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Soccer on NBC Sports
Genre
Multi-camera
Running time3+ hours (or until game ends)
Production companyNBC Sports
Original release
NetworkNBC

Soccer on NBC Sports is a number of television programs that have aired

mun2) beginning with the 2013–14 season, replacing ESPN and Fox Soccer as the league's U.S. broadcasters.[2]

FIFA World Cup

Main article:
FIFA World Cup on NBC

The first American coverage

BBC
feed and aired it on a two-hour film delay. This was the first time soccer had been shown in the United States as a stand-alone broadcast.

network television coverage in the United States. ESPN carried most of the weekday matches while NBC[7] did weekend games. To be more specific, NBC aired seven[8][9] matches, including the "Hand of God" quarterfinal, with broadcasters on-site. NBC's theme music[10] for their 1986 coverage was Herb Alpert's[11] "1980", from his 1979 album Rise
.

Major League Soccer

Main article: MLS on NBC

On January 5, 2012, NBC Sports signed a three-year contract with Major League Soccer

Olympics. More specifically as part of the new deal, NBC would carry three regular season and two playoff matches (the first time since 2002 that that many MLS games were to be broadcast on English-language network television), as well as 38 regular season and three playoff matches on sister channel NBCSN; both networks also aired matches featuring the United States men's national soccer team
(with two games airing on each network).

NBC and NBCSN's MLS telecasts during the 2013 season averaged 115,000 viewers per game, a steep drop from 2012. Looking to capitalize on further soccer opportunities, NBC Sports acquired the rights to the Premier League from Fox Soccer in 2012, in time for the 2013–14 Premier League season. Speculation abounded on if MLS was to be treated by the sports division secondarily to the Premier League, which has a greater U.S. audience than the domestic league, placing MLS' future with NBC in doubt.

In 2014, negotiations broke down between NBC and MLS on a new television contract. The league instead signed an agreement with

ESPN.[14]

Premier League

Main articles: Premier League on NBC, English_football_on_television § United_States, and List_of_Premier_League_broadcasters § North_American_and_Caribbean_broadcasters

NBC acquired rights to the Premier League in 2013, replacing

ESPN UK and BBC Sport presenter Rebecca Lowe, who became NBC's lead host) who "know the Premier League and can talk about it intelligently".[17][18] In 2014, NBC also hired the duo of Michael Davies and Roger Bennett—the "Men in Blazers"—to provide soccer-oriented content across NBC Sports' platforms.[19]

FA Women's Super League

Main article:
FA Women's Super League § Broadcasting

In September 2020, NBC agreed to a season-long partnership with

FA Women's Super League matches during 2020-21 season. The plan is for 12 matches to be broadcast on NBCSN, while other matches will be available via the NBC Sports website and app.[20] NBC's coverage ended after the broadcasting rights moved to CBS Sports
starting the 2022-23 season.

References

  1. ^ "MLS and NBC Sports announce new TV deal". The New York Times (Goal Blogs). August 10, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
  2. ^ "NBC wins $250m rights to broadcast English Premier League in US". The Guardian. London. Associated Press. October 29, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "World Cup broadcasting history in the U.S." Radio Discussions. May 24, 2006.
  4. ISBN 9781491893197
    .
  5. ISBN 9781317240600.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  6. ^ Clary, Jamie (June 21, 2010). "TV And The Growth Of US Soccer". The Yanks Are Coming.
  7. ^ Fleenor, David (October 21, 2015). "MARTY MCFLY…WTF?". Soccer365.
  8. ^ Jones, Grahame L. (May 25, 1986). "THE WORLD CUP : With the Start Six Days Away in Mexico, Emotions and Hype, but Not Pele, Prevail". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^ White, Russ (June 13, 1986). "SIN'S WORLD CUP IS RUNNING OVER". Orlando Sentinel.
  10. ^ "Past Olympics Media Coverage". GameBids.com. October 24, 2014.
  11. ^ Gumusyan, Aram (August 1, 2016). "A brief history of the World Cup, European Championship and Copa America on US TV". World Soccer Talk.
  12. ^ "NBC Sports Group acquires rights to Major League Soccer". NBC Sports History Page.
  13. ^ "NBC networks to air 41 regular-season matches in 2012". MLSSoccer.com. January 5, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  14. ^ "MLS's big play". SportsBusiness Daily. May 12, 2014.
  15. ^ "NBC wins $250m rights to broadcast English Premier League in US". London. Associated Press. October 29, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  16. ISSN 0261-3077
    . Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  17. ^ "Premier League: How NBC Sports Got Soccer Fans Out of Bed". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
  18. ^ "Has NBC Sports Found the Secret of Selling Soccer to U.S. TV Viewers?". The Hollywood Reporter. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
  19. ISSN 0099-9660
    . Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  20. ^ "WSL NBC Sports: FA Women's Super League, TV schedule, stream online". ProSoccerTalk | NBC Sports. 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2020-09-13.

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