Wednesday Night Baseball
| Wednesday Night Baseball | |
|---|---|
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| Starring |
Jon Sciambi Rick Sutcliffe Doug Glanville and others (see below) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 27th Season |
| Production | |
| Running time | 3 hours (approximate) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ESPN (1990-) ESPN2 (1996-2005) |
| Original release | April 18, 1990 – Present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | SportsCenter |
| Followed by | Baseball Tonight |
| Related shows |
Sun Night Baseball Mon Night Baseball |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Wednesday Night Baseball is a live game telecast of Major League Baseball that airs every Wednesday night during the regular season on ESPN. The game starts at 7pm ET, following SportsCenter, and usually lasts around three hours (six counting the Monday Night Baseball game every September at the start of the NFL season) with an hour-long Baseball Tonight following the game leading up to the 11pm ET SportsCenter (1am ET for September games with Baseball Tonight moving to ESPN2 at 12am ET). The official name is ESPN Wednesday Night Baseball presented by Exxon and Mobil. Every April some broadcasts air on ESPN2 due to ESPN's priority with Wednesday's NBA coverage.
Wednesday Night Baseball is not exclusive to ESPN. Local sports networks may still air the game. ESPNEWS is seen on ESPN during the game in the teams' designated markets, unless local broadcasters choose not to televise the game. ESPN's blackout (100-mile radius from the stadium, and all of a team's designated market) can be lifted in the latter scenario. On double-headers in September, due to the broadcast of Monday Night Football, either one of the Wednesday Night Baseball games will co-exist with the local markets' carriers and will not always be subject to blackout.
A complete list of broadcasters, with their period of tenure on the show (beginning years of each season shown).
The program debuted in 1990, when ESPN first acquired MLB rights. From 2000 to 2005, Wednesday night baseball doubleheaders usually aired at 7pm ET on ESPN and 10pm ET on ESPN2, though this could have changed depending on ESPN's programming schedule. The second part of the doubleheader was discontinued after 2005 season, however.
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