Showtime Follows Irish to Fiesta Bowl Game

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Showtime Sports is extending its series covering the Notre Dame football team an extra episode to cover its bowl game against Ohio State University.

The Fighting Irish, ranked eighth, will take on the No. 7  Buckeyes in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Day. Showtime’s episode featuring behind-the-scenes access to the game will debut Jan. 5 at 10 p.m. ET.

During the regular season, the series, A Season With Notre Dame Football, helped introduce a national audience to the most charismatic student-athletes of “Team 127”—seniors Sheldon Day and Joe Schmidt, college football’s best linebacker Jaylon Smith, junior wide receiver Will Fuller who enjoyed a breakout season, freshman Jerry Tillery and backup quarterback-turned-offensive leader DeShone Kizer. 

The extra episode will document the final chapter of the 2015 season for Notre Dame.

Viewers can catch up on the series' previous 13 episodes on Showtime On Demand, Showtime Anytime, and on Showtime’s streaming service

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.