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Bob Costas issued a warning against legalized sports betting while speaking to “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker on Sunday, emphasizing its impact on families.

“In the big picture, the house always wins,” he said, “[and] now you’ve got young guys with a phone in their hand, it’s right there. And some of those people are going to become addicted to it and it’s going to ruin some lives, that’s inevitable.”

Costas, who has been open about his father’s own sports gambling addiction in the past, also admitted to Welker he could not read gambling promos while calling games for the Major League Baseball Network.

“I just couldn’t in good conscience encourage people to do something which I know — for some of them it’s obviously just a little recreation and it’s fine, but there’s an insidious aspect to it that I didn...

To help you anticipate and navigate all that television has to offer across broadcast, cable and streaming, TVLine offers daily, weekly and monthly What to Watch digests, as well as an overview of every new TV show premiering in 2025.

This week, you’ll find 14 series premieres (including Dexter: Resurrection and the Bosch: Legacy spinoff Ballard), 20 returning series (including the returns of Big Brother, Impractical Jokers and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and a dozen finales (including Criminal Minds, Murderbot and Poker Face).

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With the season heating up, Major League Baseball and Roku announced today that Going, Going, Gone: The Magic of the Home Run will stream free beginning Sunday, July 6, on The Roku Channel.

Hosted by renowned comedian, Emmy-nominated producer, and baseball fanatic Roy Wood Jr., the all-new Roku Original produced by MLB Studios will explore the evolution and appeal of the home run and the Home Run Derby, one of the most thrilling events in sports.

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Blending Wood Jr.’s comedic style and passion for the game, classic archival footage, interviews with current star players, and fun, interactive segments with baseball legends, the special will capture the hearts and minds of all baseball fans.

Wood Jr., who served for eight years as a Daily Show correspondent, says of hosting the program, “As a baseball fan, it’s an honor to lead the exploration into one...

Chicago Cubs fan Roy Wood Jr. is heading back to the ballpark in a new documentary for Roku.

Wood Jr., who spent eight years as a correspondent for The Daily Show, grew up playing baseball in Birmingham, Alabama and is now set to host Going, Going Gone: The Magic of the Home Run.

The Have I Got News For You host, who also hosted baseball podcast Road to Rickwood, is heading to different ballparks and other baseball landmarks across the country to revisit some of the most memorable home runs in history.

Going, Going Gone: The Magic of the Home Run will air on The Roku Channel on July to celebrate the Home Run Derby, which takes place on July 14 at Truist Park in Atlanta. It is produced by MLB Studios. Sean Boyle is overseeing the project on behalf of Roku

The doc also features appearances from Pete Alonso, Mookie Betts,...

Bob Costas has a chilling warning for the future of journalism.

On Monday, while accepting a lifetime achievement Mirror Award at a ceremony at the Edison Ballroom in New York (via CNN), the storied sports caster warned the audience of “ongoing assaults” on free press by the Trump administration, adding that “democracy as we know it” is “under attack.”

“What’s happening now are not matters of small degree,” Costas said. “They’re different in kind to anything certainly in my lifetime and maybe in the history of the American presidency.”

Costas made it clear that the major news outlets are not “without fault” and that “legacy or mainstream media” have their fair share of “blind spots” and “misplaced narratives.” He added, however, “if the answer to that is Maga media, if the answer to that is Donald Trump’s view of the world, which is only through a prism of what benefits him…...

Late-night shows simply aren’t the durable roosts they used to be.

Taylor Tomlinson, the host of CBS’ “After Midnight,” is the latest host to exit the wee-hours space as more comedians see better career opportunities in the worlds of stand-up, podcasts and other creator-based media. Tomlinson felt more drawn to stand-up comedy and other potential opportunities, says one person familiar with her thinking, and felt the demands of a regular network show would crimp her ability to consider other projects.

“I am doing less stand-up than I was [before hosting ‘After Midnight’]. I was on tour three weekends a month for years, so to take this job and to know that I was gonna have to scale back a little bit was a very difficult decision for me. I wasn’t sure if it was something I wanted to do or not, because stand-up is the most important things to me.

Bob Uecker, a a Baseball Hall of Famer who spent 54 years as the Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play man, starred in the 1980s sitcom Mr. Belvedere and had a memorable roles in the movie Major League and in Miller Lite ads, died Thursday. He was 90.

His family said Uecker had battled small-cell lung cancer since early 2023.

The Brewers announced the news, saying in part: “Ueck was the light of the Brewers, the soundtrack of our summers, the laughter in our hearts, and his passing is a profound loss. He was the heart and soul of Wisconsin and a dear friend. …. He was a national treasure.” Read the team’s full statement below.

Known for his often self-deprecating wit and warm smile, Uecker had an uneventful six-year MLB career with the Brewers and three other teams in the 1960s. He worked briefly as a scout before joining the Atlanta Braves broadcast team for two seasons.

Charlie Rose has reached a settlement with three former CBS employees who sued him in 2018 for sexual harassment.

The accusers, Katherine Brooks Harris, Chelsea Wei and Sydney McNeal, alleged that Rose touched them on their thighs, kissed their cheeks and made numerous inappropriate sexual remarks.

Rose was fired from his job as a co-host of “CBS This Morning” in November 2017, at the height of the #MeToo movement, when the Washington Post reported on harassment allegations from eight women. Bloomberg TV and PBS also canceled his long-running interview show, “Charlie Rose,” which was produced by Rose’s company.

Rose publicly apologized for his “inappropriate behavior,” saying he had behaved “insensitively.”

The Post followed up in May 2018, citing 27 complaints stretching back to the 1980s. The three plaintiffs were included in that report, and filed suit shortly thereafter.

They settled with CBS in December 2018, but the case against Rose has lingered in New...

One of the original Frasier sitcom's memorable celebrity callers hopes to connect with the series again. Acclaimed actor Eric Roberts believes it would be a "brilliant" idea if he could feature in the Kelsey Grammer-led reboot.

Speaking with Brittany Frederick of Cbr about his dark comedy, Hippo, alongside his wife Eliza, Roberts was asked about the revival and whether he had any interest in appearing. Roberts expressed his intrigue about the idea, saying, "It is a brilliant idea."

Related Frasier Reboot Producers Reveal Interesting Way They Track Fan Reactions

Frasier reboot producer Joe Cristalli shares how he and co-showrunner Chris Harris track the reactions to their updated version of the hit sitcom.

Eliza further elaborated, stating Eric's call-in to Frasier Crane's Kacl talk show was one of his "favorite things" throughout his accomplished idea. "He'd be happy to do that. In fact, [Frasier star] Kelsey Grammer filmed something in our house.

In popular culture, the path from inconceivable to inevitable is seldom orderly or dull, but esports really slid off a cliff for a moment there — like Mario leaping too high, too far, and too fast towards those big gold coins and tumbling down into the scalding red lava (read: red ink).

But unlike numerous, deep-pocketed, trend-chasing outsiders who tucked tail and limped off licking their balance sheet lumps like NPCs in search of the next ill-fatedly frothy venture capital feeding frenzy (including some caught up in Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch...

Bob Costas, the voice of baseball for generations, is hanging up his headset. The veteran sportscaster confirmed his retirement from MLB play-by-play to The Athletic, marking the end of a 44-year career filled with memorable calls and a distinctive, insightful style. The announcement coincided with the conclusion of both the baseball season and his contract, […]

Bob Costas Retires From MLB Play-by-Play...

Bob Costas is retiring from Major League Baseball play-by-play, the Syracuse alum and veteran sportscaster confirmed for The Athletic on Thursday.

Costas told The Athletic that he would address his decision at a later date.

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The Athletic reports that Costas made his decision prior to the season, which coincided with the end of his contract.

Exclusive: October is Jim “Kitty” Kaat’s time of year. Not only did the southpaw pitch in the World Series three times – winning a ring with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982 – but he became a great broadcaster, covering the MLB playoffs for ESPN, as well as serving as an announcer for the Yankees and later the Minnesota Twins.

This October, there’s more news about the 85-year-old Hall of Famer. A documentary about him, Kitty to Cooperstown, has been acquired by Gravitas Ventures, a deal covering U.S. and Canadian distribution rights.

Kitty to Cooperstown, directed by Nick Hagen, “delves deep into the career and personal journey of Jim Kaat, capturing his path to Cooperstown, the challenges he faced, and his enduring legacy in the sport of baseball,” according to a release. “Kaat, who has left an indelible mark on the game, is celebrated not only for his remarkable pitching...

The last of TV’s big five-original-nights-a-week late-night show is giving up 24 hours out of its schedule.

NBC will move “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” to four nights a week, the latest in a series of moves across the late-night daypart aimed at shoring up the economics of the programs as audiences move away from watching TV in linear fashion. Like its late-night rivals, “Tonight” will air in repeats on Fridays.

CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” are already on a four-originals-per-week schedule.

NBC has been examining costs in late-night in recent months. Earlier this year, the network decided to eliminate the house band from Meyers’ 12:35 a.m. hour, a move that recently went into effect. But all of the networks have tested similar maneuvers in recent years.

Exclusive: Writer-director David O. Russell has set Nicolas Cage to star in Madden, the Amazon MGM Studios drama about the unlikely path that took John Madden from Super Bowl-winning Oakland Raiders head coach to the brains and brand behind Madden NFL. That paved the way for his rise to become arguably the greatest football broadcaster the NFL has ever seen.

When Madden became head coach of the Raiders and led the team to the championship, he seemed to be standing on top of the world. Coaching, and teaching the fundamentals of football was all he ever wanted out of life. But his dream job was destroying him because he so obsessively put everything into the job. It forced him to retire at the peak of his powers.

That path that forged Madden’s future was an unlikely one. He was courted by the fledgling gaming company Electronic Arts to be...

Wanting to even deeper into sports stories than TV broadcasts are able? The best sports documentaries have you covered, giving cinematic sweep and depth to athletes and their stories (both in the arena and out). Whether it’s football movies or movies about combat sports or sports movies for those who don’t like sports there’s some inherent alignment between athletic competition and film and TV storytelling. Documentary filmmakers have been able to look beyond the kineticism (or capture it even more dynamically) to present stories that look at the psychology and the struggles of athletes, and the cultural significance of their careers. Here are the 17 best sports documentaries ever made.

With editorial contributions from Brandon Latham.

Ken Burns’ “Baseball” (1994) Ken Burns with Ted Williams when producing ‘Baseball’Courtesy Everett Collection

Ken Burns has a weird tendency to turn over his entire documentary to one particular talking head, whose...

One of America's strangest celebrity sagas came to an abrupt, anticlimactic close when O.J. Simpson died at the age of 76 on April 10, 2024. The Heisman Trophy-winning running back from the University of Southern California became a professional football phenomenon during his 11-season tenure with the Buffalo Bills. He was blindingly handsome and charismatic, as comfortable in front of a camera as he was breaking tackles on the gridiron. Unlike Jim Brown, Simpson chose to keep playing football when he embarked on his acting career; and though Simpson was typically cast in supporting roles, they were often high-profile productions (namely the Best Picture-nominated "The Towering Inferno" and the Emmy-winning miniseries "Roots").

When Simpson retired, he continued to act while staying close to football as an on-field reporter for NBC. You never knew where The Juice was going to turn up, but you were never unhappy to see him. This was especially true...

NBCUniversal is testing a new game for the Paris Olympics.

The Comcast-backed media conglomerate has for years launched every Summer Games with primetime coverage of the Opening Ceremonies that typically feature a top sportscaster like Mike Tirico or Bob Costas alongside a popular news anchor such as Savannah Guthrie or Katie Couric. In 2024, the company is blowing up the format.

Kelly Clarkson and Peyton Manning will co-host the glitzy launch of NBC’s17 days of Olympics coverage alongside Tirico, with Guthrie and her “Today” co-host Hoda Kotb reporting on the spectacle — a parade of boats on the River Seine — along the route. The move adds some celebrity power to the broadcast at a time when more TV networks are trying to broaden the appeal of their sports portfolios and lure new crowds to games and contests of all sorts — and amortize the costly rights fees required to show them in the process.

Bill Maher took some time during the latest episode of Real Time to share his thoughts on whether Taylor Swift could impact the upcoming presidential election.

The host, who was joined by Bob Costas, an American sportscaster, and Caitlin Flanagan, a writer and social critic, brought up the superstar who has been making headlines recently for her global Eras Tour, Grammy wins and for her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

“This is a national news story in the sense that this is a person who could literally swing the election,” Maher said. “I don’t know what that says about this country, but I would just say to the ‘Maga [Make America Great Again]’ people, ‘You should be very careful attacking her because this is someone who transcends parties.'”

He continued, “I mean, this is a country girl, right? She started out as a country artist. She’s a white girl from Pennsylvania,...

Bill Maher is often confronted with the accusation that he’s switched from an ultra-liberal to a more conservative stance. He may have added fuel to that argument with the subect of Friday’s Real Time, which focused on what he called “Biden’s Brain.” It’s a topic that broke out this week from hushed backrooms to the mainstream, thanks to a Dept. of Justice report and the President’s own attempts to refute it.

Maher started his jabs at Biden in the monologue. Talking about the President’s decline of a Super Bowl interview, Biden noted, “It’s not like they were asking him to appear on Dancing With The Stars.”

He then ran down a few of Biden’s confusions, including mixing up politicians. He also said Biden blew his press conference to fight back against the DoJ report when he walked in the room and asked,...

Get ready for another insightful and lively episode of “Real Time With Bill Maher” as Season 22 Episode 5 airs on HBO at 10:00 Pm on Friday, February 16, 2024. Hosted by the acerbic comic Bill Maher, the show promises an engaging and thought-provoking discussion of current events and contemporary issues.

In the interview segment, Bill Maher sits down with Coleman Hughes, host of the Conversations With Coleman Podcast and a contributor to The Free Press. They discuss Hughes’ new book, “The End Of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America,” offering fresh perspectives on racial issues in the United States.

Following the interview, the panel discussion features Caitlin Flanagan, a staff writer at The Atlantic, who shares insights from her latest collection of essays titled “On Thinking for Yourself: Instinct, Education, Dissension,” providing thought-provoking commentary on education and critical thinking.

Joining Flanagan is Bob Costas, a CNN contributor and 29-time Emmy-winning broadcaster known...

Real Time With Bill Maher continues Friday, February 9 (10:00-11:00 p.m. Et/7:00-8:00 p.m. Pt). Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show continues with its opening monologue, one-on-one interviews with notable guests, roundtable discussions with panelists, and its signature “New Rules.” The series airs on HBO and is available to stream on Max. This week features a one-on-one interview with Coleman Hughes, host of the “Conversations With Coleman” podcast, contributor to The Free Press, and author of the new book “The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America,” available this week. This week’s panel discussion includes Bob Costas, CNN contributor and 29-time ... Read more...

MLB Network will look back at some of the signature baseball calls from Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Costas in a new The Sounds of Baseball episode debuting Thursday, February 8th at 8 p.m. Et.

Cohosted by MLB Network’s Tom Verducci and Matt Vasgersian, the program will reflect on Costas’ run covering the game, from iconic postseason moments to memorable regular season games.

Awarded the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcast excellence by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018, Costas has been on the national baseball stage for more than 40 years. For the 2024 season, Costas is once again set to be the play-by-play voice for several MLB Network Showcase telecasts, a role he started when MLB Network launched 15 years ago in 2009.

“Bob Costas’ name and voice are synonymous with baseball. If you love the game, you will love this special. It is more than an appreciation of the...

After holding a year-long bake-off among various celebrities to find the next host of its signature “The Daily Show,” Comedy Central is going to try a new recipe.

When the program returns from a hiatus, it is expected to rely heavily on a team of correspondents to lead each night, according to three people familiar with the matter, though it is not clear if the network has struck upon its final assemblage of talent. “Daily Show” could also rely on guest appearances by some of the celebrities who have hosted the program since Trevor Noah, the last permanent presence behind the desk, quit abruptly in late 2022.

Those looking for an immediate successor for Noah won’t find one — at least, not yet.

The decision by the Paramount Global network comes as the economics of late-night TV, a cultural touchstone in the United States, have begun to falter. Advertising dollars and...

The Kennedy Center Honors selections for 2023 are Billy Crystal, Renee Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah and Dionne Warwick. These veteran artists were honored Sunday, December 3, in Washington, D.C. at a ceremony hosted by previous honoree Gloria Estefan (who kicked off the show with her hit song “Get On Your Feet”). CBS and Paramount+ will air the 46th annual ceremony tonight, Wednesday, December 27.

Crystal is an Emmy and Tony Award-winning comedian, actor, producer, writer and director. Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time, performing on the stages of the world’s great opera houses and concert halls. Gibb, of the musical group The Bee Gees, is a nine-time Grammy Award winner and an inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall Of Fame. Latifah is a Grammy and Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated musician, actress, producer, label president, author and entrepreneur. Warwick’s...

Earlier this month, Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah, and Dionne Warwick were feted with one of the most prestigious honors that an artist can receive in the United States when they became Kennedy Center Honorees. Now, on Wednesday, Dec. 27 at 8 p.m. Et, CBS will broadcast the 46th annual Kennedy Center Honors, as a host of incredible artists will celebrate the lives, careers, and contributions of this extraordinary group of artists. You can watch CBS with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream. You can also watch with Paramount Plus, Hulu Live TV, Fubo, or YouTube TV.

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The 2023 Kennedy Center Honors special is airing this week and it marks the 46th celebration of the arts from the nation’s capital!

Billy Crystal, Queen Latifah, Renee Fleming, Dionne Warwick, and Barry Gibb are being honored at this year’s event, which was pre-taped earlier this month at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

CBS will be airing the special on Wednesday (December 27) at 9pm Et/Pt and we have the star-studded list of performers and presenters who will appear.

The Kennedy Center Honors recognizes and celebrates individuals whose unique contributions have shaped the way we see ourselves, each other and our world. Recipients have each had an impact on the rich tapestry of American life and culture through the performing arts. Whether in music, dance, theater, opera, motion pictures or television, each Kennedy Center Honoree has a unique place in the national consciousness and their influence has...

MLB Network’s “Prime 9” countdown show is returning to the schedule.

The program, which has been off the programming list since 2015, is set to return on Monday, December 11, with noted sportscaster Bob Costas as the host. During the show, MLB Network offers the “nine best” in a wide array of different categories, including the nine best players at each on-field position in the sport.

““When MLB Network started in 2009, and for the first few years after that, Prime 9 was a signature program for the network. There were dozens of various categories, but eventually the inventory ran its course But in the decade-plus since then, new players, new baseball issues, new records, new “curses” broken and extended and more have emerged,” says Costas in a statement. “All sports have histories, debates, and generational comparisons. But baseball has the richest history of any American sport. And has more ongoing debates and “all-time lists” than any other sport.

Washington — The Kennedy Center Honors was a decidedly tuneful affair, with musical talents representing four of its five recipients – vocalists and/or songwriters Dionne Warwick, Renée Fleming, Queen Latifah and Barry Gibb — along with actor/comedian/filmmaker Billy Crystal.

The program, in its 46th year, followed the traditional format that showcases tributes to each honoree by artists and celebs whose identities are undisclosed in advance. It kicked off with a lively parade of dancers down the aisles, led by emcee and former honoree Gloria Estefan and accompanied by Sheila E on drums — a first for the event. Produced again by Done and Dusted Inc., it will air Dec. 27 on CBS.

Omitted this year was one familiar staple at the event – the inclusion of brief video biographies of each honoree that emphasized their childhoods and routes to success. Instead, minimal use of videos embellished career highlights.

The tribute to Warwick led...

The newest group of Kennedy Center honorees, including comedian Billy Crystal and actor Queen Latifah, were feted Sunday night at a star-studded event commemorating their lifetime achievement in arts and entertainment.

Opera singer Renée Fleming, music star Barry Gibb and prolific hitmaker Dionne Warwick were also honored at the black-tie gala. Each received personalized tributes, including appearances and performances that are typically kept secret from the honorees themselves.

President Joe Biden welcomed the honorees to the White House before the event, saying the performing arts “reflect who we are as Americans and as human beings.”

The honorees “have helped shape how we see ourselves, how we see each other and how we see our world,” said Biden who then introduced this year’s class with a set of glowing superlatives about their work.

Biden and First Lady Jill Biden then headed to the Kennedy Center to attend the festivities. The...

Robert De Niro took the stage at the Kennedy Center on Sunday and, looking out at the balcony box where honoree Billy Crystal was sitting, told him of his career, “I had no idea you had done so much. And you’ve done it all in such a relatively short amount of time. You’re only 75. That means you’re just about six years away from being the perfect age to be elected president.”

The joke got some of the biggest audience cheers of the night — and a laugh from President Joe Biden, 81, embarking on a re-election campaign where his chronological advantage is, based on polls, top of mind to voters and the source of some doubts.

It was also one of a few references to age throughout Sunday evening’s Kennedy Center Honors which, in addition to Crystal, honored opera singer Renée Fleming, hip hop star and actress Queen Latifah,...

It’d be easy to dismiss them as merely Tom and Jerry with Jersey accents, but actors Frank Vincent and Joe Pesci’s relationship is a testament to loyalty and hard work. Together, the duo staged some of the most memorable mob-movie scenes as they perpetuated the ugliest grudge match in movie history.

On-screen, Pesci usually got the upper hand in these blood-curdling brawls, introducing Vincent’s cranium to a taxi door in Raging Bull, before dispatching him in Goodfellas with the help of a kitchen knife. Vincent got his shots in, planning a one-way trip for Pesci’s character to a shallow grave in a corn field in Casino five years later. Any time you saw these two guys on screen, you knew it was bound to get nasty.

The two worked together in several projects, none more iconic than Martin Scorsese’s 1990 mob saga Goodfellas. Opposite of long-time collaborator Pesci,...

One of the most talked-about movies at this year’s Venice Film Festival was Priscilla, Sofia Coppola’s vividly realized portrait of how 14-year-old Priscilla Presley fell under the spell of Elvis Presley, the rock & roll icon who was 24 when they first met. The filmmaker has earned her best reviews in years for the drama, and its star, Cailee Spaeny, took home the fest’s Best Actress award.

This wasn’t Coppola’s first gondola ride, of course. Twenty years ago, her sophomore feature, Lost in Translation, took the Italian festival by storm,...

On May 30, 2023, Diamond Sports, the owner of the regional sports network Bally Sports San Diego, failed to make a payment to the Padres, one of the local teams that underpins its lineup.

That’s when Billy Chambers and his four-person team at Major League Baseball headquarters in New York stepped in.

Twenty-four hours after the final Bally Sports San Diego-produced Padres game, MLB was producing the game itself, with the same announcers, but with new graphics, and even a dramatic sizzle opener, narrated by Bob Costas. (The former NBC Sports anchor is on contract for the MLB Network.)

“When we found out that we were going to have the game, 24 hours in advance, we sprung into action. We had meetings with the crew, with the talent, we had got all of our graphics loaded into the truck,” Chambers recalls. “Yeah, it was an absolute fire drill.”

For Chambers, it was...

Sports films have a history of casting professional athletes, and Moneyball is no exception. Casting sports icons can be a challenge, as finding an actor who can both resemble their physical stature and capture their personality, is incredibly difficult. But Moneyball isn't a tale of sporting legends or of greatness, it's a film about underdogs, and the use of intelligence and ingenuity to overcome unfairness and difficulty in the world of professional sports. The film isn't centered around sports scenes, like the traditional baseball movie, but rather around the work in the general manager's office and scouting room. Nevertheless, the baseball scenes are realistically performed by the professional players involved.

In the film's early production, Steven Soderbergh was set to direct, and he planned to build a cast of primarily real MLB players. In the final film, which was written by Aaron Sorkin and starred Brad Pitt, many of these players were replaced by actors,...

As The CW's 2023-24 slate takes shape, the revamped network has announced another exciting pickup.

It will be the new exclusive home of the Emmy® Award-winning weekly studio series Inside the NFL, it was announced today by Dennis Miller, President, The CW Network.

First premiering in 1977, Inside the NFL will kick off its 47th year of production this fall and air for the first time ever on broadcast television, making its CW debut on Tuesday, September 5 at 8:00 pm Et/Pt and streaming on The CW App and cwtv.com.

"We are excited to partner with NFL Films and welcome Inside The NFL to the CW Sports family," commented Miller.

"For almost five decades, Inside The NFL has been an industry leader in showcasing can't-miss weekly highlights, unprecedented behind-the-scenes content, exclusive access to players and lively discussion."

"By combining this premiere NFL content with our robust broadcast audience, we look...

“Inside the NFL” officially has a new home, with the long-running sports show now set to air on The CW.

The 47th season of the series will begin airing on The CW on Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt, marking the first time the show has aired on a broadcast network. It will also be available to stream on The CW app and website.

The show comes to The CW from Paramount+, which aired it from 2021-2023. Per The CW, new hosts and producers for the new season will be announced at a later date.

“We are excited to partner with NFL Films and welcome ‘Inside the NFL’ to the CW Sports family,” said Dennis Miller, president of The CW. “For almost five decades, ‘Inside the NFL’ has been an industry leader in showcasing can’t-miss weekly highlights, unprecedented behind-the-scenes content, exclusive access to players and lively discussion. By combining...

Eleven seasons. Two hundred and seventy-five episodes. Twenty-eight Emmy Awards. Yes, “Cheers” was one of the longest-running, most successful – and most beloved – situation comedies in television history. And a milestone is about to be reached this weekend: 30 years since the series finale aired on NBC. Saturday marks precisely 30 years since the show bid prime time adieu on May 20, 1993, the last time Sam (Ted Danson) poured Norm (George Wendt) a glass of beer at the famed Boston bar.

To celebrate the event, Pluto TV’s Sitcom Legends channel will be airing a marathon of the entire final “Cheers” season, which comprises a whopping 26 episodes in the era before streaming, this Saturday the 20th. It begins at 7 a.m. Pt/10 a.m. Et with the first episode of Season 11 and continues in order through the finale. The last episode was supersized as the length of three installments, so you might say...

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It doesn’t get any more delightful than the surprising, warm documentary about beloved baseball legend Yogi Berra, It Ain’T Over. Surprising? Yes, as this well-made bio documentary looks back at Yogi’s outstanding baseball career as player, something overshadowed and even forgotten by fans, as he became best known as a lovable pop culture icon and for his “Yogi-isms,” quotable phrases like “it’s deja vu all over again,” “when you come to a fork in the road, take it” and “it ain’t over until it’s over.” Yet Yogi Berra was a baseball player whose record put him among the greats of the game, As actor and baseball fan Billy Crystal put it, Yogi was “the most overlooked superstar in the history of baseball.”

The numbers are impressive, jaw-dropping even, considering what we might think we know about Yogi Berra.

A beloved ballplayer and an iconic consumer device join a Hollywood satire by Charlie Day, an Emanuele Crialese film with Penelope Cruz and debuts from Sundance and Venice in a potentially strong specialty weekend that will test the appetite for indie film with no new franchise wide releases.

Sony Pictures Classics opens Sean Mullin’s Yogi Berra documentary It Ain’t Over on 100 screens in NY and LA with a big regional push for the legendary Yankee, including complimentary plus-one tickets on Thursday and Sunday at Regal, AMC and City Cinemas in the New York Tri-State area. The intimate portrait of a baseball genius, master of aphorism, pitchman and endearing human being, Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra, premiered at Tribeca last year (100% Certified Fresh). Berra’s granddaughter Lindsay Berra, with Joe Torre, Derek Jeter, Don Mattingly, Bob Costas, Vin Scully, Billy Crystal and others are loving guides to Berra’s unparalleled accomplishments...

Tonight, the fifth annual iHeartPodcast Awards hosted by actor and comedian Brian Baumgartner brought together the most influential names in podcasting to honor the most entertaining and innovative podcasts of 2022, celebrating the incredible talent and wide variety of leaders across the podcasting industry. The virtual awards event was exclusively video streamed on iHeartRadio’s YouTube Channel and Facebook Page and broadcast across iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app.

The night featured a variety of appearances by award nominees, celebrity presenters and special guests including Jason Alexander and Peter Tilden, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett, Mayim Bialik, Alex Borstein, Zach Braff and Donald Faison, Nicole Byer, Charlamagne Tha God, Colin Cowherd, Bob Costas, Malcolm Gladwell, Draymond Green, Bethany Joy Lenz, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, Enrique Santos, Iliza Shlesinger, Questlove, Angela Yee and more.

Host Brian Baumgartner kept one lucky audience member entertained throughout the night...

"He was the most overlooked superstar in the history of baseball." "He's just a gentle, kind soul..." Sony Pictures Classics has revealed an official trailer for It Ain't Over, a documentary about the baseball legend Yogi Berra. After initially premiering at the 2022 Nantucket Film Festival last year, it stopped by the Santa Barbara Film Festival earlier this year and will open in May in limited theaters. The documentary film gives "Yogi" Berra his due recapping the illustrious life of a "bad-ball hitting" catcher (for the Yankees), who was also a D-Day veteran, loving husband and father and, yes, product endorser and originator (mostly) of his own brand of proverbs that are now ingrained into everyday life. This features interviews with Billy Crystal, Bob Costas, Vin Scully, Derek Jeter, Joe Torre, Mariano Rivera, Joe Girardi, Ron Guidry, Willie Randolph, Don Mattingly, Tony Kubek, Bobby Richardson, Suzyn Waldman, and Lindsay Berra. It looks good,...

Sony Pictures Classics said it’s planning to release Sean Mullin’s documentary on baseball superstar Yogi Berra, It Ain’t Over, in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on May 12, expanding over following weeks.

The film is produced by Natalie Metzger, Matt Miller, Peter Sobiloff and Mike Sobiloff with Vanishing Angle and Off Media, and executive produced by Lindsay Berra. It world premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival in the Spotlight Documentary section.

This is an intimate portrait of Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra (1925-2015), one of baseball’s greats. The brilliant catcher for the most storied franchise in Major League Baseball history, the New York Yankees, he amassed 10 World Series rings, three American League Mvp awards, and a staggering 18 All-Star Game appearances

Berra was a native of St. Louis, Mo who saw combat in World War II and resumed his baseball career during the golden era in New York...

Exclusive: The career of John Madden will be the subject of a limited series to be directed by Gavin O’Connor, and written by Alex Sohn (Vegas). In the huddle on the telling the life story of the Hall of Fame Raiders head coach, groundbreaking broadcaster and video game icon are Todd Lieberman’s Hidden Pictures, Lit Entertainment Group’s Adam Kolbrenner, Religion of Sports’ Gotham Chopra, Ryan Stowell, and Tom Brady’s 199 Productions.

The latter’s presence as EP was particularly important to Madden’s family as they pledged their lives to the project. The filmmakers will find a broadcast partner once they’ve got finished scripted episodes and then they’ll find their Madden.

“If Dad was still around, and he was looking for a few guys to huddle up and tell his story, he’d be thrilled to have Tom Brady leading the huddle,” said Mike Madden.

Bob Costas won't be sitting down for a third season of Back On the Record. HBO has cancelled the interview series, which features extended conversations with figures from sports, entertainment, and pop culture. The eighth and final episode aired last month.

Though it debuted in July 2021, Back On the Record was just the latest of several HBO interview series hosted by Costas. He was awarded seven Sports Emmy Awards as host of On The Record with Bob Costas (2001-2004) and Costas Now (2005-2009).

Guests over the two seasons of Back On the Record have included Rasheda Ali, Carmelo Anthony, Charles Barkley, Ken Burns, Billy Crystal, Jerry Jones, Bomani Jones, Billie Jean King, Peyton Manning, John McEnroe, Candace Parker, Aly Raisman, and Lindsey Vonn. Read More…...

“Back on the Record with Bob Costas” has been cancelled by HBO following the conclusion of its second season, TheWrap has confirmed.

“Bob Costas and his team have delivered insightful and quality sports programming with ‘Back on the Record,’ and we are proud of its multiple Sports Emmy nominations,” an HBO spokesperson said in a statement. “Bob is an important part of HBO Sports’ history and “Back on the Record” was an excellent chapter in that story.”

The talk show, which offered four episodes each season, featured the sportscaster and journalist in extended one-on-one conversations with sports, entertainment and pop culture figures. It was Costas’ third show on HBO.

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Sportscaster Bob Costas hilariously misidentified MLB star Shane Bieber for Justin Bieber.

While providing commentary during a post-season baseball game on Friday, the iconic sports commentator accidentally identified the Cleveland Guardians pitcher as the “Peaches” music star.

“Justin Bieber just threw his 84th pitch,” Costas said during the team’s American League Division Series game against the New York Yankees before taking a pause. “Did I actually call Shane Bieber, Justin Bieber? I vowed that would not happen.

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“I’m sure it’s not the first time it’s happened in his life,” he joked before wondering out loud “if [Bieber’s] watching the game.”

Costas, 70, then corrected himself to clarify the mishap for viewers.

“Shane Bieber, ladies and gentlemen,” he said.

Following the mix-up, field reporter Lauren Shehadi decided to challenge her fellow broadcasters’ musical knowledge,...

Baseball fans were celebrating when veteran sportscaster Bob Costas announced that he would be part of the broadcast team for the Yankees vs. Guardians Division Series, marking the first time Costas is calling a playoff series in 22 years.

But his time away from the booth may have also confused Costas a little bit. The legendary broadcaster slipped up during Game 2 of the Yankees vs. Guardians game Friday, referring to Cleveland pitcher Shane Bieber as Justin Bieber.

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A promotion for House of the Dragon during last night’s New York Yankees-Cleveland Guardians playoff baseball game on TBS is continuing to draw online eyerolls the day after the stunt.

With parent company Warner Bros Discovery looking to make use of every pixel of promotional real estate, the notion of plugging the Game of Thrones prequel during a widely viewed live event like the Major League Baseball playoffs isn’t a surprise. Fox, after all, has pioneered the notion of wedging network pom-pom moments into its fall baseball coverage. But what mostly soured a vocal assortment of viewers and media watchers was the way the plug was executed.

Bob Costas, who was handling play-by-play duties, introduced the 40-second bit with a setup that was deadpan but resonated to some as earnest, especially among Yankee fans living in a city that has been the epicenter of a number of actual emergencies.

Say Hey, Willie Mays!, the Nelson George documentary that explores the life and career of Major League Baseball icon Willie Mays, will debut Wed., Nov. 8 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt on HBO and HBO Max.

Directed by George, the HBO Sports doc includes exclusive interviews with Mays and his family. The film will have its world premiere at the 2022 UrbanWorld Film Festival on October 27.

“Over the years,” Mays said in a statement, “the fans have given me so much joy, and I am excited to express my thanks again through this wonderful documentary and its telling of the story of my career and life. I have worked hard and been fortunate to do many amazing things over the course of my life, and I am excited and proud that the people who see this film, including younger fans who never saw me play, will have the chance to relive this...