Netflix is jumping into the NFL pool with a Christmas doubleheader and looking to make a big splash. The streaming service is reportedly paying a total of about $150 million to air Chiefs vs. Steelers and Ravens vs. Texans on Christmas Day. The Post has learned that one of the first moves Netflix tried to … Read more
Tom Brady almost got stood up by Mike Pereira during their first interaction in the booth for Fox Sports on Sunday. Pereira turned his head and missed the former quarterback — who made his debut as Fox’s lead NFL analyst alongside Kevin Burkhardt — trying to fist-bump him ahead of the Cowboys-Browns game. “Look, it’s … Read more
Greg Olsen will have a relatively familiar broadcast partner this football season. Fox Sports has cemented the obvious pairing of Olsen with Joe Davis on the network’s No. 2 NFL announcing team, sources told The Post. Olsen had been previously working on the top team alongside Kevin Burkhardt, but Tom Brady is joining that booth … Read more
Derek Jeter is best positioned to be the biggest TV voice in baseball. He just finished his rookie season of a multi-million-dollar Fox Sports contract, which is for a total of six years, according to sources. The Captain is committed to TV for the long haul. With his legendary playing career and his presence as … Read more
All Disney networks, including ESPN, went dark on Charter’s Spectrum cable systems on Aug. 31, affecting close to 15 million subscribers. Pod hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discuss how ESPN and Charter got to this point and predict what should happen next. The outcome of this deal has tentacles well beyond just ESPN and Charter. … Read more
Derek Jeter began his new gig with Fox just like he spent much of his career — with distaste for the Red Sox. The legendary Yankees shortstop made his first appearance as an MLB analyst for the network Saturday afternoon ahead of the Cardinals-Cubs game from England as part of the London Series. Jeter joined … Read more
It is not a question if Derek Jeter could be good as a Fox MLB studio analyst, it is will he be. Jeter has all the pedigree you would want in a marquee analyst. It is not only that he is a first ballot Hall of Famer, a five-time World Series winner, a Yankee captain … Read more
Kevin Burkhardt is living in the moment. Fox Sports’ top NFL play-by-play announcer hasn’t paid any mind to the potential shakeup in the booth when the newly retired Tom Brady takes on his new role as the network’s lead analyst. “The reality is other than being asked in every media interview that I have done, and … Read more