TCA: Golf Channel to Debut Series With Jimmy Roberts

‘In Play' chronicles life through golf; premieres March 12

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/7/2013 3:08:14 PM

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Pasadena, Calif. -- Golf Channel on Monday announced new monthly series In Play with Jimmy Roberts to premiere on Tuesday, March 12 at 10:30 p.m. ET, the network said at the Television Critics' Association winter press tour.

Veteran Olympics sportscaster Jimmy Roberts will be the host and managing editor of the newsmagazine-style In Play, which will tell compelling stories related to golf. Early features scheduled are on a man who has spent the past 21 years in prison for murder and passes the time drawing famous golf holes and a kidnapping victim who credits golf with helping him survive being locked in the trunk of a car for 49 hours.

Golf Channel contributors including Damon Hack, Rich Lerner, Kelly Tilghman and Tim Rosaforte will work on stories for In Play. Israel DeHerrera is the supervising producer.