Seen on Screen: ESPN Plans Full Day of NCAA Playoff Football Coverage; ‘MLB Network Presents’ Returns With New Episodes

by Wilson Sy, Editorial Assistant

The College Football Playoff Selection Day will air on Sunday, Dec. 6, from Noon to 4:00 p.m. ET that will feature the announcement of the teams participating in the two Playoff Semifinals — the Capital One Orange Bowl and the Goodyear Cotton Bowl. Teams selected for the other four New Year’s Day bowls, along with the final Top 25 rankings, will be announced close to 3:00 p.m. The discussion and analysis will continue on ESPN from 8:30 to 11:00 p.m. with Championship Drive. ESPNU will begin the day with four hours of coverage during CFB Sunday: Championship Drive Special beginning at 8 a.m while the SEC Now Bowl Special will air on SEC Network starting at 6 p.m…

…MLB Network Presents will return next week featuring a new slate of episodes. One will feature the story of baseball glory returning to Kansas City: Royal in Kansas City, 30 Years Later airing Thursday, Dec. 10, at 8:00 p.m. ET. An in-depth look at the man who Rolling Stone dubbed “The Most Interesting Man in Baseball” Lenny Randle will be viewed Friday, Dec. 11 at 9:00 p.m ET. The Eighth Wonder of the World, which marks the 50th anniversary of the Astrodome, will be showed Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 9:00 p.m. ET…

…NBC Sports Group will conclude its 2015 NASCAR season in Las Vegas with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Awards ceremony on Dec. 4, at 9:00 p.m ET on NBCSN. Following 21 consecutive weeks of live coverage, NASCAR will celebrate the remarkable season that will feature special tribute to this year’s champion, Kyle Busch, and retiring legend, Jeff Gordon. The pre-award coverage will begin at 7:00 p.m. with a special edition of NASCAR America…

…NBA TV’s Inside Stuff on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 6:30 p.m E.T, will showcase Miami Heat All-Star Dwayne Wade and 2015 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Dikembe Mutombo. The all-new episode will feature Wade sitting down with co-host Kristen Ledlow as they discuss the evolution of his prime and the perspective he has gained through 13 years playing with the Miami Heat.  Fans will also get to see the behind-the-scenes access from TNT’s telecast featuring the Golden State Warriors’ record-setting win over the Los Angles Lakers on Nov. 24, to become the first team in NBA history to start 16-0…

…Feld Motor Sports and Fox Sports announced that the 2016 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, and FIM World Championship, television schedule includes 17 live races, two of which will air on Fox: Saturday, April 16 at 3:00 p.m. ET, from the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis on, and Saturday, April 23 at 4:00 p.m. ET from Gilette Stadium in Foxborough, MA. The Monster Energy Supercross season opens Saturday, Jan. 9, in Anaheim, CA, with the first of 14 live races on FS1. The start time for all races (except St. Louis and Foxborough) will be 7:00 p.m. local raace time, with the afternoon pit parties starting at noon local race time…

…MLB Network will provide more than 35 live hours of five days coverage at the 2015 MLB Winter Meetings headquarters in Nashville next week, including insiders Peter Gammons, Jon Heyman, Ken Rosenthal, and Joel Sherman. Interviews with mangers will be featured throughout MLB Network’s five different on-site shots, beginning with MLB Tonight this Sunday, Dec. 6 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Hot Stove will air at 9:00 am ET from Monday, Dec. 7 through Thursday, Dec. 10 and High Heat will take place at 1:00 p.m. ET each day and at 12 p.m. ET on Thursday, Dec. 10. Through Dec. 7-9, MLB Tonight will be aired at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. ET, while MLB Now will take place 4:00 p.m. E.T followed by International Talk at 5:00 p.m. ET…

…The next segment in ESPN Films’ award-winning 30 for 30 series, “Four Falls of Buffalo,” will premiere on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 9:30 p.m. ET immediately following the Heisman Trophy presentation on ESPN. The film will look back at the Buffalo Bills early ’90s that made it to four straight Super Bowls yet never brought home the coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy. Featuring interviews with Jim Kelly, Bruce Smith, Andre Reed, Bill Polian, Bill Belichick, and others…

…The L.A, Clippers dancers are getting their own TV series. E! has greenlit the new original docuseries, entitled L.A. Clippers Dance Squad. Produced by Mandalay Sports Media, the series is slated to premiere in early 2016. The eight hour-long episodes will chronic the lives of the dancers from summer auditions to intense rehearsals to the season. It will give fans an in-depth look at what it takes to be a member of the elite dance team.