When the clock strikes midnight to ring in 2022 on the east coast, NBC Sports Network will shut down. NBCUniversal will shift a lot of its sports activities protection, together with Premier League matches, over to the USA Network.
Assuming extra video games aren’t suspended on account of groups having too many COVID-19 instances, Premier League protection will get off to a flying begin on USA Network with three matches on New Year’s Day. Arsenal will sq. off towards league leaders Manchester City at 7:30AM ET earlier than Watford host Tottenham and Crystal Palace tackle West Ham. Sunday brings a match between Everton and Brighton, earlier than Chelsea host Liverpool in a conflict between title contenders.
The shift to USA Network should not change a lot for Peacock customers, although. Overflow video games and streaming-only matches will stay on that platform, together with three matches which can be scheduled to stream on Peacock Premium on Sunday. Some of the larger video games will nonetheless air on the principle NBC community, and NBCU will proceed to broadcast each Premier League match throughout its multitude of platforms.
It’s not clear as but whether or not there are plans to broadcast overflow video games on different NBCU networks. On the final day of the 2020-21 season, when all 10 matches kicked off on the similar time, USA Network, CNBC and the Golf Channel every aired one recreation.