- Idle Note: TNT Overtime on NBA.com will offer viewers a special Announcer Cam during Thursday’s Heat/Bulls game on TNT, called by Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley. Johnson, Smith and Barkley will offer “live commentary” during some commercial breaks. (Turner Sports)
- Big Name: ESPN SportsCenter anchor Steve Levy will call the April 5 Twins/Angels game for ESPN2, the first time he has called a baseball game for the network. Levy previously served as a play-by-play voice for NHL telecasts on ESPN. (ESPN)
- The Ratings Game: Sunday’s Rangers/Bruins game on NBC drew just a 0.8 rating in the New York market (peaked with a 1.2) and a 2.4 in Boston (peaked with a 3.4). The two markets combined to average just over 113,000 households for Sunday’s game. For perspective, the Capitals/Blackhawks game a week earlier drew just under 156,000 households in Chicago alone. (pifeedback.com)
NBC opens weekly “Sunday Night Baseball” slate with better matchup, bigger audience
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