- Big Name: ESPN/ABC broadcaster Terry Gannon will make his debut on The Golf Channel during this week’s LPGA Championship. Gannon, who joined The Golf Channel in April, will call his first PGA event for the network during the AT&T National in July. (Fang’s Bites)
- Idle Note: Telemundo will air a Spanish-language simulcast of NBC’s September 26 Jets/Dolphins game on its affiliates in New York, Miami and Los Angeles “to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month.” The network will provide its own announcers, though it will use NBC’s feed of the game. (The Wrap, televisionbroadcast.com)
- The Ratings Game: Monday’s Yankees/Diamondbacks game drew a 5.8 rating on FS Arizona, the network’s highest Diamondbacks rating of the season. The game was the top program of the day in the Phoenix market. (KTAR)
In latest blow to early negotiations, NFL talks with Paramount on “pause”
Chances of the NFL renegotiating any of its media rights deals before the season appear slim to none.
