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Major League Baseball games first aired on NBC from 1947 to 1989, including The NBC Game of the Week, when CBS acquired the broadcast television rights. [17] Games returned to NBC in 1994 as part of The Baseball Network, a time-brokered package of broadcasts produced by Major League Baseball and split with ABC.
The final regular season edition of NBC's Game of the Week was televised on September 30, 1989. That game featured the Toronto Blue Jays beating the Baltimore Orioles 4–3 to clinch the AL East title from the SkyDome. It was the 981st edition of NBC's Game of the Week overall. NBC's final game of the year was televised on October 9, 1989.
The Major League Baseball Game of the Week is the de facto title for nationally televised coverage of regular season Major League Baseball games. The Game of the Week has traditionally aired on Saturday afternoons. When the national networks began televising national games of the week, it opened the door for a national audience to see ...
Monday Night Baseball games from 1967 to 1969 and 1972–1975 Part of a revenue sharing joint venture with Major League Baseball and ABC called "The Baseball Network" from 1994 to 1995 All-Star Game (in even numbered years) and postseason games only from 1996 to 2000 Weekly Sunday morning games from 2022 on (select games simulcast on NBC) ABC ...
On Saturday, June 3, 1989, Vin Scully was doing the play-by-play for the NBC Game of the Week in St. Louis, where the Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs in 10 innings. Meanwhile, the Dodgers were playing a series in Houston, where Scully flew to be on hand to call the Sunday game of the series. However, the Saturday night game between the teams ...
From 1972 to 1975 NBC televised Monday games under a contract worth $72 million. In 1973, NBC extended the Monday night telecasts (with a local blackout) to 15 straight. On September 1, 1975, NBC's last Monday Night Baseball game, in which the Montréal Expos beat the host Philadelphia Phillies 6–5.
George Kell (1962 National League playoff, 2nd 1962 All-Star Game, and 1968 World Series) Gene Kelly; Sandy Koufax (1967–1972) In 1971, Koufax signed a ten-year contract with NBC for $1 million to be a broadcaster on the Saturday Game of the Week. Koufax never felt comfortable being in front of the camera; he quit before the 1973 season.
[7] [8] [9] Two years later, NBC launched their own Sunday telecasts to go with their Saturday afternoon Game of the Week broadcasts. [10] [11] In 1962, CBS dropped the Sunday baseball Game of the Week [12] once the NFL season started, dropping the option clause for affiliates to carry baseball or football in place since 1957.