NBC sees big opportunity with first IndyCar race on primetime broadcast TV in seven years
With a lack of sports taking place and a main-network broadcast slot, could IndyCar reach a bigger audience?
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Drew Brees has reportedly agreed to work for NBC after he retires
Brees is expected to start on Notre Dame football and Football Night In America, then join NBC's top NFL package. But the contract will only kick in when he retires from the NFL, which could be after the 2020-21 season or the 2021-22 season.
CBS and NBC expected to air new NFL Wild Card Playoff games
CBS and NBC would both air two games on Wild Card Weekend, leaving ESPN and Fox with one game.
Golf Channel is moving its offices from Florida to Connecticut, putting it closer to NBC’s other operations
Golf Channel is relocating to be closer to NBC Sports' other operations.
NASCAR teams with NBC Sports Gold for TrackPass, but annoys those who had been getting some of that content for free
A full TrackPass subscription will cost $4.99 a month, but much of the content available there was previously available for free.
Jim Bell, who’s overseen NBC Olympics production since 2012 and was there for delayed-to-live shift, is leaving NBC after 29 years
"What has emerged for me is a strong desire to delve into something new—to build on my experience in news, sports, and entertainment so I can broaden and deepen my leadership role in the content universe."
Both CBS and NBC now have esports comedies under development, with the CBS one involving Rick Fox and based on his story
One esports comedy project involving Big Bang Theory executive producer Johnny Galecki and writer/co-executive producer Anthony Del Broccolo is in development at NBC, while another one involving Rick Fox and Dan Koppelman has a put pilot order at CBS.
NBC’s Parker Kligerman talks Roval, balancing driving and broadcasting on the same weekend, and interviewing an upset Kyle Busch after Las Vegas
Kligerman has double duty where he will be on NBCSN's Xfinity Series broadcast and then racing in Sunday's Cup Series race.
Packers-Bears viewership up 16% over last year’s Kickoff Game
Packers-Bears had the highest overnight rating for a Kickoff Game since 2016.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. to take weekend off from NBC’s NASCAR broadcast after plane crash
Everyone onboard the plane was okay and Dale Jr. will be back at Darlington in two weeks.
Comcast-Sky deal improves NBC Premier League schedule, and they’ll air some broadcasts from Sky studios
Owning Sky has allowed Comcast to provide NBC with some more desirable Premier League matchups for NBC windows this season.
Your 2019 Open Championship announcing schedule
Here's the broadcaster lineup and broadcast schedule for the 148th Open Championship.
Naval officer and NASCAR driver Jesse Iwuji to join NBC’s Daytona broadcast as guest reporter
Iwuji is a Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve and has competed in five Truck races.
Blues-Bruins Stanley Cup Final Game 7 draws highest NHL overnight rating in at least 25 years
If you want to find a higher overnight for an NHL game, you need to roll all the way back to the 1970s.
AA Q&A: NBC’s Leigh Diffey on his Indy 500 play by play debut, IndyCar at NBC
Diffey will become the 11th person to do play-by-play at the Indy 500 since 1965.
