NHL programming to be announced tomorrow on 12 noon ET conference call.
Typical Weekday Programming Schedule – without a Premier League Weekday Fixture (all times ET, subject to change):
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. Pro Football Talk Fantasy Football Live Football Night in America: Coach’s Clicker Fantasy Football Live Football Night in America: Coach’s Clicker Encore 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Pro Football Talk Pro Football Talk Pro Football Talk Pro Football Talk 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. New NHL Program Fantasy Football Live
That is it right now.
