NBC is out? That’s what it looks like for the NASCAR Xfinity Series TV coverage on NBC starting in September. It came out of left field for many but it could mean big things for the long term of NASCAR broadcasts. What is going on with NBC?! CW To 2024 XFINTY Coverage
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What do you think of NBC leaving early on their Xfinity Series contract?
UPDATE: Bob Pockrass reports that NBC will produce theses races with Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte in the booth.
That is weird why would they do it now? Somethings not right. Jared, I want your honest opinion about something how long do you think Mike Joy will stay in the FOX Sports booth before he retires and who will replace him well Adam Alexander and Jamie Little take his spot, or will they go to different networks? I wanna know your thoughts Rick Alan is amazing there’s nothing wrong with Leigh Diffy but he’s not Rick Alan.
I don’t care, this has nothing to do with McDowell Supremacy!
@@aaronspringborn34I don’t like Leigh Diffey moved to NASCAR because he’s the perfect voice of IndyCar, and I feel he won’t announce IndyCar anymore…if they move him out they need to bring Paul Tracy back, just don’t let him drive anything on track.
I would say yes for debut In the CW Sports network on NASCAR. ❤
Xfinity series now going on the CW eight races earlier. Certainly didn’t see that coming.
Something tells me NBC is about to fall off in a similar fashion to how FOX fell off in the 2010s when compared to the 2000s.
All because they let go of their most prized asset
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.that would be NFL games so not sure what you are referring to exactly on that
@@MattJr4793I think the comment was referring to their biggest asset in the Motorsports side of things Dale Earnhardt Jr.
@@stephenholloway6893 awesome thanks for sharing
@@stephenholloway6893Dale Jr shut down the rumors though.
Since it starts in September I have a theory it’s something to do with competing against college football which has dominated the fall portion of TV for the last 10-15 years
CFB is the most ridiculous thing. A bunch of out of shape, never athlete types that watch are the ones who never went to the school, if they did, even less actually graduated. A bunch of low to middle class people getting salty and competitive over the fleet of volunteer overworked teenagers playing for the miniscule hope of making it in the pros and having that “business communications” handout degree to fall back on. Even though it’s the same 4 schools making it to the championships every year because college football recruiting is the only thing that’s a bigger joke than the people who watch it. My theory is half the ratings are from TVs in bars, restaurants and public simply because nothing else is on. CFB should be nothing more than a reason for college students who are actually attending the school to get drunk, let alone a multi-billion dollar advertising scheme for mass media conglomerates.
@@TheeGlocktopus someone had a bad day
@@metricccccc The Networks make $30 Billion, the NCAA makes $15 Billion a year. The Colleges also get their cut. The coaches and staffs are paid millions. The Students get peanuts and a degree. Mean while middle aged america over 45 consume 2/3rds of it. Something is out of whack.
@@TheeGlocktopus that’s a very long-winded way to say you have no SEC championships
@@tikibarberfan4 neither do you. this has to be some sort of psychological disorder that makes you refer to a title a school won that you had noting to do with as “ours” or “yours.”
Dale Jr. not being in the booth this year and now NBC and USA Network leaving early is one blow to the broadcasting side of NASCAR after another. It’s shocking to say the least.
As if having 90% of all races exclusively on cable wasn’t bad enough
Since NBC is out for the Xfinity Series early, I wonder if cup will be next after 2031. Maybe move cup races to CBS 1st half/TNT 2nd half if FOX can’t get their act together?
CBS ain’t ever coming back. TNT will go defunct along eith every other cable network by then due to the prices just getting higher and higher and streaming going that route, it’ll be like a TV reset
This is definitely something we didn’t see coming
Theyre really dropping the ball mann.
As a motorsports fan this is concerning. NBC is the premiere home of motorsports (NASCAR, IMSA, Indycar, Supercross). Lose Dale JR, Rick Allen, CW coverage early, possibly losing Indycar. They pride themselves on motorsports so what’s their plan?
Its very concerning. NBC has been the most motorsports dedicated network since the fall of Speed(RIP) in 2013. Things haven’t been the same since NBCSN shut down. Supercross is pretty much exclusive to Peacock now.
It’s unclear on if Rick is leaving NBC just that he won’t be in the booth for the Cup Series once the Olympics ends. Yes he could go to the CW but as of now outside of these 8 races it’s unknown for 2025 and beyond.
Late 2023: NBC Stays with NASCAR for a further 7 years as part of the new TV deal.
February 2024: Dale Jr out at NBC to go to Amazon.
March 2024: Leigh Diffey to the Cup series booth at NBC.
April 2024: Xfinity Series moving over from NBC to CW for final 8 races.
Talk about a hand full of speculation and news in a matter of months regarding NBC.
I just hope they don’t lose IndyCar…I like having it all on Peacock.
@@polycube868I’d love to see fox get Indycar coverage or espn gets it back
@@stormsmith6772ESPN/ABC really need to come back.
@@stormsmith6772 ESPN isn’t interested in Indycar as they currently have F1. The only way ESPN becomes interested in Indycar is if F1 announces later this year that it is moving all of its races to Netflix in 2026 in a deal similar to what the WWE did for Monday Night Raw. If this happens I could see ESPN saying that they are ending their deal early & that Netflix can start streaming F1 races a year early. This would then allow ESPN to pickup the Indycar rights.
2027: All of the networks bail out and NASCAR streams their races on YouTube for free
Certainly didn’t see this coming. NASCAR broadcasting is really dropping the ball.
I thought NBC owned Xfinity or vice versa. I’d be concerned with title sponsorship of the series as well if the company is losing interest in the sport. Don’t know when the Xfinity deal is up off the top of my head.
Both NBC and Xfinity are owned by Comcast. The CW is owned by Paramount.
I just saw in article talking about the Xfinity series title sponsor an apparently the Xfinity sponsor deal ends this year. I don’t think Xfinity is gonna renew beyond 2024 but who knows.
@@John-LairdSort of CW is split between Paramount Warner and Nextstar. With Nexstar having the majority.
@@stephenholloway6893 I stand corrected.
What interests me is if that will affect the international broadcast and if the series will be broadcasted in Europe, Eastern Europe or the Balkans in particular. Currently the private TV broadcaster has the rights for both the Fox and the NBC races. I think there is nothing to worry about, but I’ve seen things no longer being broadcasted in my country without warning.
I would think the deal at international level means whoever is showing it you’ll get it
Not having dale jr in the booth is going to make me cry. I was genuinely looking forward to his commentary at the beginning of the year.
Glad to see XFINTY finally found a home on the The CW.
I don’t have USA Network so this is a positive for me. Probably a ratings win for nascar since more people have access to the cw.
Yay! More races on FREE antenna TV!
Its gonna be rough not having dale jr who actually looks out the window and talks about the race there.
Leigh Diffey is a US citizen who has been covering American Motorsports since 1995.