| Slime is reloading for CBS Sports and Nickelodeon’s coverage of the NFL’s Super Wild Card Weekend game on Jan. 16, at 4:30p. The company’s revealed talent for the showcase, with Nate Burleson, play-by-play announcer Noah Eagle and Nick star Gabrielle Nevaeh Green reprising their roles in the booth, while Nick star Young Dylan makes his sideline reporting debut. The NFL Wild Card Game on Nickelodeon will showcase kid-focused content and Nick-themed elements throughout, including a special halftime presentation, guest reporters, original on-field graphics, virtual filters, and more for kids and families and will air alongside CBS Sports’ coverage of the game
“The collaboration between the NFL, Nickelodeon, and CBS Sports for our first NFL Wild Card Game on Nickelodeon was terrific and exceeded all expectations,” said CBS Sports’ Shawn Robbins, who will serve as Coordinating Producer of the NFL Wild Card Game on Nickelodeon. “We look forward to another exciting, slime-filled, Nick-ified presentation and the return of our talented team in the booth. Last season, Noah, Nate and Gabrielle connected so well with viewers with their chemistry, enthusiasm and knowledge, and we know our NFL Slimetime co-host Young Dylan will be an excellent addition as sideline reporter, completing this fun-filled crew.”
PROGRAMMING
The USFL reached a multi-year agreement with NBC Sports to carry the new league’s regular and postseason games beginning in April 2022. NBC Sports joins FOX Sports as the league’s official broadcast partners set to carry all 43 contests with NBC Sports offering 21 USFL games in 2022 on NBC (8), USA Network (9), and Peacock (4), while FOX Sports will carry 22 games split between FOX (12) and FS1 (10). “We’re excited to partner with the USFL and FOX Sports to present this new era of professional football,” said Pete Bevacqua, Chairman, NBC Sports. “With our multiple platforms across broadcast, cable, and streaming, football fans throughout the country will be able to experience the USFL’s opening season this spring.”
On the ratings front, this week’s Warriors/Knicks game on TNT, a matchup that saw Stephen Curry break the all-time NBA three-point record, averaged 2.4 million viewers for the network. TNT, ABC and ESPN are now averaging 1.59 million viewers for the season, up 18% from 2020-21 and up 10% form 2019-20.
ESPN’s Monday Night Football Week 14 matchup between the Rams and the Cardinals this week delivered 15.9 million viewers to the combo of ESPN, ABC, and ESPN Deportes to represent MNF’s best audience since the season opener this season. The franchise is averaging 13,389,000 viewers season-to-date, up 11% from 2020 and 6% from 2019.
Univision TUDN’s coverage of the UEFA Champions League delivered the top-rated Group Stage round of all-time, UEFA Champions League Group Stage averaged 429,000 Total Viewers 2+ across Univision and UNIMAS (22 total matches), for a rise f 23% increase over 2020 and the third straight year that the round delivered growth.
The 2022 Discover NHL Winter Classic at Target Field will feature a special performance by country music artist Thomas Rhett. The first intermission presented by Ticketmaster performance will be televised as part of the NHL Winter Classic national broadcast on TNT in the U.S. and on Sportsnet, CBC and TVA Sports in Canada on January 1, at 7p.
In talent news, INDYCAR driver James Hinchcliffe is leaving life in the fast lane to join NBC Sports as a full-time analyst for its coverage of the upcoming 2022 NTT INDYCAR Series. Hinchcliffe will join play-by-play voice Leigh Diffey and analyst Townsend Bell to comprise NBC Sports’ lead INDYCAR commentary team for the 2022 season. Hinchcliffe will also serve as an analyst for select IMSA races. Hinchcliffe will make his 2022 INDYCAR on-air debut at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Feb. 27, on NBC.
Keegan-Michael Key will return to the stage as host of NFL Honors Presented By Invisalign, on Feb 10 from the YouTube Theater at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. The primetime awards special will run live at 9p on ABC and simulcast on ESPN+ and NFL Network.
Meanwhile, ESPN reached a contract extension with analyst and lead studio host LaChina Robinson, who will continue her role on the network’s WNBA events, while adding NBA duties to her repertoire. Robinson’s first assignment under her new deal is this weekend’s WNBA Draft Lottery. The 2022 Draft Lottery special will air live on ESPN at 3p on Sunday.
NFL Network locked in its broadcast team for the network’s coverage of the inaugural HBCU Legacy Bowl on Feb. 19 at 4p. Steve Wyche (play-by-play), Charles Davis (game analyst) and Bucky Brooks (field analyst) will be on the call for live coverage from Yulman Stadium in New Orleans. The HBCU Legacy Bowl, presented by the Black College Football Hall of Fame, is a postseason all-star game showcasing the best NFL draft-eligible football players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Fan Controlled Football named DAZN as its new global broadcast partner for Season v2.0. DAZN will bring American football fans worldwide FCF pre-season events, all regular and post-season games, and original programming throughout the 2022 season to all 200+ of its countries and territories around the world. DAZN will begin streaming live FCF content this weekend, with the open player Combine tryout on Dec. 18.
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Pepsi is launching the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show mobile app for pre-order on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The platform will offer complementary experiences during the show as well as exclusive content drops in the leadup to the show on Feb. 13 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. And for those that pre-order the app, a special incentive awaits – be among Starting December 26th, Pepsi products will roll out in market featuring Super Bowl Halftime Show visuals for the second year running, inclusive of a QR code on packaging to give consumers direct access to the mobile app.
The NFL announced that 18 teams have been granted access to 26 International Home Marketing Areas across eight different countries in a new initiative granting clubs access to international territories for marketing, fan engagement and commercialization as part of an effort to enable clubs to build their global brands while driving NFL fan growth internationally.Clubs will have access to international markets for at least a five-year term, during which a club will have rights to pursue activities in that international market that are consistent with what they can do in their domestic HMA.
Major League Fishing is teaming with Bally’s Corporation for a deal designating Bally’s as MLF’s exclusive Sports Betting, Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS), and Free-to-Play (F2P) Partner for MLF’s tournament circuits – all firsts for the professional fishing industry. The partnership includes Bally’s online sportsbook, Bally Bet, becoming the title sponsor of MLF’s coveted Angler of the Year (AOY) Award for the Bass Pro Tour.
Socios.com locked in a strategic new marketing and advertising partnership with the LA Kings. The new agreement, brokered by AEG Global Partnerships, designates Socios.com an official partner of the LA Kings where they will have the opportunity to engage fans each week during the season as a presenting sponsor of the LA Kings “Top 5 Plays of the Week” digital content feature, which will appear on the team’s official website and social channels. Socios.com will also receive enhanced brand awareness across the LA Kings digital ad network as well as penalty box and stadium-visible dasherboards during all LA Kings regular season home games and virtual on-ice and on-glass signage during all of the team’s locally televised, regular season home games.
Bose jumped into the NCAA’s NIL landscape by partnering with six football and basketball athletes. The new Team Bose athletes will gift Bose noise cancelling headphones to their teammates during the holidays. Prior to NIL, peer-to-peer gifting was not permitted among NCAA athletes.
DIGITAL, DATA & TECH
The PGA TOUR and BetMGM announced a three-year extension through 2024 to its marketing and content relationship designating BetMGM as an Official Betting Operator of the PGA TOUR. The PGA TOUR and BetMGM will work together to provide odds to fans via TOUR digital platforms. BetMGM will serve as the exclusive source for odds on the leaderboard and player pages on PGATOUR.COM and on TOURCast.
Simplebet announced the launch of Playbook, a direct-to-consumer free-to-play game that challenges fans to make predictions on NFL, NBA, MLB and college football games with a chance to win cash prizes. “What’s been missing across the sports betting landscape is an easily accessible, in-game product, which gives sports fans around the country the ability to wager on individual moments in real time,” said Chris Bevilacqua, Co-Founder and CEO of Simplebet. “It’s why we’re so excited about the launch of Playbook. With the NFL playoffs approaching, the NBA season in full swing and college football bowl season about to kick off, we’re thrilled to bring fans an innovative, mobile first product that will be available everywhere at the peak of the sports calendar.”
NBA star Kevin Durant, his company Thirty Five Ventures, and media network Boardroom announced a strategic partnership with cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase. The partnership will include a slate of content and education around crypto, along withNFT news and cration, philanthropy integration and more.
ESPORTS
NBA 2K League detailed a lineup of tweaks for its 2022 season, including: a tournament-centric season structure; new 3v3 tournaments entitled by Coinbase; a significantly higher total prize pool; and amateur teams vs. NBA 2K League teams in the Coinbase 3v3 tournaments. The League’s existing marquee 5v5 tournaments—The Banner Chain Powered by AT&T (The Tipoff, The Turn and The Ticket) and the NBA 2K League Playoffs and Finals—will continue as the key components of the League’s standard 5v5 competition. In addition to the League’s standard 5v5 competition, the League is partnering with Coinbase to host three new 3v3 tournaments, and a culminating 3v3 championship.
The eNASCAR International iRacing Series is expanding to a five-race schedule with new partners D-BOX Technologies and Digital Motorsports joining the series in 2022. The D-BOX eNASCAR International iRacing Series presented by Digital Motorsports will visit virtual tracks in the United States, Canada and Belgium, beginning at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Jan. 8. Drivers will compete via iRacing.com with the field will containing an even mix of drivers from the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, NASCAR Peak Mexico Series, NASCAR Pinty’s Series, and select drivers from NASCAR’s 2022 Drive for Diversity class.
Electronic Arts 2021: Year In Gaming detailed how the publisher’s global community played, including player habits, favorite teams and characters, and how they engaged. The year saw the Electronic Arts global player community grew even larger. Out of the millions of new people to join our player community this year, the majority were from Europe (30%), followed by the United States (25%), Asia Pacific (22.5%), and South and Latin America (15.7%).With more than 500 million players around the world, the biggest games globally were Apex Legends and EA SPORTS FIFA. As one of the most played franchises, Apex Legends players placed more than 322 billion Pings, took more than 24 billion ziplines and used 12 billion jump pads. In FIFA 21, players around the world took to the virtual pitch to score more than 22 billion goals.
Evil Geniuses announced that former WarnerMedia executive Krystal Hauserman has joined the company as Vice President and Global Head of Marketing. As the global head of marketing, Hauserman will leverage her expertise in the entertainment industry, including prominent roles at WarnerMedia and Fullscreen, to build on EG’s 20-year legacy as the company defines what it means to be a gaming organization in 2022 and beyond.
INDUSTRY & ROSTER MOVES
The NBA announced that Gregg Winik, the multi Emmy Award winner who recently served as an Executive Producer for the critically acclaimed documentary series The Last Dance, has been named NBA President, Content & Executive Producer. In his new role, Winik will oversee the development and production of live games and other programming on all platforms, including content within the NBA’s direct-to-consumer offerings.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. announced that Deirdre Latour has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, effective January 3. Ms. Latour will oversee all external communications and public relations activities across MSG Entertainment’s portfolio of assets, as well as Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.
SPORTFIVE established its new Americas leadership team and appointed Neil Glat and Steve Loy as Co-Presidents.
SPORTS BROADCAST JOURNAL w/David J. Halberstam
See the split of this weekend’s TV geographic assignments, maps, times and talent. Also, a description of the four lead play-by-players and the strengths they (Buck, Levy, Michaels and Nantz) bring to their respective booths.
NFL Week 15 of 18: Tight race; No signs of real routs; 4 days of NFL games; Voices will be busy
They may sound sweet and chummy on-air, but many voices, more than you think, who want to kill each other. They work together in a heated and confined broadcast booth all summer long. The two TVers covering the Tigers in 2018, Mario Impemba and Rod Allen, got into a brawl over a chair in the broadcast booth. You’ll see an interesting list of voices who had animosity toward colleagues.
Announcers don’t always play nicely together; First instant replay, Army-Navy game 58 years ago
When Brent Musburger left ESPN, his sidekick, Kirk Herbstreit took liberties. He started to talk and hasn’t stopped since. Then he started campaigning for ESPN’s NFL job. See more notes in the column linked below.
College Football: Troublemaker, Herbie; Long baseball broadcasts; Scully 40 innings in 2 days
Happy Birthdays
Michelle Tafoya-12/17, NBC Sports
Sarah Kustok-12/17, Yes Network/Nets
Booger McFarland-12-18, ESPN
Brandon Gaudin-12/18, Fox Sports
Freddie Coleman-12/19, ESPN
Adam Amin-12/19, Fox Sports
Bill Clement-12/20, Ex-NBC Sports
Jemele Hill-12/21, Ex-ESPN
Bob Lamey 12/23, Ex Voice Pacers and Colts
Pat Foley 12/23, Chicago Blackhawks
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