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Thursday, December 21st, 2017
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH – December 22 – 24 2017
(All times ET)
The “Press Pass” on NBC Sports Group Press Box is a quick overview of upcoming program information and highlights from the NBC Sports Group Communications team. For live streaming information on NBCSports.com and Golf Channel Live Extra, click here.
Friday December 22nd
7:30 a.m. on Olympic Channel – FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup: Ski Cross – Innichen, Italy
9 a.m. on NBCSN – The Dan Patrick Show
2 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
2:30 p.m. on Olympic Channel – FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup: Men’s Slalom – Run 2
2:45 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League on NBCSN: Arsenal v. Liverpool
5 p.m. on NBCSN – Goal Zone
6 p.m. on NBCSN – Premiership Rugby: Worcester v. London
Saturday December 23rd
6:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
7:25 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League on NBCSN: Everton v. Chelsea
9:55 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League on NBCSN: Manchester City v. Bournemouth
10 a.m. on CNBC– Premier League on NBCSN: Swansea v. Crystal Palace
12:30 p.m. on NBC – Premier League on NBC: Burnley v. Tottenham
12:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Premiership Rugby: Northampton v. Exeter
2:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
2:45 p.m. on NBC – Leicester City v. Manchester United
3 p.m. on NBCSN – College Basketball: Wagner @ Dayton
5 p.m. on NBC – Team USA Awards
7 p.m. on NBC – Football Night in America
8:30 p.m. on NBC – Sunday Night Football: Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers
Sunday December 24th
6 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Match of the Day
8 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Match of the Week
1 p.m. on NBC – PGA Tour: Year in Review
2 p.m. on NBC – Dew Tour Breckenridge 2017
3:30 p.m. on NBC – Spartan Race
4:30 p.m. on NBC – Red Bull Signature Series: Rampage
Monday December 25th
4 p.m. on NBC – Football Night in Houston
4:30 p.m. on NBC – NFL Christmas Special: Pittsburgh Steelers @ Houston Texans
Tuesday December 26th
7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League on NBCSN: Tottenham v. Southampton
10 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League on NBCSN: Manchester United v. Burnley
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Chelsea v. Brighton & Hove Albion
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Bournemouth v. West Ham United
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Huddersfield Town v. Stoke City
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Watford v. Leicester City
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – West Bromwich Albion v. Everton
12:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League on NBCSN: Liverpool v. Swansea City
NFL
NBC Sports presents a pair of NFL games this holiday weekend, beginning with a special edition of Sunday Night Football this Saturday night in Green Bay, Wis., as Clay Matthews and the Green Bay Packers host Case Keenum and the NFC North champion Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field on NBC. Coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET with Football Night in America.
On Monday, Dec. 25, NBC presents an NFL Christmas Special, as Ben Roethlisberger and the AFC North champion Pittsburgh Steelers travel to Houston to face DeAndre Hopkins and the Texans at NRG Stadium. Coverage begins at 4 p.m. ET. Steelers-Texans will also be televised by NFL Network, and streamed live on Amazon Prime Video, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, NFL Mobile from Verizon, Watch NFL Network, the NFL app on Microsoft, and NFL Game Pass (International).
Calling Vikings-Packersare Al Michaels (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth; and sideline reporter Michele Tafoya.
Football Night in America will be hosted by Liam McHugh, who will report on-site from Lambeau Field alongside Chris Simms, and Dan Patrick, who will host from Studio 1 at NBC Sports Group’s International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn. Patrick is joined by Tony Dungy, Rodney Harrison, and Mike Florio. Paul Burmeister will report from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md., on Colts-Ravens.
On Monday, Kurt Warner joins Mike Tirico and sideline reporter Heather Cox for Steelers-Texans. Coverage starts at 4 p.m. ET with Football Night in Houston on NBC, the only network with two primetime NFL packages. Patrick will serve as the host of the Football Night in Houston pregame show from Studio 1 at NBC Sports Group’s International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn, joined by Dungy and Harrison.
NBC Sports Group presents a Premier League packed holiday season with 40 “festive fixtures” in 14 days, beginning this weekend.
This week’s live Premier League coverage begins this Friday, December 22, at 2 p.m. ET with Premier League Live on NBCSN, followed by fifth-place Arsenal v. fourth-place Liverpool at 2:45 p.m. ET.
NBC Sports Group’s lead Premier League play-by-play commentator Arlo White calls the match, joined by analyst Lee Dixon at Emirates Stadium.
Live Premier League coverage continues Saturday, December 23, at 6:30 a.m. ET with Premier League Live on NBCSN, followed by Everton v. third-place Chelsea at 7:25 a.m. ET.
Saturday’s coverage continues at 9:55 a.m. ET with first-place Manchester City v. Bournemouth on NBCSN and West Ham v. Newcastle on CNBC and Universo. Manchester City. Also at 10 a.m. ET, NBC Sports Gold presents four exclusive matches: Brighton & Hove Albion v. Watford; Southampton v. Huddersfield Town; Stoke City v. West Bromwich Albion; and Swansea City v. Crystal Palace.
NBC presents a special doubleheader this Saturday, beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET with sixth-place Burnley v. seventh-place Tottenham, followed by Leicester City v. second-place Manchester United at 2:45 p.m. ET. White calls Leicester City v. Manchester United, joined by analyst Graeme Le Sauxat King Power Stadium.
This week’s live match coverage wraps up with Newcastle v. Manchester City on Wednesday, December 27, at 2:45 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and Crystal Palace v. Arsenal on Thursday, December 28, at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Live match coverage on Wednesday and Thursday begins at 2 p.m. ET with Premier League Live on NBCSN. Rebecca Lowe hosts Premier League Live and Goal Zone, joined by former Jamaica National Team player Robbie Earle, and former Premier League footballer Robbie Mustoe.
Friday December 22nd
2:45 p.m. on NBCSN – Arsenal v. Liverpool, commentated by Arlo White and Lee Dixon
Saturday December 23rd
7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Everton v. Chelsea, commentated by Peter Drury and Jim Beglin
10 a.m. on NBCSN – Manchester City v. Bournemouth, commentated by Ian Darke and Matthew Upson
10 a.m. on CNBC – West Ham v. Newcastle, commentated by Ian Crocker and Tony Gale
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Brighton & Hove Albion v. Watford, commentated by Tony Jones and Keith Andrews
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Southampton v. Huddersfield Town, commentated by Gary Taphouse and Garry Birtles
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Stoke City v. West Bromwich Albion, commentated by David Stowell and Don Goodman
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Swansea City v. Crystal Palace, commentated by Phil Blacker and Iain Dowie
12:30 p.m. on NBC – Burnley v. Tottenham, commentated by Ian Darke and Matthew Upson
2:45 p.m. on NBC – Leicester City v. Manchester United, commentated by Jon Champion and Jim Beglin
Tuesday December 26th
7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Tottenham v. Southampton, commentated by Peter Drury and Matt Holland
10 a.m. on NBCSN – Manchester United v. Burnley, commentated by David Stowell and Davie Provan
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Chelsea v. Brighton & Hove Albion, commentated by Gary Taphouse and Andy Walker
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Bournemouth v. West Ham United, commentated by Jonathan Beck and Tony Gale
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Huddersfield Town v. Stoke City, commentated by Phil Blacker and Andy Hinchcliffe
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Watford v. Leicester City, commentated by Tony Jones and Garry Birtles
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – West Bromwich Albion v. Everton, commentated by Ian Crocker and Efan Ekoku
12:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Liverpool v. Swansea City, commentated by Jon Champion and Jim Beglin
Wednesday December 27th
2:45 p.m. on NBCSN – Newcastle v. Manchester City, commentated by Peter Drury and Jim Beglin
Thursday December 28th
3 p.m. on NBCSN – Crystal Palace v. Arsenal, commentated by Martin Tyler and Danny Murphy
NBC Sports’ coverage of the 2017 Dew Tour from Breckenridge kicks off this Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC. The competition serves as one of the U.S. Olympic team qualifying events for snowboarding and freestyle skiing.
Todd Harris hosts coverage on NBC from Breckenridge Ski Resort. Harris will be joined by Luke Van Valin (analyst), Todd Richards (analyst), and Tina Dixon (reporter).
Coverage of the men’s alpine skiing season on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA continues this Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET from Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, with live coverage of the men’s slalom under the lights.
Steve Schlanger (play-by-play) and Steve Porino (analyst) will call Friday’s action.
FIS FREESTYLE SKIING WORLD CUP
Coverage of the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup season continues this Thursday and Friday with live coverage of moguls competition from Thaiwoo, China, and live coverage of ski cross events from Innichen, Italy. Both competitions will serve as qualification events for the U.S. Olympic Team.
Trace Worthington will provide commentary alongside analyst Luke Van Valin.
PREMIERSHIP RUGBY
NBC Sports Group’s presentation Premiership Rugby continues this weekend with Worcester v. London kicking off coverage this Friday at 6:00 p.m. E.T. on NBCSN. Coverage continues with Northampton v. Exeter Saturday at 12:30 p.m. E.T. on NBCSN.
“Team USA Awards presented by Dow, Best of the Year” will air this Saturday at 5 p.m. E.T. on NBC. Singer and actor Mark McGrath hosts the event honoring more than 50 Team USA athletes and special guests – including Team USA legends Carl Lewis and Janet Evans.
GOLF
NBC will air coverage of the PGA Tour: Year in Review at 1 p.m. E.T.
SPARTAN RACE
NBC Sports Group will air the Spartan Race World Championship on NBC this Sunday at 3:30 p.m. E.T.
RED BULL SIGNATURE SERIES
NBC Sports Group will air the Red Bull Series: Rampage event this Sunday at 4:30 p.m. E.T. on NBC.
