NHL, Turner Sports reach 7 year TV deal for games on TNT, TBS

[BKIslandersFan]

Not hockey related, but Turner nearing agreement with Bob Costas to host their baseball coverage for the NLCS to fill in for Ernie Johnson.

Bob Costas likely to host NLCS for TBS this October

Oh for christ sake. He sucks.

 

[Spydey629]

Not hockey related, but Turner nearing agreement with Bob Costas to host their baseball coverage for the NLCS to fill in for Ernie Johnson.

Bob Costas likely to host NLCS for TBS this October

Ha. Will he host the Winter Classic for TNT now, too?

 

[OG6ix]

Oh for christ sake. He sucks.

They should bring in Vince McMahon to have an interview with him again 20 years later.

 

[The Lukeman]

Interesting to see that TNT will be picking up at least 1 preseason game. This could be TNT's 1st NHL broadcast. Has the NHL ever had a preseason game on a national network before?

 

[Fenway]

Interesting to see that TNT will be picking up at least 1 preseason game. This could be TNT's 1st NHL broadcast. Has the NHL ever had a preseason game on a national network before?

NBCSN did several that were tied in with the Kraft Hockeyville promotion

 

[jkrdevil]

Probably smart of them to pick up a pre-season game to work out the kinks before night 1. Don’t want a debit like OLN had.

 

[OG6ix]

Probably smart of them to pick up a pre-season game to work out the kinks before night 1. Don’t want a debit like OLN had.

Oh god... I remember that first OLN broadcast they started with an overrun of some Mike Utley documentary that cut into the first period.

 

[skeena1]

Interesting to see that TNT will be picking up at least 1 preseason game. This could be TNT's 1st NHL broadcast. Has the NHL ever had a preseason game on a national network before?

Pretty sure Sportsnet has carried nation-wide preseason games in the past.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Pretty sure Sportsnet has carried nation-wide preseason games in the past.

OP obviously meant 'in the US'.

 

[Trizent]

NBCSN has had a few preseason games the last number of years.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

Looks like McHugh is headed to Turner if you connect the dots

 

[Shockmaster]

Looks like McHugh is headed to Turner if you connect the dots

The NHL on NBC on TNT.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

McHugh has also removed NBC Sports from his Twitter bio as well

 

[Lee Sharpe]

When Turner will sopen social media accounts on Twitter and Instagram?

 

[Shockmaster]

When Turner will sopen social media accounts on Twitter and Instagram?

Maybe they will whenever they announce the broadcast schedule - which should be any decade now.

 

[Spydey629]

Maybe they will whenever they announce the broadcast schedule - which should be any decade now.

Now that the Olympic issue has been resolved (for now), I'm willing to bet the schedule gets announced Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, after the holiday and ahead of the NFL starting Thursday night.

 

[Shockmaster]

Now that the Olympic issue has been resolved (for now), I'm willing to bet the schedule gets announced Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, after the holiday and ahead of the NFL starting Thursday night.

Wouldn't be surprised if it happens on SportsCenter.

 

[jkrdevil]

So it looks like TNT will also have late season Sunday games. Basically everything NBC had before.

 

[Spydey629]

Now that the Olympic issue has been resolved (for now), I'm willing to bet the schedule gets announced Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, after the holiday and ahead of the NFL starting Thursday night.

Oops...

At this point, I feel like they’re all just toying with us.

 

[Shockmaster]

Oops...

At this point, I feel like they’re all just toying with us.

It's pretty pathetic that we're less than 5 weeks away from the start of the regular season and they still haven't released the broadcast schedule.

 

[jkrdevil]

Turner’s personnel announcement.

Liam McHugh Will Join WarnerMedia’s TV Hockey Team

Liam McHugh to host. Brendan Burke secondary play by play. Keith Jones moves to between the bench commentary. Bissonette will contribute. So will Jennifer Botteril and Jackie Redmond. Looks like Tarik El-Bashir (former Caps beat writer) will fill the “insider” role.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

Turner’s personnel announcement.

Liam McHugh Will Join WarnerMedia’s TV Hockey Team

Liam McHugh to host. Brendan Burke secondary play by play. Keith Jones moves to between the bench commentary. Bissonette will contribute. So will Jennifer Botteril and Jackie Redmond. Looks like Tarik El-Bashir (former Caps beat writer) will fill the “insider” role.

Glad Keith Jones won’t be in the studio, him being between benches is a solid role for him.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[jkrdevil]

 

[John Price]

Maybe it's just me but the TNT crew excites me more than the ESPN one. The ESPN one is okay but this one has Albert and Edzo as well as a solid analysis panel with Tarik. Also they brought along Brendan Burke.

Does anyone know about Alex Faust? I liked hearing him on the west coast games late at night.