Tennis on CBS
Tennis on CBS | |
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Genre | Multi-camera |
Running time | 180 minutes or until tournament ends |
Production company | CBS Sports |
Original release | |
Network | CBS CBS Sports Network (2012–2014, 2019-present) |
Release | August 31, 1968 July 14, 2019 – present | – September 8, 2014
Related | |
CBS Sports Spectacular Tennis on ESPN Tennis on NBC |
Tennis on CBS is the branding used for broadcasts of professional
U.S. Open coverage
CBS Sports broadcast the first US Open Tennis Championships in 1968.[14] Bud Collins called the action alongside Jack Kramer.[15]
James Wall (best known for playing Mr. Baxter on Captain Kangaroo)[16] was also the stage manager for 41 consecutive years on the US Open Tennis Championships telecasts.[16]
On May 17, 2013, ESPN signed a contract (an 11-year deal at $770 million; about $250 million more than CBS was willing to pay) with the United States Tennis Association that would give it the rights to broadcast the U.S. Open starting in 2015, ending CBS's role[17][18] in covering the tournament after 47 years.[19][20][21] At the end of their 2014 coverage, CBS for their closing credits montage, highlighting the greatest moments during their 47-year run with the US Open, used Alicia Keys's "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down".[22][23]
Without the US Open, CBS's
Scheduling anomalies
In 1982, CBS debuted "Super Saturday".[24] The Men's Semifinals sandwiched the Women's Final, with the first semifinal match starting at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
For the past few decades, the
All the courts used by the U.S. Open are lighted, meaning that television coverage of the tournament can extend into
Effects from the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
For several years, due to the overlapping scheduling of the U.S. Open and the
Some CBS stations arranged for co-owned/managed
In other cases, the alternate U.S. Open broadcaster in a given market was unrelated to the local CBS station. In
Additional US Open coverage
Occasionally,
In August 2012, CBS Sports Network began to offer additional coverage of the US Open, including replays of classic matches, coverage of qualifying matches, a pre-match show, and coverage of third- and fourth-round matches not shown by CBS.[25]
Arthur Ashe Kids' Day
Arthur Ashe Kids' Day is an annual children's event held by the United States Tennis Association that takes place the last Saturday in August at
Technology
CBS was the first network to use the MacCam (a system of slow-motion cameras developed by FastCAM Replay LLC and DEL Imaging Systems LLC used during tennis matches to replay close or controversial line calls) widely, as John McEnroe was one of their tennis analysts. The MacCam was first used at the 2004 US Open to demonstrate several poor calls by chair umpires. In Serena Williams' controversial quarterfinal loss to Jennifer Capriati, several poor calls were contested by Williams. Television replays demonstrated that there were actually several crucial calls that were obviously erroneous.
In 2010, CBS broadcast the U.S. Open in 3D on DirecTV N3D.
Controversial moments
On September 11, 1987,
While attending the
On September 14, 2009, Juan Martín del Potro upset Roger Federer to win the Men's U.S. Open Championship. Dick Enberg hosted the post-match ceremony during which a victorious Del Potro requested to address his fans in Spanish. Enberg declined the request saying that he was running out of time, but went on to list the corporate-sponsored prizes that Del Potro won.[29] A couple of minutes later, Del Potro made the same request again and only then Enberg relented saying "Very quickly, in Spanish, he wants to say hello to his friends here and in Argentina". An emotional Del Potro finally spoke a few sentences in Spanish to a cheering crowd. Many viewers expressed disappointment with Enberg and CBS over the interview.[29][30] A CBS executive later defended Enberg, noting that the contract with the United States Tennis Association required that certain sponsors receive time during the ceremony.[31]
In 2010, CBS forced the United States Tennis Association to move the final to Monday out of fear that a relatively short Sunday rain delay was going to knock the Sunday men's final into its prime time lineup (in particular, 60 Minutes). Ironically, the rain by early evening had let up and thus, tennis could have been played. While CBS did get its men's final at 4 p.m. as initially scheduled, another rain delay came about at a little after 6 p.m. By that point however, CBS abandoned its tennis coverage in favor of the CBS Evening News. In the meantime, CBS announced that they wouldn't finish broadcasting the match once the delay had ended. Therefore, viewers had to scramble to ESPN2 to watch the conclusion of that particular Novak Djokovic-Rafael Nadal final. And since ESPN2 themselves eventually had to redirect to the second half of its Monday Night Football doubleheader, it awkwardly had to cut off from Nadal's post-match ceremony.
Commentators
Play-by-play
- Bud Collins (1968–1972)
- Ian Eagle (2008–2014)
- Dick Enberg (2000–2011)
- Frank Glieber (1968–1984)
- Bill Macatee (1995–2014)
- Sean McDonough (1990–1999)
- Ted Robinson (1990–1999)
- Jim Nantz (1987–1995)
- Pat O'Brien(1981–1997)
- Tim Ryan (1978–1997)
- Brent Musburger (1976–1989)
- Vin Scully (1975–1981)
- Ken Squier (1972–2000)
- Pat Summerall (1972–1993)
Analysts
- Julie Anthony (1976–1984)
- Mary Carillo (1986–2014)
- Jim Courier (2003–2014)
- Julie Heldman (1973–1978)
- Jack Kramer (1968–1973)
- John McEnroe (1992–2014)
- Patrick McEnroe (1997–2014)
- John Newcombe (1978-1987)[32]
- Tony Trabert (1972–2003)
- Virginia Wade (1977-1985)[33]
Reporters
- Jill Arrington (2000–2003)
- Bonnie Bernstein (1998–2005)
- John Dockery (1996–1999)
- Mary Joe Fernandez(2005–2014)
- Andrea Joyce (1989–1999)
- Summer Sanders (2000–2006)
- Michele Tafoya (1994–1999)
- Lesley Visser (1987–1993)
- Tracy Wolfson (2004–2012)
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- ^ Ken Fang (September 1, 2014). "The Top Five Moments of the U.S. Open on CBS". Awful Announcing.
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- ^ "ESPN Will Replace CBS As The Home For The U.S. Open Finals. Thank God". Deadspin.
- ^ Richard Sandomir (September 3, 2014). "After Decades on CBS, U.S. Open Will Switch Channels Full Time". The New York Times.
- ^ "ESPN to Gain Full Rights to U.S. Open in 2015". The New York Times. May 17, 2013.
- ^ Mike Reynolds (August 24, 2014). "CBS Serves Up U.S. Open Farewell". Multichannel News.
- ^ Ken Fang (September 11, 2014). "Without big names, U.S. Open men's final draws lowest overnight ratings in 20 years". Awful Announcing.
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- ^ Lynn Zinser (September 15, 2009). "CBS Defends Enberg in Trophy Ceremony Backlash". The New York Times. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
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