MLB on TBS
| Major League Baseball on TBS | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Baseball telecasts |
| Presented by |
Ernie Johnson, Jr. Ron Darling Cal Ripken, Jr. Brian Anderson Dennis Eckersley (for other commentators and announcers, see below) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jeff Behnke, Glenn Diamond |
| Location(s) |
Various MLB stadiums (game telecasts) Turner Studios, Atlanta, Georgia (studio segments, pregame and postgame shows) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 180 minutes (varies depending on game length) |
| Production company(s) | Turner Sports |
| Release | |
| Original network |
TBS TNT (overflow playoff coverage) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | July 1, 2007 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Major League Baseball on TBS (also sometimes referred to as Sunday MLB on TBS during the regular season) is a presentation of regular season and postseason Major League Baseball game telecasts that air on the American cable and satellite network TBS. The games are produced by Turner Sports, the sports division of the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner.
Atlanta Braves baseball games had been a local staple on Atlanta independent station WTBS (channel 17, now WPCH-TV; which, like TBS, was owned by Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System) since Turner acquired the team's broadcast rights in 1973, and subsequently gained national prominence when the station was uplinked to satellite in December 1976, becoming one of America's first superstations. Along with Chicago-based WGN-TV, WTBS was one of the few television stations that broadcast local sporting events to a national audience, with some even giving the Braves the title "America's Team".
On July 11, 1988, the day before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game from Cincinnati, TBS televised the annual All-Star Gala from the Cincinnati Zoo. Larry King hosted the broadcast with Craig Sager and Pete Van Wieren handling interviews. The broadcast's big draw would've been the Home Run Derby, which TBS intended on taping during the afternoon, and later airing it in prime time during the Gala coverage. The Gala coverage also had some canned features such as highlights from previous All-Star Games, a segment on Cincinnati's baseball history, a video recap of the season's first half and, a slow-motion highlight montage set to "This Is the Time" by Styx frontman Dennis DeYoung. Unfortunately, the derby and a skills competition were canceled due to rain. As a result, TBS scrambled to try to fill nearly an hour of now-open airtime. For example, the Gatlin Brothers, the event's musical guests, who had already played a full concert, were asked to come back out and play some more.
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