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NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH NOVEMBER 22, 2013

(All times ET)

The “Press Pass” on NBC Sports Group Press Box is a quick overview of upcoming program information and highlights from the Communications team. “The Pass” provides upcoming listings and programming details. For live streaming information on NBC Sports Live Extra and Golf Channel Live Extra, click here for NBC and NBCSN and here for Golf Channel.

THE PASS

Friday, November 22

5:30 p.m. on NBCSN - ProFootballTalk

6:30 p.m. on NBCSN - Costas Tonight Special - No Day For Games: The Cowboys and JFK (Encore)

7:30 p.m. on NBCSN - College Hockey: North Dakota at Boston University

10 p.m. on NBCSN - Barclays Premier League Preview

10:30 p.m. on NBCSN - Costas Tonight Special - No Day For Games: The Cowboys and JFK (Encore)

Saturday, November 23

Midnight on NBCSN - F1 Brazilian Grand Prix: Practice (Encore)

7 a.m. on NBCSN - Premier League Live

7:45 a.m. on NBCSN - Premier League: Everton v. Liverpool

10 a.m. on NBCSN - Premier League: Arsenal v. Southampton

10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time - Premier League: Newcastle United v. Norwich City

10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time - Premier League: Fulham v. Swansea City

10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time - Premier League: Stoke City v. Sunderland

10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time - Premier League: Hull City v. Crystal Palace

11 a.m. on CNBC - F1 Brazilian Grand Prix: Qualifying

Noon on NBCSN - College Football: Harvard at Yale

12:30 p.m. on NBC - Premier League: West Ham United v. Chelsea

2:30 p.m. on NBC - Red Bull Signature Series: Hare Scramble

3 p.m. on NBCSN - Countdown To Kickoff

3:30 p.m. on NBC - Notre Dame Football: BYU at Notre Dame

3:30 p.m. on NBCSN - College Football: James Madison at Towson

7 p.m. on NBCSN - Notre Dame Post-Game Coverage

7:30 p.m. on NBCSN - MLS Eastern Conference Championships: Kansas City vs. Houston

10 p.m. on NBCSN - Costas Tonight Special - No Day For Games: The Cowboys and JFK (Encore)

11 p.m. on NBCSN - NBCSN’s Match of the Day

Sunday, November 24

1 a.m. on NBCSN - F1 Brazilian Grand Prix: Qualifying (Encore)

8 a.m. on NBCSN - Premier League Live

8:30 a.m. on NBCSN - Premier League: Manchester City v. Tottenham Hotspur

10:30 a.m. on NBCSN - Premier League Live

11 a.m. on NBC - F1 Brazilian Grand Prix

11 a.m. on NBCSN - Premier League: Cardiff City v. Manchester United

2 p.m. on NBC - 2013 Grand Prix of Russia

3 p.m. on NBCSN - F1 Brazilian Grand Prix (Encore)

4 p.m. on NBC - NBC Skating Special: Family Skating Tribute

6 p.m. on NBCSN - CFL Grey Cup

7 p.m. on NBC - Football Night in America

8 p.m. on NBC - Sunday Night Football: Denver at New England

11 p.m. on NBCSN - NBCSN’s Match of the Day II

COSTAS TONIGHT SPECIAL - NO DAY FOR GAMES: THE COWBOYS AND JFK

Fifty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Bob Costas looks back at the time leading up to and following the Nov. 22, 1963 tragedy through the eyes of the 1963 Dallas Cowboys and 1963 U.S. Naval Academy quarterback Roger Staubach on the one-hour Costas Tonight Special – No Day For Games: The Cowboys and JFK. Encore presentations will air on NBCSN tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET and 10:30 p.m. ET, and Saturday at 10 p.m. ET.

PREMIER LEAGUE COVERAGE

NBC Sports Group’s weekend Premier League coverage begins tonight at 10 p.m. with Barclays Premier League Preview on NBCSN. On Saturday, coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN with Premier League Live immediately followed by Everton v. Liverpool at 7:45 a.m. ET. Coverage continues at 10 a.m. on NBCSN with Arsenal v. Southampton. Premier League Extra Time will air Newcastle United v. Norwich City; Fulham v. Swansea City; Stoke City v. Sunderland; and Hull City v. Crystal Palace. Saturday’s live coverage concludes with West Ham United v. Chelsea at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

Sunday’s coverage features Premier League Live at 8 a.m. ET followed by Manchester City v. Tottenham Hotspur at 8:30 a.m. ET, and Cardiff City v. Manchester United 11 a.m. ET.

Lead play-by-play voice Arlo White joins former Chelsea defender Graeme Le Saux to call West Ham United v. Chelsea on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC. White and Le Saux will also call Manchester City v. Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN.

The following games will be broadcast by the Premier League using the World Feed:

Saturday, November 23

7 a.m. on NBCSN - Everton v. Liverpool: commentated by Steve Banyard and Jim Beglin

10 a.m. on NBCSN - Arsenal v. Southampton: commentated by Gary Weaver and Davie Provan

10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time - Fulham v. Swansea City: commentated by Joe Speight and Tony Gale

10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time - Hull City v. Crystal Palace: commentated by Jonathan Beck and Garry Birtles

10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time - Newcastle United v. Norwich City: commentated by Gary Taphouse and Dean Sturridge

10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time - Stoke City v. Sunderland: commentated by Tony Jones and Barry Horne

Sunday, November 24

8:30 a.m. on NBCSN - Manchester City v. Tottenham Hotspur: commentated by Peter Drury and Clive Allen

All matches will be preceded and followed by Premier League Live pre- and post-match shows from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn. Rebecca Lowe hosts Premier League Live alongside former English footballer Robbie Mustoe and former Jamaican National Team player Robbie Earle.

Viewers can find Premier League Games on TV by using the Premier League Game Finder here.

MOTORSPORTS COVERAGE

NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the Brazilian Grand Prix continues Saturday at midnight ET with an encore of practice on NBCSN. CNBC will carry live coverage of qualifying on Saturday at 11 a.m. ET, with an encore of qualifying at 1 a.m. ET on Sunday on NBCSN. Sunday’s race coverage begins at 11 a.m. ET on NBC and will be followed by an encore of race coverage at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

In addition to coverage of the Brazilian Grand Prix, NBC will present coverage of the Red Bull Hare Scramble on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Lead F1 announcer Leigh Diffey will call the Brazilian Grand Prix, and will be joined by veteran analyst and former racecar driver David Hobbs, and analyst and former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team Steve Matchett. F1 insider Will Buxton will serve as the team’s on-site reporter from Interlagos in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Todd Harris (play-by-play) and Tes Sewell (analyst) will provide live commentary of the Red Bull Hare Scramble in Erzberg, Austria.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL COVERAGE

NBC Sports Group’s college football coverage begins Saturday at Noon ET on NBCSN, when Yale hosts Harvard in “The Game,” college football’s second-oldest rivalry. Randy Moss (play-by-play) and Ross Tucker (analyst) will have the call from The Yale Bowl in New Haven, Conn.

NBC Sports Group’s 23rd season broadcasting Notre Dame Football home games concludes on Saturday, when the Fighting Irish host BYU at 3:30 p.m. ET. Coverage from South Bend, Ind., begins with Countdown to Kickoff on NBCSN at 3 p.m. ET.

Liam McHugh hosts Countdown To Kickoff on the field at Notre Dame Stadium. He is joined on-site by 1984 Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie and two-time Super Bowl champion Hines Ward. McHugh, Flutie and Ward will also manage half-time and post-game coverage of the telecast.

In addition, NBCSN will present James Madison-Towson in a CAA college football matchup Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Todd Harris (play-by-play) and Anthony Herron (analyst) will provide live commentary from Minnegan Field at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Md.

MLS COVERAGE

NBCSN presents the second leg of the 2013 Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Championship between the Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET (series tied 0-0).

NBC Sports Group’s lead MLS announcer John Strong will call Sporting KC-Houston. Strong will be joined by analyst and former U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder Kyle Martino and host Russ Thaler.

2013 GRAND PRIX OF RUSSIA

NBC continues its coverage of the 2013 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating with the Grand Prix of Russia on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. Coverage will feature the men’s and ladies’ free skate competition from Moscow, Russia.

Steve Schlanger will call the action alongside analysts Johnny Weir, a two-time Olympian and three-time U.S. champion, and Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski.

CFL GREY CUP

NBCSN will air the CFL Grey Cup live on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET from Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field, in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Calling the Grey Cup will be veteran TSN play-by-play announcer Chris Cuthbert. Three-time CFL All-Star Glen Suitor will join Cuthbert as game analyst for the telecast, with Sara Orlesky andFarhan Lalji serving as sideline reporters for the game.

NFL COVERAGE

This Sunday, the Denver Broncos (9-1) travel to Foxborough, Mass., to take on Tom Brady and the Patriots (7-3), in Manning – Brady XIV, on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Coverage begins with Football Night In America at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.

Football Night In America is hosted by 25-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas, who will report from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Costas will be joined on-site by Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and former NFL Executive of the Year, Scott Pioli who served as Director, and later Vice President of Player Personnel for the Patriots from 2000 to 2008.

Dan Patrick co-hosts Football Night from NBC’s famed Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Patrick will be joined by Super Bowl-winning head coach Tony Dungy, two-time Super Bowl winner Rodney Harrison, two-time Super Bowl winner and Super Bowl XL MVP Hines Ward, Peter King of Sports Illustrated, and Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk on NBCSN and NBCSports.com. Carolyn Manno will report from Met Life Stadium, in East Rutherford, N.J., on the Cowboys-Giants game.

Calling Broncos-Patriots is seven-time Emmy Award-winner Al Michaels (play-by-play); 14-time Emmy Award-winner Cris Collinsworth; and Emmy Award-winning sideline reporter Michele Tafoya.