Tag: NBC Sports
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Peacock and NBC Sports Unveil Premier League Lineup as New Season Nears
Peacock and NBC Sports are getting ready for another Premier League season, and the lineup is packed with familiar faces, big matchups, and a few streaming features fans should notice right away. The 2026-27 Premier League season kicks off Friday, August 21, across NBCUniversal platforms, with the NBC Sports studio team on-site in the U.K.…
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Peacock Packs MLB All-Star Weekend With the Draft, Futures Game, MLBx & More Than 7 Hours of Coverage
Baseball’s biggest stars aren’t the only attraction during MLB All-Star Weekend. Before the All-Star Game takes center stage, fans will get a chance to watch the next generation of talent as Peacock will offer nearly seven hours of live MLB All-Star Weekend coverage. Philadelphia will host one of the biggest weekends of the year for…
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Peacock Sets Another FIFA World Cup Streaming Record as USA Match Draws Historic Audience
The 2026 FIFA World Cup continues to rewrite the record books on the field and across streaming platforms. NBCUniversal announced that Telemundo and Peacock delivered the largest total audience ever for a U.S. Men’s National Team FIFA World Cup match in Spanish-language history during the USA’s June 25 group stage matchup against Turkey. The game…
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Peacock’s 2026 NFL Lineup Features Holiday Exclusive, Sunday Night Football, Thanksgiving Day Rivalry Game & More
For the upcoming season, Peacock is getting a deep bench of NFL action. The NBC streamer has rolled out a lineup of 26 games to keep football fans glued to the screen from kickoff to the final whistle. Coverage begins with the 2026 Hall of Fame Game between the Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals on…
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Golden Tempo Helps Peacock Gallop to Record Kentucky Derby Viewership
Golden Tempo wasn’t the only winner at the 2026 Kentucky Derby. NBC Sports scored another major victory in the live-sports wars after Saturday’s race delivered the most-watched “Run for the Roses” on record, averaging 19.6 million viewers across NBC and Peacock. The race peaked at 24.4 million viewers, and the telecast was up 11% from…
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2026 Kentucky Derby: Time, Streaming Info & How to Watch on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV & More
The 152nd Kentucky Derby takes place on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports is expected to begin around 6:57 p.m. ET, with gates opening at 9 a.m. ET and the first race set for 11 a.m. ET. Coverage begins earlier in the day, with NBC…
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Record MLB Opening Day Viewership Shows Streaming’s Power at the Plate
Baseball’s biggest early-season showcase just delivered another reminder that streaming is no longer a side dish for live sports. MLB’s 2026 Opening Night game on Netflix drew an estimated 3 million U.S. viewers, while NBC Sports said its Opening Day doubleheader on NBC and Peacock delivered the largest MLB Opening Day audience on record for…
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NBC, Peacock, & USA Sports Lock In PGA of America Events in Major Golf Rights Renewal
In a major move in the world of golf, the PGA of America extended its media relationships with NBC Sports/Peacock and Versant’s USA Sports through 2033. The extension explicitly includes the 2033 Ryder Cup at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, plus the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Senior PGA Championship, and PGA Professional Championship. Live…
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Peacock and NBC’s Sports Strategy & Takeover Made Sundays Must-See TV Again
If you watched TV on a recent Sunday night, there’s a good chance you were watching something on Peacock or NBC. From September 7, 2025, through February 22, 2026, the NBC finished No. 1 in primetime on 23 of 25 Sundays. The data set from the aforementioned dates comes from Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel. The mixed-use…
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USA-Canada Men’s Hockey Gold Medal Finish Fueled Peacock’s Biggest Non-NFL Streaming Moment Ever Recorded
Peacock’s live Winter Olympic run turned into a headline-making streaming surge. NBCUniversal’s Milan-Cortina coverage drew a combined TV + streaming audience in the tens of millions, and Peacock led the way on digital, setting a new high for non-NFL streamed viewership during the Games. That gold-medal men’s hockey thriller between Team USA and Canada produced…