For basketball fans already mourning the potential loss of TNT’s Inside the NBA, there may be some small consolation: NBC may bring back John Tesh’s iconic “Roundball Rock.”
NBCU is reportedly set to bid $2.5 a year for rights to NBA games going forward, according to the Wall Street Journal. If the offer is successful, the company would supplant media rival Warner Bros. Discovery, whose TBS and TNT cable networks began carrying NBA games in 1988. TNT has been the flagship Turner network associated with pro basketball, with its Inside the NBA the gold standard of sports studio shows, since 1989.
The NBA’s other two partners in its next contract are said to be Disney and Amazon’s Prime Video.
If NBC is successful in securing the third slot, it would likely mean the end of the Emmy-winning Inside the NBA, much to the chagrin of sports fans. But when one door closes,...
NBCU is reportedly set to bid $2.5 a year for rights to NBA games going forward, according to the Wall Street Journal. If the offer is successful, the company would supplant media rival Warner Bros. Discovery, whose TBS and TNT cable networks began carrying NBA games in 1988. TNT has been the flagship Turner network associated with pro basketball, with its Inside the NBA the gold standard of sports studio shows, since 1989.
The NBA’s other two partners in its next contract are said to be Disney and Amazon’s Prime Video.
If NBC is successful in securing the third slot, it would likely mean the end of the Emmy-winning Inside the NBA, much to the chagrin of sports fans. But when one door closes,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
It isn’t yet clear whether NBC will walk away with rights to NBA games beginning next year (the league is still holding talks with current rightsholder Warner Bros. Discovery, though NBC made an aggressive bid for its package).
But one thing is now clear: “Roundball Rock” will be making a comeback.
The song, composed by John Tesh, was the anthem of The NBA on NBC from 1990 until the network lost NBA rights in 2002.
Tesh was a guest on The Dan Le Batard Show Tuesday, and he was asked whether the network had reached out to him about re-licensing the song.
“They have, actually, yeah,” Tesh said when asked by the radio host about a reach-out from the network. “Nothing firm, but they said, ‘Hey, can you stay frosty on this?’ like a Navy SEALs thing.”
In fact, Tesh added that he was planning to re-record “Roundball Rock” next month,...
But one thing is now clear: “Roundball Rock” will be making a comeback.
The song, composed by John Tesh, was the anthem of The NBA on NBC from 1990 until the network lost NBA rights in 2002.
Tesh was a guest on The Dan Le Batard Show Tuesday, and he was asked whether the network had reached out to him about re-licensing the song.
“They have, actually, yeah,” Tesh said when asked by the radio host about a reach-out from the network. “Nothing firm, but they said, ‘Hey, can you stay frosty on this?’ like a Navy SEALs thing.”
In fact, Tesh added that he was planning to re-record “Roundball Rock” next month,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It was time.
Boomer Esiason seemed almost relieved as he discussed his departure this week from his The NFL Today cohosting duties, saying he was planning on leaving anyway.
It was announced this week that Esiason and former New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms will no longer be on the show.
Esiason said Friday during an interview on The Dan LeBatard Show that he is trying to find a better work-life balance.
“I was more than happy to step aside. I had my time there,” Esiason said. “I loved that seat. I cherished that seat, I cherished talking to football fans every Sunday, but there comes a time when you have to find some time for yourself. And this was the right time.”
Esiason, 63, announced on his Wfan morning show last week that he was ‘stepping away” from CBS’ flagship NFL show. But he has signed a long-term deal to...
Boomer Esiason seemed almost relieved as he discussed his departure this week from his The NFL Today cohosting duties, saying he was planning on leaving anyway.
It was announced this week that Esiason and former New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms will no longer be on the show.
Esiason said Friday during an interview on The Dan LeBatard Show that he is trying to find a better work-life balance.
“I was more than happy to step aside. I had my time there,” Esiason said. “I loved that seat. I cherished that seat, I cherished talking to football fans every Sunday, but there comes a time when you have to find some time for yourself. And this was the right time.”
Esiason, 63, announced on his Wfan morning show last week that he was ‘stepping away” from CBS’ flagship NFL show. But he has signed a long-term deal to...
- 5/4/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Pablo Torre is about to become a creature of two worlds.
The veteran ESPN writer and on-air personality is leaving the Disney sports-media giant — and he’s staying, too. Torre is joining Meadowlark Media, the content company founded by former ESPN chief John Skipper and the sports commentator Dan Le Batard. And yet, Torre is expected to remain a regular contributor to “Around The Horn” and “Pardon The Interruption,” two of the mainstay programs on the ESPN daytime schedule.
“They are looking to build another show directly out of ‘The Dan LeBatard Show,’ which is a monster,” Torre says of Meadowlark in an interview. Torre envisions a digital program with audio and video components that will allow him to “tell original stories, do a bit of journalism and figure out how to make that show a home that can fit all of the things I aspire to do creatively.” Torre...
The veteran ESPN writer and on-air personality is leaving the Disney sports-media giant — and he’s staying, too. Torre is joining Meadowlark Media, the content company founded by former ESPN chief John Skipper and the sports commentator Dan Le Batard. And yet, Torre is expected to remain a regular contributor to “Around The Horn” and “Pardon The Interruption,” two of the mainstay programs on the ESPN daytime schedule.
“They are looking to build another show directly out of ‘The Dan LeBatard Show,’ which is a monster,” Torre says of Meadowlark in an interview. Torre envisions a digital program with audio and video components that will allow him to “tell original stories, do a bit of journalism and figure out how to make that show a home that can fit all of the things I aspire to do creatively.” Torre...
- 3/14/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Jon “Stugotz” Weiner, co-host of Espn’s “The Dan Le Batard Show,” ripped ABC’s Kelly Ripa for failing to show up to work today. Michael Strahan formally announced on Wednesday’s “Live! with Kelly and Michael” that he’s leaving the program to move to “Good Morning America,” but his co-host, Ripa, was not there. TheWrap previously reported that Ripa was left in the dark about the Strahan’s decision to leave. In a segment called, “I mean this guy, really?,” Weiner bashed his Disney colleague for skipping “Live! with Kelly and Michael” after reports that Michael Strahan‘s...
- 4/20/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
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