MLB 2015 TV Primer: National Broadcasts

 ESPN

• Sunday Night Baseball: National exclusive prime time game
• Baseball Tonight: 26th year of signature studio show airing nightly; Debut of Monday and Wednesday telecasts at 5:30 pm on ESPN2
• Bi-weekly night games (Monday & Wednesday, select blackouts); Multi-game broadcasts on Opening Day & National holidays 
• New Graphics package throughout during telecast, including K-Zone appearing continuously on each pitch
  
• Post Season: AL Wild Card; Entire postseason on ESPN Radio  

Sunday Night Baseball: Dan Shulman, John Kruk, Curt Schilling & Buster Olney 
Monday Night Baseball: Dave O’Brien, Aaron Boone; Mark Mulder or Dallas Braden
Wednesday Night Baseball: Jon Sciambi, Rick Sutcliffe, Doug Glanville; others
SNB on ESPN Radio: Jon Sciambi, Chris Singleton
ESPN Deportes: Ernesto Jerez, Luis Alfredo Alvarez, Ozzie Guillen, Guillermo Celis

Baseball Tonight:  
Hosts: Karl Ravech, Hakem Dermish, Jon Sciambi, Adnan Virk
Analyst: Manny Acta, Boone, Dallas Braden, Kruk, Schilling, Sutcliffe; others
Insiders: Olney, Kurkjian, Pedro Gomez, Jason Stark

Opening Week
Sun, April 5: St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, ESPN2, 8 pm
Mon, April 6: Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees, ESPN 1 pm
Mon, April 6: New York Mets at Washington Nationals, ESPN 4 pm
Mon, April 6: Cleveland Indians at Houston Astros, ESPN 7 pm
Mon, April 6: San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks, ESPN2 10 pm
Wed, April 8: Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies, ESPN2 7 pm
Wed, April 8: San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers, ESPN2 10 pm

Sunday Night Baseball Schedule, ESPN, 8 p.m.
April 05: Cardinals at Cubs (ESPN2)
April 12: Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees
April 19: Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals
April 26: New York Mets at New York Yankees
May 03: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
May 10: Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers
May 17: Detroit Tigers at St. Louis Cardinals
May 24: Texas Rangers at New York Yankees
May 31: Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels (ESPN2)
July 12: St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates
July 19: Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Angels

FOX Sports

• FOX Sports: 65 games on FOX & FOX Sports 1, with 7 Saturday prime time during the summer.  Games air as national broadcasts or co-existing games with RSNs. 
• Post Season: AL Divisional & Championship Series. Mostly on FS1 
• The World Series: Exclusively on FOX 
• MLB Whip Around: MLB Studio show airing nightly on FS1

Lead Broadcasters: Joe Buck, Harold Reynolds, Tom Verducci
Other: Matt Vasgersian, John Smoltz, Kenny Albert, Joe Davis, Aaron Goldsmith, Justin Kutcher, C.J. Nitkowski, Eric Karros; Local RSN Announcers
Reporters: Ken Rosenthal, Jon Paul Morosi; Erin Andrews (Postseason)
Whip Around/Pregame Studio: Kevin Burkhardt, Ryan Field, Chris Myers, Raul Ibanez, Frank Thomas, Karros, Nitkowski, Mark Sweeney

MLB on FOX Schedule
Saturday MLB on FOX Sports 1 April Schedule
April 11: Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, FS1 1 pm
April 11: Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels, FS1 9 pm
April 18: Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox, FS1 4 pm
April 18: New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays, FS1 7 pm
April 25: Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers, FS1 1 pm
April 25: New York Mets at New York Yankees, FS1 4 pm

Baseball Night in America, Saturdays, FOX 7 pm
May, 23: Angels at Red Sox| Cardinals at Royals| Orioles at Marlins
May, 30: Red Sox at Rangers| Royals at Cubs| Dodgers at Cardinals
June, 6: Angels at Yankees| Tigers at White Sox| Pirates at Braves
June, 13: Yankees at Orioles| Reds at Cubs| D’backs at Giants
June, 27: Indians at Orioles| Mariners at Angels| Cubs at Cardinals
July, 4: Twins at Royals| Phillies at Braves| Marlins at Cubs| Brewers at Reds| Mets at Dodgers
July, 11: Yankees at Red Sox| Nationals at Orioles| Cardinals at Pirates
July, 15: 2015 MLB All-Star Game; Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, 8 pm
Sept, 12: Cardinals at Reds| Royals at Orioles, 1 pm
Sept 19: Cardinals vs. Cubs| Yankees vs. Mets, 1 pm
Sept 26 & Oct 3 TBD

MLB Network

• MLB Network air 24-hour game coverage & original programming throughout the  Season
• MLB Tonight: Nightly league wide studio show
• MLB Network Showcase: Network produced broadcast airing several games a month
• Live Games: Simulcasts from RSNs, airing almost daily
• Postseason: Two AL Division series games (leased from FOX) 

MLB Showcase:  
Bob Costas, Jim Kaat, John Smoltz, Tom Verducci, Sam Ryan; others

MLB Tonight:  
Hosts: Greg Amsinger, Fran Charles, Paul Severino, Matt Vasgersian; others
Analysts: Al Leiter, Pedro Martinez, Dan Plesac, Harold Reynolds, Bill Ripken, Smoltz; others
Insiders: Peter Gammons, Jon Heyman, Ken Rosenthal, Joel Sherman, Verducci

MLB Network Daily Programming
10 a.m.: MLB Central new: Vasgersian, Mark DeRosa, Lauren Shehadi
1 p.m.: High Heat: Christopher Russo
2 p.m.: The Rundown: Matt Yalloff, Kelly Nash
4 p.m.: MLB Now; Brian Kenny
5 p.m.: Intentional Talk: Chris Rose, Kevin Millar
6 p.m. & Primetime: MLB Tonight
1 a.m.: Quick Pitch: Heidi Watney; others

MLB Network Showcase Games, April Schedule
April 10; Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees; MLBN 7 p.m.
April 21; St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Nationals, MLBN 7 p.m.
April 24; New York Mets at New York Yankees, MLBN 7 p.m.

MLB Network April Live Games Schedule

Turner Sports

• TBS will air 13 Sunday games in July through regular season (limited blackouts)
• Post Season: include exclusive coverage of the entire National League Postseason
• Sunday MLB on TBS: Schedule to be announced this summer

Talent: Ernie Johnson, Ron Darling, Cal Ripken; Brian Anderson, Dick Stockton, Dennis Eckersley


Other MLB Platforms 

• MLB Extra Innings* (Cable/Dish): Coverage of all MLB games 
• Strike Zone (Cable/Dish): Red Zone type coverage of Tuesday & Friday games 
• MLB.TV*: Live internet streaming of all Major League Games; All-Star Game and all postseason games available 
• MLB at Bat*: Live Streaming on Tablets & Smartphones

* - blackouts apply

All information is subject to change based on network announcement