NBC prepares for Derby stretch run

NBC paves The Road to the Triple Crown this week, anchored by the network’s live five-hour Kentucky Derby Day telecast on Saturday at 2:30p. Overall, NBC Sports serves up more than 18 hours of Kentucky Derby Week action, all starting Thursday with live coverage beginning at 4p on NBCSN with four live races, six live races on Friday, and eight live races on Saturday during NBCSN (Noon) and NBC Derby Day (2:30p) coverage, including five live races in the NBC show. Production sees a return for NBC Sports’ aerial backstretch camera and more than 50 cameras overall, including a new robotic reverse-angle super slow-motion camera on the finish line; a helmet camera on the outrider for all races Thursday-Saturday; an 80-foot high main camera tower, plus a new 50-foot high camera on a tower in the middle of Turn 2, a robotic camera in the paddock saddling area, and a camera focused on race caller Larry Collmus. In addition, for the first time, Mike Tirico, Jerry Bailey and Randy Moss will be located on a new showcase set in the paddock area for the first half of the Saturday NBC show.

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