Monday, July 7, 2014

MLB TV Deal Do-Over

Year one of the new TV deal for the MLB is starting slow, with the highest rated game on FS1 being a 0.4. Now, what if the MLB could do this deal again? (MLB Network will not be included due to league ownership)

Current Partners: FOX, ESPN, TBS, FS1
New Partners: FOX, NBC, FS1, ESPN, NBCSN

Current Setup:
FOX: 12 Sat. games
ESPN: 90 Sun., Mon., Wed., and holiday games
TBS: 13 Sun. games
FS1: 40 Sat. games

New Setup:
FOX: 16 Mon. Primetime games (Opening Day and Memorial Day through Labor Day)
NBC: 30 Sat. games (First Summer Saturday through Labor Day Saturday tripleheaders) and 1 Labor Day Game
FS1: 26 Thurs. Night Games, 2 Memorial Day Games and 1 Labor Day Game
ESPN: 26 Sun. Night Games, 5 Opening Day Games and 13 Wed. Night Doubleheaders
NBCSN: 13 Tues. Night Doubleheaders and 3 4th of July Games

Current Holiday Schedule:
Opening Day: 
1:00-ESPN2
3:00-ESPN
4:00-ESPN2
7:00-ESPN
10:00-ESPN2

Memorial Day:
1:00-ESPN
4:00-ESPN

4th of July:
3:00-ESPN2
7:00-ESPN

Labor Day:
1:00-ESPN

New Holiday Schedule:
Opening Day:
1:00-ESPN
4:30-ESPN
8:00-FOX

Memorial Day:
12:00-FS1
3:00-FS1
6:00-FOX
9:00-FOX

4th of July:
1:00-NBCSN
4:00-NBCSN
7:00-NBCSN

Labor Day:
4:00-NBC
7:00-FOX
10:00-FS1

Current Special Event Schedule:
HR Derby:
8:00-ESPN

All-Star Game:
8:00-FOX

New Special Event Schedule:
HR Derby:
8:00-ESPN

All-Star Game:
8:00-FOX

August Sat. Puerto Rico Game:
7:00-NBC

Current Playoff Schedule:
WC Games: ESPN and TBS
LDS: FS1 and TBS
LCS: FS1 and TBS
WS: FOX

New Playoff Schedule:
WC Games: ESPN
LDS: FS1 and NBCSN
LCS: FS1 (gm 7 on FOX) and NBCSN (gm 7 on NBC)
WS: FOX

Also, leave comments for new special event baseball games. 

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