USA Net To Get Ryder Cup Conclusion, If Necessary

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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NBC promotion execs spent much of Friday filing
updates on coverage of the Ryder Cup golf tournament as a 7-plus-hour rain
delay forced a new coverage game plan.

Friday coverage was on ESPN, and ESPN and NBC will
continue to divvy up Saturday rounds. Sunday will also still be on NBC, but the
net may not get to cover the potentially climactic final matches.

New to the mix is a possible Monday finish. If so,
that will be on NBC's co-owned USA Network starting at 2 a.m. All start times
are in the wee hours of the morning since the Cup is being contested in
Wales this year.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.