MLB Tuesday

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MLB Tuesday
Also known asMLB on TBS
MLB En Vivo
GenreBaseball telecasts
Presented byBrian Anderson
Alex Faust
Ron Darling
Jeff Francoeur
Lauren Jbara
Lauren Shehadi
Pedro Martinez
Curtis Granderson
Jimmy Rollins
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
Production
Production locationsVarious MLB stadiums (game telecasts)
Techwood Studios, Atlanta, Georgia (TBS studio segments, pregame and postgame shows)
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time180 minutes (varies depending on game length)
Production companiesTNT Sports
TUDN
Original release
NetworkTBS
TruTV
Max
UniMás
TUDN
ReleaseApril 12, 2022 (2022-04-12) –
present
Related
MLB on TBS

MLB Tuesday is an American television presentation of Major League Baseball (MLB) games produced by TNT Sports primarily for TBS. The show debuted on April 12, 2022 and features a 30-minute studio show before and after each game.

Prior to 2022, ESPN, FX and FS1 occasionally aired games on Tuesday nights. MLB Network continues to air games on Tuesday nights either opposite TBS's doubleheader or when TBS does not schedule a game on select Tuesday nights.

History

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ESPN (1990–1993)

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Main article: ESPN Major League Baseball

On January 5, 1989, Major League Baseball signed a $400 million deal with ESPN, who would show over 175 games beginning in 1990. For the next four years, ESPN would televise six games a week (Sunday Night Baseball, Wednesday Night Baseball and doubleheaders on Tuesdays and Fridays), as well as multiple games on Opening Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day.

Since the end of that contract ESPN has not officially aired a full slate of Tuesday night games but has consistently aired several games per year since 1997. With Turner Sports gaining the exclusive rights to MLB games on Tuesday nights, Tuesday night ESPN games were discontinued.

Fox Sports

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Main article: MLB on Fox

FX (1997–1998)

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In 1997, FX obtained the partial pay-television rights to MLB games; while most game telecasts aired on Monday nights or Saturday nights, 11 games in 1997 and 1 game in 1998 aired on Tuesdays.

FS1 (2014–2021)

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Main article: MLB on FS1

FS1 occasionally aired baseball on Tuesday nights between 2014 and 2021 as part of their irregularly scheduled non-exclusive broadcast package. With the TBS television package having moved to Tuesday nights in 2021, FS1's schedule no longer includes Tuesday night games.

MLB Tuesday on TBS (2022–present)

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Main article: MLB on TBS

Prior to 2022, during the regular season, TBS broadcast a weekly game nationally on Sunday afternoons, under the title Sunday MLB on TBS. These games were not exclusive to TBS and were blacked out in local markets, to protect the stations that hold the local broadcast rights to the games. In the affected areas, simulcasts of programming from sister network HLN aired in place of the games.[1]

On September 24, 2020, it was announced that Turner Sports had renewed its baseball rights through 2028 (aligned with the conclusion of Fox's most recent extension). However instead of a package of Sunday afternoon games the contract includes primetime games on Tuesday nights throughout the regular season (The Sunday afternoon games was instead sold as a separate package now known as MLB Sunday Leadoff).[2][3][4]

The program includes a 30-minute studio show before and after each game.[5]

During the final month of the 2024 Major League Baseball season, TBS' sister network TruTV aired MLB Race to the Pennant on Tuesday nights. The show will featured a whip-around format hosted by Alanna Rizzo and Yonder Alonso. TNT Sports also added additional games in order to air MLB Tuesday doubleheaders the final three weeks of the season. One of the doubleheaders featured one game instead on TruTV, marking the first time the network has exclusively aired a regular season MLB game in full.[6]

TruTV began simulcasting select MLB Tuesday games with TBS beginning with the 2025 season.[7]

MLB En Vivo on UniMás and TUDN (2024–present)

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On August 15, 2024, Major League Baseball announced a multi-year agreement with TelevisaUnivision. UniMás and TUDN will air a weekly whip-around show, MLB En Vivo, in Spanish on Tuesday nights. Univision talent includes Antonio de Valdés and Enrique Burak as hosts, Daniel Nohra and Luis Quiñones as play-by-play commentators and Luis Alberto Martínez and Daniel Schvarztman as reporters and guest analysts.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Fang, Ken (October 25, 2016). "DOES THE MLB ON TBS PACKAGE REALLY BENEFIT FANS AND VIEWERS?". Awful Announcing.
  2. ^ "Turner Sports, MLB officially agree to new seven-year media rights deal Turner Sports, MLB officially agree to new seven-year media rights deal". Awful Announcing. September 24, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. ^ Hayes, Dade (September 24, 2020). "WarnerMedia, Major League Baseball Reach 7-Year Rights Extension At Reported $3.75B; Will HBO Max Benefit?". Deadline.
  4. ^ Marchand, Andrew (September 24, 2020). "MLB's new $3.75 billion deal with Turner includes big changes". New York Post.
  5. ^ "New MLB on TBS Tuesday Night Season-Long Live Franchise to Debut with NL West Clash – San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants – Tuesday, April 12, at 9:30 p.m. ET". Turner Sports. March 21, 2022.
  6. ^ Bucholtz, Andrew (September 4, 2024). "Alanna Rizzo to host truTV 'MLB Race To The Pennant' whiparound show". Awful Announcing. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  7. ^ "Sports on TV: Tuesday, June 3, 2025". Yahoo! Sports. June 3, 2025. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  8. ^ "TelevisaUnivision and Major League Baseball Announce New Multi-Year Partnership". TelevisaUnivision. August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
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