Viewers will not see any beer or gambling ads during Nickelodeon’s Super Bowl broadcast; the Orioles suspend an announcer for reminding viewers that the team used to be lousy; plus more sports media news.
Nickelodeon Super Bowl broadcast will not include beer, gambling ads
Nickelodeon’s alternate presentation of Super Bowl 58 will not include advertising for alcohol and gambling brands, Sports Business Journal reported last week, with those spots replaced by advertising for a different company, an in-house promo, or game coverage. As noted by SBJ, last year’s Super Bowl included more than a dozen spots for companies in one of those three categories. The broadcast will otherwise air the same ads that run during the main CBS broadcast.
The approach is similar to that used on previous Nickelodeon broadcasts, with the notable difference that CBS had not previously sought to sell the unused advertising space to a different company. (SBJ 8.4 a, b)
Orioles suspend voice for pointing out team has lost games in past
The Baltimore Orioles suspended play-by-play voice Kevin Brown indefinitely after he pointed out on-air that the team had won as many games in Tampa Bay this year as in the previous three years combined, per multiple reports Monday. Brown has been off of the Orioles TV broadcasts since he made the comments July 23, though he did fill-in on a radio broadcast after another Orioles announcer ran afoul of team apparel rules, per The Athletic.
It is not uncommon for teams to discipline the local broadcaster for perceived slights of the on-field product; as just one example, the Knicks parted ways with longtime play-by-play voice Marv Albert in 2004 for criticizing the team’s poor play. (Awful Announcing 8.7, The Athletic 8.7)
Plus: CW’s Miller, Stanford & Cal; Sherman
- Nexstar-run The CW has reached a contract extension with president Dennis Miller through 2027, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Miller is just months into a tenure that began last October but has already steered The CW to its first several sports rights deals, acquiring rights to LIV Golf, a package of Raycom-produced ACC football and basketball games, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. (THR 8.4)
- Stanford and Cal have expressed interest in joining the ACC, per CBS Sports, and the conference has set meetings for this week to discuss the possibility. The two California schools are among only four remaining in the Pac-12 after this season. (CBS Sports 8.4)
- Amazon Prime NFL analyst Richard Sherman is joining FS1 as a contributor to the network’s “Undisputed” debate show, The New York Post reported Monday. (NYP 8.7)
