Tag: national TV

Chiefs finalize 2020 preseason schedule

The preseason schedule is finalized with exact dates and times for the Chiefs, but so far no games have been picked up to be nationally televised.

The Kansas City Chiefs have finalized their 2020 preseason schedule. We knew which teams the Chiefs were playing and had a range of dates regarding when those games might take place. But now dates and times have been negotiated by the individual teams.

Here is a look at the finalized preseason schedule for Kansas City:

Week Opponent Date/Time Channel 
1 vs. Cincinnati Bengals Saturday, Aug. 15 – 7:00 p.m. CT KSHB-TV
2 at Arizona Cardinals Saturday, Aug. 22 – 8:00 p.m. CT KSHB-TV
3 at Dallas Cowboys Saturday, Aug. 29 – 7:00 p.m. CT KSHB-TV
4 vs. Green Bay Packers Thursday, Sept. 3 – 7:00 p.m. CT KSHB-TV

Note that every game except the final week will take place on a Saturday. None of the Chiefs’ games were selected to be televised nationally on CBS, FOX, NBC or ESPN. It’s possible that NFL Network could still pick up a game to be nationally televised. Last season they carried 13 preseason games including the Week 2 game between the Chiefs and Steelers.

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Zion Williamson’s NBA debut is booting a potential playoff preview off ESPN

Zion Williamson’s regular season debut will be on national TV.

After sitting out for months with an injured knee, Zion Williamson is finally going to make his NBA debut against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday, January 22nd.

TV networks bet big on the Pelicans to start the season, assuming that Williamson would be in the lineup to draw eyeballs. Williamson’s debut was supposed to be on October 22 against the Raptors to open the regular season against the NBA champions but, of course, he was injured. When the NBA schedule was revealed, the Pelicans were scheduled to play a franchise-record 30 games on national TV.

There was only one problem, though. Zion’s return game against the Spurs wasn’t slated to be on national TV. ESPN decided to flex the Pelicans game in their Wednesday primetime slot in favor of a matchup between the Nuggets and the Rockets.

This is an…interesting decision. And one that’s sure to get a bunch of Nuggets and Rockets fans riled up. They’re swapping out two surefire playoff teams who could play each other in May for two teams who are scratching and clawing for the 8th seed.

But whatever. It’s Zion. He’s great and so are his dunks. That’s what we’re here for. Not James Harden’s floppy buckets or to yell at Nikola Jokic for not shooting enough until the 3rd quarter.

This is definitely the right choice.

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