When Major League Baseball singed a new TV deal in July, the only piece of the package that wasn't picked up was one of the League Championship Series; Turner had picked up the Division Series and a Sunday night game of the week, and FOX retained the World Series, All-Star Game, a Saturday game package, and one of the LCS's. It was unusual to see a playoff package still up for grabs for this long, but now MLB has finally found that series a home.Turner Broadcasting announced today that they have picked up that remaining package for an undiclosed sum. This will mark the first time that an LCS will be shown exclusively on cable, although it's likely that the local markets involved will get to see the cable feed on a broadcast station. So, both first- and second-round games will be shown on TBS. Now they just need to hire some announcers. Steve Lyons is available, but let's hope they, uh, go in another direction, if you get my drift.
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10-17-2006 @ 10:16PM
Porchland said...
Is this Fox acknowledging that baseball isn't worth the carnage it wreaks on Fox's primetime schedule?
Yes.
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10-17-2006 @ 10:43PM
Joel Keller said...
Considering they still have the World Series and one LCS, I doubt it. They paid billions for their piece of the new contract, and they did it way before they saw the lousy ratings from this current postseason. Seems like a bad buy to me. And, while the carnage will be smaller, there will still be carnage once the LCS round begins.
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