Major League Baseball on NBC
Major League Baseball on NBC is the de facto branding for weekly broadcasts of Major League Baseball (MLB) games that are produced by NBC Sports, and televised on the NBC television network; and, as of 2022, as well as on its co-owned streaming service, Peacock. Major League Baseball games first aired on the network from 1947 to 1989, including The NBC Game of the Week, when CBS acquired the broadcast television rights.
| Major League Baseball on NBC | |
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Major League Baseball on NBC logo circa 1999. | |
| Also known as | The NBC Game of the Week Baseball Night in America MLB Sunday Leadoff |
| Genre | Major League Baseball game telecasts |
| Directed by | Harry Coyle Ted Nathanson John Gonzalez Doug Grabert Bucky Gunts Andy Rosenberg |
| Presented by | List of announcers |
| Theme music composer | Randy Edelman Kevin Gavin Clark Gault Steve Martin Scott Schreer Mitch & Ira Yuspeh |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Scotty Connal Don Ohlmeyer Michael Weisman Terry O'Neill Dick Ebersol Tom Roy |
| Producers | David Neal Roy Hammerman George Finkel John J. Filippelli Kenneth Roy Edmundson Les Dennis Kevin Smollon (associate producer) Jeffrey Simon (associate producer) Ramon Plaza (associate producer) Elliott Kalb (associate producer) Steve Horn (associate producer) |
| Cinematography | Tom Adza Jim Bragg Eric A. Eisenstein Rick Fox Lou Gerard Steve Gonzalez Dave Hage Thomas K. Hogan Cory Leible Vaughn Kilgore Jim Lynch Tim O'Neill Albert Rice, Jr. Luis Rojas Nick Utley |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 180 minutes, or until conclusion |
| Production company | NBC Sports |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 30, 1947 – October 9, 1989 |
| Release | July 12, 1994 – October 17, 2000 |
| Release | May 8, 2022 – present |
| Related | |
| Major League Baseball on ABC Baseball Night in America Major League Baseball Game of the Week Major League Baseball: An Inside Look Monday Night Baseball | |
Games returned to the network in 1994 as part of The Baseball Network, a time-brokered package of broadcasts produced by Major League Baseball and split with ABC. After The Baseball Network folded after the 1995 season, NBC retained a smaller package through 2000, alternating rights to a package of postseason games with Fox (with NBC carrying the National League Championship Series and World Series in odd-numbered years, and the American League Championship Series and All-Star Game in even-numbered years).
The Comcast SportsNet regional sports networks became part of NBC Sports after Comcast acquired NBCUniversal in 2011; they currently hold rights to the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, and San Francisco Giants. In 2022, NBC returned to national MLB coverage by acquiring a package of games for its streaming service Peacock.