The following is a list of the American radio and television networks and announcers that have broadcast the Major League Baseball All-Star Game over the years.
Year | Venue/Host team | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Field reporters | Pregame host | Pregame analysts |
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2024 | Globe Life Field, Texas Rangers | Fox [1] | Joe Davis | John Smoltz | Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci | Kevin Burkhardt | Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, and Derek Jeter |
2023 | T-Mobile Park, Seattle Mariners | Fox [2] | Joe Davis | John Smoltz | Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci | Kevin Burkhardt | Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, and Derek Jeter |
2022 | Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers | Fox [3] | Joe Davis | John Smoltz | Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci | Kevin Burkhardt | Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, and Frank Thomas |
2021 | Coors Field, Colorado Rockies | Fox [4] | Joe Buck | John Smoltz | Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci | Kevin Burkhardt | Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, and Frank Thomas |
2020 | Not held because of the coronavirus pandemic |
Year | Venue/Host team | Network | Play-by-play |
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1949 | Ebbets Field, Brooklyn Dodgers | CBS | Red Barber |
1948 | Sportsman's Park, St. Louis Browns | KSD | Bob Ingham |
Year | Venue/Host team | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator | Reporters | Studio host |
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2024 | Globe Life Field, Texas Rangers | ESPN | Karl Ravech | Doug Glanville | Buster Olney and Tim Kurkjian | Marc Kestecher |
2023 | T-Mobile Park, Seattle Mariners | ESPN | Jon Sciambi | Doug Glanville | Buster Olney and Tim Kurkjian | Kevin Winter |
2022 | Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers | ESPN | Jon Sciambi | Doug Glanville | Buster Olney and Tim Kurkjian | Marc Kestecher |
2021 | Coors Field, Colorado Rockies | ESPN | Jon Sciambi | Chris Singleton | Buster Olney and Tim Kurkjian | Kevin Winter |
2020 | Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic |
Major League Baseball (MLB) has been broadcast on American television since the 1950s, with initial broadcasts on the experimental station W2XBS, the predecessor of the modern WNBC in New York City. The World Series was televised on a networked basis since 1947, with regular season games broadcast nationally since 1953. Over the forthcoming years, MLB games became major attractions for American television networks, and each of the Big Three networks would air packages of baseball games at various times until the year 2000. Fox would rise to major network status, partially on its acquisition of MLB rights in 1996; Fox has been MLB's primary broadcast television partner ever since.
MLB on Fox is an American presentation of Major League Baseball (MLB) games produced by Fox Sports, the sports division of the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox), since June 1, 1996. The broadcaster has aired the World Series in 1996, 1998, and every edition since 2000, and the All-Star Game in 1997, 1999, and every year since 2001. It has also aired the National League Championship Series (NLCS) and American League Championship Series (ALCS) in alternate years from 1996 to 2000 and since 2007, with the NLCS in even years and the ALCS in odd years.
Major League Baseball on CBS is the branding used for broadcasts of Major League Baseball (MLB) games produced by CBS Sports, the sports division of the CBS television network in the United States.
National television broadcasts of Major League Baseball (MLB) games have aired on ABC in various formats. The network first aired Saturday Major League Baseball Game of the Week games between 1953 and 1955, in 1960, and in 1965. ABC then televised MLB games from 1976 to 1989, airing Monday Night Baseball, Thursday Night Baseball, and Sunday Afternoon Baseball in various years during that period.
The Baseball Network was an American television broadcasting joint venture between ABC, NBC and Major League Baseball (MLB). Under the arrangement, beginning in the 1994 season, MLB produced its own broadcasts in-house which were then brokered to air on ABC and NBC. The Baseball Network was the first television network in the United States to be owned by a professional sports league.
Monday Night Baseball was an American live game telecast of Major League Baseball (MLB) that aired on Monday nights during the regular season.
The following is a list of announcers who called Major League Baseball telecasts for the joint venture between Major League Baseball, ABC and NBC called The Baseball Network. Announcers who represented each of the teams playing in the respective games were typically paired with each other on regular season Baseball Night in America telecasts. ABC used Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, Tim McCarver and Lesley Visser as the lead broadcasting team. Meanwhile, NBC used Bob Costas, Joe Morgan, Bob Uecker and Jim Gray as their lead broadcasting team.
On December 14, 1988, CBS paid approximately $1.8 billion for exclusive television rights for over four years. CBS paid about $265 million each year for the World Series, League Championship Series, All-Star Game, and the Saturday Game of the Week. It was one of the largest agreements between the sport of baseball and the business of broadcasting.
After Wayne Gretzky was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988, CBC began showing occasional double-headers when Canadian teams visited Los Angeles to showcase the sport's most popular player. These games were often joined in progress, as the regular start time for Hockey Night in Canada was still 8 p.m. Eastern Time and the Kings home games began at 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Beginning in the 1995 season, weekly double-headers became permanent, with games starting at 7:30 Eastern and 7:30 Pacific, respectively. In 1998, the start times were moved ahead to 7 p.m. ET and PT.
Sunday Afternoon Baseball is the de facto branding used for nationally televised live game telecasts of Major League Baseball games on Sunday afternoons during the regular season.
The following article details the history of Major League Baseball on NBC, the broadcast of Major League Baseball games on the NBC television network.
The following article details the history of Major League Baseball on ABC, the broadcast of Major League Baseball games on the ABC television network.
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