Tag: NBA on NBC

"So glad Michael did it. Lucky to have the time around him. And if he ever does it again, I hope I'm the guy on the other side of the couch."

"This was Michael Jordan. The face of the NBA’s greatest era. The man who helped make the original NBA on NBC a cultural phenomenon. The opportunity to put him back in that environment should have been impossible to screw up. And somehow, NBC did."

"His interview with Mike Tirico ran in segments throughout the entire calendar year. Jordan did not appear live on any NBC Sports' NBA programming last season."

"Our 2026-27 schedule not only features elite matchups on the biggest stages possible, but new programming innovations designed to build off last year’s resounding successes."

"Benetti became NBC's lead Sunday Night Baseball voice this year while remaining the Detroit Tigers' play-by-play announcer."

"There are weeks it gets thin, there are weeks towards the end it gets thin. I think to avoid it getting thin, what I would suggest is that the league does what the Premier League does."

"Through 13 games on NBC and Peacock, the network is averaging 4.9 million viewers. That's up 58% over comparable coverage last year."

"In one of its biggest broadcasts of the season, the network’s talent and production team elevated their performance and delivered a compelling postseason presentation."

"Through four games, NBC and Peacock combined to average 5.0 million viewers. That's the strongest opening Sunday-Monday performance since 1995."

"It's been an amazing first year with NBC Sports and I'm excited and honored to be taking on another new challenge and heading to Churchill Downs."