Netflix exec addresses MLB Opening Night criticism
"Maybe there were a few too many Netflix promos."
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Elle Duncan responds to backlash over Netflix MLB broadcast
"Netflix has made no qualms about who they are."
Netflix scores 3 million viewers for MLB Opening Night
NBC's opener averaged 3.2 million viewers the following night.
Bert Kresicher bombed on MLB Opening Night. That was Netflix’s fault.
Producers have to put funny people in situations where they're allowed to be funny. Kreischer didn't get that courtesy.
Hunter Pence details his Netflix Opening Night debut
Pence said calling a game with Vasgersian feels like playing MLB The Show.
Netflix reportedly offered make-goods during MLB broadcast after falling short in NFL Christmas key demos
"Perhaps the lesson for Netflix is that genuinely big events can’t be manufactured."
Tim Kurkjian calls for MLB Opening Day to be same for every team
"I think it's always right that all the teams play the first day."
Dan Le Batard wants more comedians on baseball games in spite of Netflix Bert Kreischer criticism
"It's the first place in sports that I want a comedian around the broadcast because the comedian has plenty of room to stretch out during a baseball broadcast."
Dan Patrick shares concerns about MLB Netflix debut: ‘It was just too much Netflix’
It was as if I was tuning into a powerpoint on Netflix, that there was a baseball game inside of that."
Netflix’s MLB debut was promising, excessive, and occasionally a disaster
Netflix MLB scorebug draws polarizing reaction
Netflix made its big Major League Baseball debut as the 2026 season kicked off on Wednesday night with...
The Netflix MLB pregame show was one big Netflix infomercial
"Netflix leading the league in promos about other shows on the pregame so far."
Baseball’s great TV reset has arrived
WWE’s Jey and Jimmy Uso joining Netflix MLB Opening Night Yankees-Giants broadcast
The twin WWE tag team champions are the latest additions to a Netflix Opening Night broadcast that already features Barry Bonds, Bert Kreischer, and Jameis Winston.
Jameis Winston latest big name added to Netflix’s Opening Night MLB coverage
Jameis Winston is joining Netflix as a special guest for the streaming service’s coverage of Yankees-Giants on Opening Night.
Barry Bonds officially joins Netflix MLB Opening Night broadcast
Barry Bonds will appear as a special guest.
Netflix reveals full MLB Opening Night broadcast team
CC Sabathia and Albert Pujols will join to team.
Lauren Shehadi joining Netflix as in-game reporter for MLB Opening Night
Shehadi has co-hosted MLB Central alongside Mark DeRosa and Robert Flores since 2018 and has spent years as a sideline reporter on TBS's postseason coverage.
Matt Vasgersian reportedly in line to call Netflix’s MLB Opening Night game
Vasgersian was one of the first voices MLB Network ever put on air.
Nielsen to measure MLB games on Netflix this season
The streamer will air Opening Day, the Home Run Derby, and Field of Dreams Game.
Netflix reportedly pursuing Barry Bonds, CC Sabathia for Opening Day broadcast
Bonds last worked in baseball as the Marlins' hitting coach in 2016.
Elle Duncan confirmed as Netflix’s lead MLB host
Elle Duncan will host Netflix's baseball coverage, including Opening Night and the Home Run Derby, her agent confirmed.
Joey Votto reportedly drawing interest from MLB’s new media partners
Votto hasn't publicly indicated his post-playing plans, but has received plenty of analysts offers before.
Major League Baseball saved face, but at what cost?
NBC to air standalone primetime MLB game second night of season
Netflix was reported to broadcast MLB Opening Day last month.
