Notre Dame Football on NBC
| Notre Dame Football on NBC | |
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| Also known as | Notre Dame Football on NBCSN |
| Genre | College football telecasts |
| Presented by |
Commentators: Bob Costas Doug Flutie Dan Hicks Kathryn Tappen Studio hosts: Dhani Jones Liam McHugh (for former analysts, commentators and studio hosts, see section) |
| Theme music composer | John Colby |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 26 |
| No. of episodes | 174 (through 2016) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, Indiana, U.S. (Regular season) Various NCAA stadiums (Bowl season and Shamrock Series) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 210 minutes or until game ends |
| Production company(s) |
National Collegiate Athletic Association NBC Sports Telemundo Deportes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
NBC NBCSN Telemundo NBC Universo |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | September 7, 1991 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Notre Dame Football on NBC is a presentation of college football games involving the Notre Dame Fighting Irish that are produced by NBC Sports, the sports division of the NBC television network in the United States. NBC has broadcast all Notre Dame home games since September 7, 1991, with one game so far broadcast live on NBC Sports's sports cable channel, NBCSN.
Since NBC began airing Notre Dame home football games in 1991, the network's deal with the university has ensured that all of its home games are on national broadcast television, a unique configuration amongst American sports. Most of the games are televised in the afternoon, usually starting at 3:30 p.m. ET. Since 2011, two significant home games per year were shown during prime time at 7:30 p.m. ET. The games were typically planned around NBC's schedule of such sporting events which are Golf Channel and Thoroughbred Racing on NBC and include full-game replays on NBCSN.
On August 25, 1991, NBC signed a five-year broadcasting contract with the University of Notre Dame, worth $38 million. Notre Dame got half of the $7.6 million that NBC paid for the rights each year of the deal and its opponent received the other half.
The network's 1993 broadcast of the game between Florida State Seminoles and Notre Dame (ranked as the #1 and #2 college football teams at the time) is still the most-watched regular season college football game since NBC began carrying the Fighting Irish's games.
In 2009, Notre Dame began to play one home game each year at a neutral site outside of the university's South Bend, Indiana campus for recruitment and exposure purposes, which are broadcast nationally on NBC as part of the television deal with 7:30 p.m. Eastern start times under the banner of the Shamrock Series. This was initiated with a late October 2009 game against Washington State at the Alamodome in San Antonio. A November 2010 matchup against Army at Yankee Stadium, which NBC also televised, was also a Notre Dame home game, despite West Point's proximity to the Tri-State area. Notre Dame battled Miami at Soldier Field in 2012 and met Arizona State at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas in 2013, a year later Notre Dame played Purdue at Lucas Oil Stadium and in 2015, Notre Dame played against Boston College at Fenway Park.
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