MLB Tuesday
| MLB Tuesday | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Also known as | MLB on TBS MLB En Vivo |
| Genre | Baseball telecasts |
| Presented by | Brian Anderson Bob Costas Ron Darling Jeff Francoeur Ernie Johnson Lauren Shehadi Curtis Granderson Jimmy Rollins Pedro Martinez Luis Quiñones |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Various MLB stadiums (game telecasts) Techwood Studios, Atlanta, Georgia (TBS studio segments, pregame and postgame shows) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 180 minutes (varies depending on game length) |
| Production companies | TNT Sports TUDN |
| Original release | |
| Network | TBS TruTV Max UniMás TUDN |
| Release | April 12, 2022 – present |
| Related | |
| MLB on TBS | |
MLB Tuesday is an American television presentation of Major League Baseball (MLB) games produced by TNT Sports primarily for TBS. The show debuted on April 12, 2022 and features a 30-minute studio show before and after each game.
ESPN, FX and FS1 occasionally aired games on Tuesday nights prior to 2022 those games were known as Tuesday Night baseball at the time. MLB Network currently airs games on Tuesday nights in place of TBS when it is not airing any games that week (when TBS decides to air a doubleheader on another week), immediately before the beginning or after the conclusion of games on TBS and no games at all when TBS airs games in both windows.
History
[edit] | This section needs additional citations for verification. (May 2021) |
ESPN (1990–1993)
[edit]On January 5, 1989, Major League Baseball signed a $400 million deal with ESPN, who would show over 175 games beginning in 1990. For the next four years, ESPN would televise six games a week (Sunday Night Baseball, Wednesday Night Baseball and doubleheaders on Tuesdays and Fridays), as well as multiple games on Opening Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day.
Since the end of that contract ESPN has not officially aired a full slate of Tuesday night games but has consistently aired several games per year since 1997. With Turner Sports gaining the exclusive rights to MLB games on Tuesday nights, Tuesday night ESPN games were discontinued.
Fox Sports
[edit]FX (1997–1998)
[edit]In 1997, FX obtained the partial pay-TV rights to MLB games; while most game telecasts aired on Monday nights or Saturday nights, 11 games in 1997 and 1 game in 1998 aired on Tuesdays.
FS1 (2014–2021)
[edit]FS1 occasionally aired baseball on Tuesday nights between 2014 and 2021 as part of their irregularly scheduled non-exclusive broadcast package. With the TBS television package having moved to Tuesday nights in 2021, FS1's schedule no longer includes Tuesday night games.
MLB Tuesday on TBS (2022–present)
[edit]Prior to 2022, during the regular season, TBS broadcast a weekly game nationally on Sunday afternoons, under the title Sunday MLB on TBS. These games were not exclusive to TBS and were blacked out in local markets, to protect the stations that hold the local broadcast rights to the games. In the affected areas, simulcasts of programming from sister network HLN aired in place of the games.[1]
On September 24, 2020, it was announced that Turner Sports had renewed its baseball rights through 2028 (aligned with the conclusion of Fox's most recent extension). However instead of a package of Sunday afternoon games the contract includes primetime games on Tuesday nights throughout the regular season.[2][3][4]
The program includes a 30-minute studio show before and after each game.[5]
During the final month of the 2024 Major League Baseball season, TBS' sister network TruTV will air MLB Race to the Pennant on Tuesday nights. The show will feature a whip-around format hosted by Alanna Rizzo and Yonder Alonso. MLB Tuesday will also air doubleheaders the final three weeks of the season. One of the doubleheaders will feature one game instead on TruTV, marking the first time the network has aired a regular season MLB game in full.[6]
MLB En Vivo on UniMás and TUDN (2024–present)
[edit]On August 15, 2024, Major League Baseball announced a multi-year agreement with TelevisaUnivision. UniMás and TUDN will air a weekly whip-around show, MLB En Vivo, in Spanish on Tuesday nights. Univision talent includes Antonio de Valdés and Enrique Burak as hosts, Daniel Nohra and Luis Quiñones as play-by-play commentators and Luis Alberto Martínez and Daniel Schvarztman as reporters and guest analysts.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Fang, Ken (October 25, 2016). "DOES THE MLB ON TBS PACKAGE REALLY BENEFIT FANS AND VIEWERS?". Awful Announcing.
- ^ "Turner Sports, MLB officially agree to new seven-year media rights deal Turner Sports, MLB officially agree to new seven-year media rights deal". Awful Announcing. 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ Hayes, Dade (September 24, 2020). "WarnerMedia, Major League Baseball Reach 7-Year Rights Extension At Reported $3.75B; Will HBO Max Benefit?". Deadline.
- ^ Marchand, Andrew (September 24, 2020). "MLB's new $3.75 billion deal with Turner includes big changes". New York Post.
- ^ "New MLB on TBS Tuesday Night Season-Long Live Franchise to Debut with NL West Clash – San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants – Tuesday, April 12, at 9:30 p.m. ET". Turner Sports. March 21, 2022.
- ^ Bucholtz, Andrew (September 4, 2024). "Alanna Rizzo to host truTV 'MLB Race To The Pennant' whiparound show". Awful Announcing. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ "TelevisaUnivision and Major League Baseball Announce New Multi-Year Partnership". TelevisaUnivision. August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
External links
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- Major League Baseball on television
- TNT Sports (United States)
- Major League Baseball on Fox
- ESPN original programming
- TBS (American TV channel) original programming
- Fox Sports 1 original programming
- FX Networks original programming
- 1990s American sports television series
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- 2020s American sports television series
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