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Fox split coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals with ESPN. Game 1 of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals was the first Finals game shown on network television since 1980 and the first in prime time since 1973. Games 1, 5, and 7 were usually scheduled to be televised by Fox; and Games 2, 3, 4, and 6 were set to air on ESPN.
For the CBS' Stanley Cup Finals coverage during this period, a third voice was added to the booth (Phil Esposito in 1971 and Harry Howell in 1972). From 1972–73 [10] –1974–75, [11] NBC not only televised the Stanley Cup Finals [12] (including a couple of games in prime time [13]), but also weekly regular season games on Sunday afternoons ...
Continued sharing of the Stanley Cup Finals on NBC (which will air Games 1, 2, and all "if needed" games) and NBCSN (Games 3 and 4). The deal gives NBC the option of moving Games 3 and 4 to the broadcast network. During the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals, NBC aired Games 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 while NBCSN aired Games 2 and 3.
The first round of the NHL playoffs is set. Here's the full first-round TV schedule for every series in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The National Hockey League has never fared as well on American television in comparison to the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, or the National Football League, although that has begun to change, with NBC's broadcasts of the final games of the 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013 Stanley Cup Finals scoring some of the best ratings ever enjoyed by the sport on American television.
TNT and TBS will share in coverage of the Stanley Cup playoffs with ESPN and ESPN2, holding rights to "half" of the games in the first two rounds, and one conference final per-season (ESPN will have the first choice of conference finals). TNT will hold rights to the Stanley Cup Finals in odd-numbered years beginning 2023, alternating with ABC.
Meanwhile, U.S. national coverage of the NHL evolved much slower than those of the other three leagues, and long-term coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals remains on U.S. cable television in some form with TNT Sports agreeing to air the series on TNT in 2023, 2025, and 2027. [16]
Disney programming on ESPN and ABC went dark Sunday night, interrupting coverage of the U.S. Open tennis tournament and the evening's kickoff of college football coverage — including a game ...