Premier Lacrosse League on television

Premier Lacrosse League (PLL), also known as Premier Lacrosse League Powered by Ticketmaster, is an American professional field lacrosse league. The league's inaugural season debuted on June 1, 2019, and included a 14-week tour-based schedule taking place in 12 major-market cities.[1]

PLL on TV  Year  | Channel  | Games Aired

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2019

NBC

NBC | 3
NBCSN | 16
NBC Sports Gold | All
2020

NBC

NBC | 4
NBCSN | 13
NBC Sports Gold | All
2021

NBC

NBC | 4
NBCSN | 17
Peacock | All
2022

ESPN

ABC | 3
ESPN | 3
ESPN2 | 6
ESPN+ | All
2023

ESPN

ABC | 8
ESPN | 2
ESPN2 | 6
ESPN+ | All

## NBC Sports (2019–2022)[edit]

In October 2018,[2] the PLL and NBC jointly announced that the NBC Sports Group[3][4] got exclusive[5] rights to broadcast the league's 14-week season on its broadcast and cable networks, including 10 regular-season weekends, an All-Star[6] weekend and two playoff weekends concluding with the title game on September 21. More specifically, NBC's broadcast network would air three PLL games,[7] with NBCSN airing 16 more and the other 20 available through an NBC Sports Gold package.

In May 2019, NBC announced that pre-game, halftime, and postgame host Paul Burmeister,[8] play-by-play voice Brendan Burke,[9][10] and analyst Ryan Boyle would be their first-ever commentators during the PLL's inaugural season. Joining them would be Chantel McCabe, who would serve as a reporter at various times throughout the season.

Production innovations[11] that NBC would bring included in-game player-to-commentator communication, SMT Shot Speed tracking technology, Skycam on multiple games, miked-up players and coaches — and the use of players as commentators throughout the season. As for player-to-commentator communication, this means that the two players on the field, focusing on the goalie and attack positions, would be able to communicate[12] with the NBC Sports PLL broadcast team. Meanwhile, NBC Sports installed an array of sensors at each end of the field for each PLL game to track shot speed from a variety of angles, using SMT's lacrosse intelligence engine to provide real-time speed tracking.

On May 6, 2020, the PLL announced[13] a two-week quarantined[14] and fanless tournament called the PLL Championship Series to be scheduled to run from July 25-August 9. All 20 of the league's games would be presented live across NBC, NBCSN, or NBC Sports Gold,[15] with all televised games also streaming live on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.[16]

## ESPN and The Walt Disney Company (2022-present)[edit]

On March 23, 2022, the Premier Lacrosse League reached a 4-year media rights agreement with ESPN and The Walt Disney Company, which will see ESPN carry every game, including the league's All-Star festivities, Playoff games, and Championship Weekend, exclusively across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, and ABC.

## See also[edit]

* Sports broadcasting contracts in the United States#Premier Lacrosse League
* Major League Lacrosse on television
* National Lacrosse League on television

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Paul Rabil's Premier Lacrosse League Launches". www.uslaxmagazine.com.
2. ^ McCarthy, Michael (September 13, 2019). "NBC Finds Success With Premier Lacrosse League In Year One". Front Office Sports.
3. ^ "New Pro Lacrosse League". Barstool Sports. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
4. ^ "PLL Announcement". Business Journals. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
5. ^ "Premier Lacrosse League on NBC is most watched outdoor pro lacrosse game in history". Premier Lacrosse League. June 13, 2019.
6. ^ "BEST LACROSSE PLAYERS IN THE WORLD COMPETE THIS SUNDAY AT PLL ALL-STAR GAME AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN". NBC. July 18, 2019.
7. ^ Bucholtz, Andrew (May 7, 2019). "NBC is betting on lacrosse to take it through the summer". Awful Announcing.
8. ^ "PAUL BURMEISTER, BRENDAN BURKE AND RYAN BOYLE TO DEBUT AS NBC SPORTS' INAUGURAL PREMIER LACROSSE LEAGUE COMMENTATORS". NBC Sports Group. May 7, 2019.
9. ^ Schott, Ken (August 21, 2019). "The Parting Schotts Podcast: Talking Travers Stakes, Premier Lacrosse League".
10. ^ Best, Neil (May 9, 2019). "Isles announcer Brendan Burke to call Premier Lacrosse League games for NBC Sports". Newsday.
11. ^ Dachman, Jason (May 29, 2019). "NBC Sports Brings Production Innovations to Inaugural Premier League Lacrosse Season". Sports Video Group.
12. ^ "Premier Lacrosse League Continues with Two Games On NBCSN This Weekend". Broadway World. July 3, 2019.
13. ^ Slusher, Keenan (May 6, 2020). "Premier Lacrosse League announces PLL Championship Series". NBC Sports.
14. ^ "For PLL and NBC Sports, Quarantine Tournament An Opportunity to Make A Splash". Inside Lacrosse. May 6, 2020.
15. ^ "A NEW ERA OF LACROSSE IS HERE: PREMIER LACROSSE LEAGUE BEGINS TOMORROW WITH DOUBLEHEADER ON NBC SPORTS GOLD". NBCUniversal Media Village. May 31, 2019.
16. ^ Kuhn, Sam. "The Premier Lacrosse League – Will it Break Barriers for Lacrosse?". Baltimore Sports and Life.

## External links[edit]

* NBC Sports - Lacrosse
* NBC Sports Gold Premier Lacrosse League Pass

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Premier Lacrosse League

Teams|

* Archers L.C.
* Atlas L.C.
* Cannons L.C.
* Chaos L.C.
* Chrome L.C.
* Redwoods L.C.
* Waterdogs L.C.
* Whipsnakes L.C.

Active cities|

* Albany
* Atlanta
* Baltimore
* Boston
* Chicago
* Columbus
* Denver
* Fairfield
* Hamilton
* Los Angeles
* New York City
* Philadelphia
* San Jose
* Seattle
* Washington, D.C.

Venues|

* Gillette Stadium
* Red Bull Arena
* SeatGeek Stadium
* Homewood Field
* Center Parc Stadium
* Audi Field
* BMO Stadium
* Dick's Sporting Goods Park
* PayPal Park
* Tim Hortons Field
* Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
* Historic Crew Stadium
* Subaru Park
* The Star
* Zions Bank Stadium

Seasons|

* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022

Awards|

* League awards

Collegiate Draft|

* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022

All-Star Game|

* 2019

Partnerships|

* Adidas
* ECD Lacrosse
* IMG Academy
* ESPN
* television coverage
* One Love Foundation
* STX
* Tewaaraton Award
* Women's Professional Lacrosse League

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NBC Sports Group

Current programs|

| Sports on NBC|

* Boxing on NBC
* College Basketball on NBC
* Cycling on NBC
* IndyCar Series on NBC
* Golf Channel on NBC
* MLB Sunday Leadoff
* NASCAR on NBC
* NFL on NBC
* Football Night in America
* NBC Sunday Night Football
* Notre Dame Football on NBC
* Tennis on NBC
* Thoroughbred Racing on NBC
* Premier League on NBC
* history

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Sports on Other Networks|

* Golf Central
* College Football on NBC Sports
* Premier Lacrosse League
* USA Sevens
* USA Rugby League
* Men in Blazers
* WWE Raw
* WWE NXT

National channels|

* Golf Channel
* Olympic Channel
* minority stake
* MLB Network
* NHL Network

NBC Sports Regional Networks|

* Bay Area (45%)
* Boston
* California
* Chicago (25%)
* Philadelphia
* Washington (affiliated)
* SNY (8%)

Streaming affiliation|

* Peacock

USA Network|

* NASCAR
* NCAAM
* NCAAF
* Golf

Occasional programming|

* NBC Olympics
* NBC Sports
* NBC-Telemundo Deportes

Occasional broadcasters|

* NBC
* Bravo
* CNBC
* MSNBC
* (Spanish-language)
* Universo
* Telemundo

Other properties|

* All-American Bowl
* Alli Sports
* American Century Championship
* NBC Sports Digital
* GolfNow
* NBC Sports Gold
* NBC Sports Live Extra
* Rotoworld Fantasy Sports
* profootballtalk.com
* Xfinity Live! Philadelphia
* Sky Sports

Former programs|

* 36
* AFL on NBC
* Baseball Night in America
* Bowling on NBC
* CFL on NBC
* The Dan Patrick Show
* FIFA World Cup on NBC
* Formula One on NBC
* Gillette Cavalcade of Sports
* Hambletonian
* The 'Lights
* MLB Game of the Week
* MLB on NBC
* history
* Major League Baseball: An Inside Look
* Match of the Day
* MLS on NBC
* NBA on NBC
* WNBA
* NBA Showtime
* NBC College Football Game of the Week
* Bowl games
* NHL on NBC
* Sportsworld
* Red Bull Global Rallycross
* NBC SportsTalk
* Premier Boxing Champions

Parent: NBCUniversal

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Sports properties of ESPN on ABC

Current|

* ESPN College Basketball on ABC
* ESPN College Football on ABC
* Saturday Night Football
* NFL on ABC
* Monday Night Football
* Results
* Bundesliga on ABC
* La Liga on ABC
* Formula One
* NBA on ABC
* WNBA on ABC
* NHL on ABC
* Little League World Series
* X Games
* ESPN Major League Baseball on ABC
* history

Former|

* American Football League on ABC
* Arena Football League on ABC
* USFL
* World League of American Football
* ESPN Major League Baseball on ABC
* Monday Night Baseball
* Sunday Afternoon Baseball
* Thursday Night Baseball
* Baseball Night in America
* MLS on ABC
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* Superstars
* Battle of the Network Stars
* ESPN Sports Saturday
* Indianapolis 500
* IndyCar Series
* Boxing on ABC
* Premier Boxing Champions
* Pan American Games
* Tour de France

See also|

* History
* United States sports broadcasting lists

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ESPN Inc.

Executives|

* George Bodenheimer
* Edwin Durso
* Chuck Pagano
* Norby Williamson
* James Pitaro

U.S. networks|

| Streaming|

* ESPN+
* ESPN3

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Linear TV|

* ESPN
* ESPN2
* ESPNU
* ESPNews
* Deportes
* ACC Network
* SEC Network
* Longhorn Network

Part-time|

* ACC Network Xtra
* ESPN on ABC
* SEC Network +

Radio|

* ESPN Radio
* Deportes
* Xtra

International|

| Japan|

* J Sports (3%)

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Latin America|

| Panregional|

* ESPN (Latin America)

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Brazil|

* ESPN (Brazil)

Caribbean|

* ESPN Caribbean

Netherlands|

* ESPN (Netherlands)

Oceania|

* ESPN Australia

Sub-Saharan Africa|

* ESPN Africa

Co-owned Canadian
sports networks|

* TSN
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* RDS
* RDS2
* RDS Info
* ESPN Classic Canada

Ventures|

* ESPN.com
* ESPN Deportes.com
* ESPN Broadband
* ESPN Events
* ESPN Films
* ESPN Deportes La Revista
* ESPN Books
* ESPY Awards
* ESPN Integration
* ESPN PPV

Defunct ventures|

* Arena Football League (minority stake, 2006–2009)
* ESPN 3D (2010–2013)
* ESPN America (2002–2013)
* ESPN Classic (U.S.) (1995–2021)
* ESPN Classic (UK) (2006–2013)
* ESPN College Extra (2015–2023)
* ESPN Full Court (2007–2015)
* ESPN GamePlan (1992–2015)
* ESPN Goal Line & Bases Loaded (2010–2020)
* Grantland (2011–2015)
* ESPN HS (1997–2012)
* ESPN The Magazine (1998–2019)
* ESPN MVP (2005–2006)
* ESPNscrum (2007–2015)
* ESPN Star Sports (equity stake, 1996–2012; incl. ESPN Asia [1995–2013])
* ESPN5 (2017–2020)
* WatchESPN (2011–2019)
* Sony ESPN (2016–2020)
* ESPN West

Sports broadcasting rights|

* CFL on TSN
* ESPN College Basketball
* ESPN College Football
* ESPN Major League Baseball
* KayRod Cast
* FCS Kickoff
* Golf on ESPN
* High School Showcase
* MLS Soccer Sunday
* NBA on ESPN
* Wednesday
* Friday
* Saturday
* Sunday
* NBA in Stephen A's World
* NFL on ESPN
* Monday Night Football
* Manningcast
* NHL on ESPN
* Soccer on ESPN
* Tennis on ESPN
* WNBA on ESPN
* Other events

Other properties|

* Andscape
* ESPNcricinfo
* Jayski's Silly Season Site (formerly)
* ESPN FC
* Scouts Inc.
* TrueHoop

Notable personalities|

* Current personalities
* Former personalities
* ESPNews personalities
* ESPNU personalities
* ESPN Radio personalities
* Presidents of ESPN

Miscellaneous|

* History
* Programs
* Criticism
* This is SportsCenter
* ESPN Armory
* ESPN Zone
* ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
* ESPN BottomLine
* ESPN8 The Ocho
* X Games
* Fox Sports International

Owners: Walt Disney Company (80%); Hearst Communications (20%)

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ESPN original programming

Scheduled shows|

* 30 for 30
* Around the Horn
* College Football Live
* E:60
* First Take
* ESPN Major League Baseball
* NBA Today
* NBA on ESPN
* ABC
* Wednesday
* Friday
* Saturday
* Sunday
* NFL on ESPN
* ABC
* Monday Night Football
* Manningcast
* NHL on ESPN
* ABC
* Pardon the Interruption
* SportsCenter
* The Pat McAfee Show
* Thursday Night Showcase
* WNBA on ESPN

Pregame and postgame|

* Baseball Tonight
* Big Monday
* College Football Final
* College GameDay Football
* College GameDay Basketball
* College Football Scoreboard
* ESPN College Football Saturday Primetime
* ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime
* ESPN Megacast
* Monday Night Baseball
* Monday Night Countdown
* NBA Countdown
* NFL Insiders
* NFL Live
* NFL Matchup
* NFL Primetime
* Saturday Primetime
* Sunday NFL Countdown
* Sunday Night Baseball
* Super Tuesday
* Wednesday Night Baseball
* Wednesday Night Hoops

Former programming|

* Arena Football League on ESPN
* AWA Championship Wrestling
* Battle of the Gridiron Stars
* Beg, Borrow & Deal
* BodyShaping
* Bonds on Bonds
* Bound for Glory
* Boxing on ESPN
* The Bronx Is Burning
* Cheap Seats
* The Contender
* Cycling on ESPN
* Dream Job
* ESPN SpeedWorld
* ESPN Sunday Night Football
* Global Supercard Wrestling
* Highly Questionable
* IndyCar Series on ESPN
* I'd Do Anything
* Jim Rome Is Burning
* The Jump
* Knight School
* MISL on ESPN
* MLS on ESPN
* NASCAR Countdown
* NASCAR on ESPN
* NASL on ESPN
* Nine for IX
* Outside the Lines
* Playmakers
* Shaquille
* SpeedWeek
* SportsCentury
* SportsNation
* The Sports Reporters
* Stump the Schwab
* Tilt
* The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame...
* This Just In with Max Kellerman
* 2 Minute Drill
* Unscripted with Chris Connelly
* Up Close
* USFL on ESPN
* World Cup Live

* List of programs broadcast by ESPN

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Professional lacrosse on television

Field lacrosse|

* Major League Lacrosse
* Premier Lacrosse League

Box lacrosse|

* National Lacrosse League
* CBS

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