Monday Night Football MegaCast Drives Franchise’s Viewership to 15.6 Million, a 31% Year-Over-Year Increase

With the first Saturday of SEC football on the horizon, SEC Network is adding a new studio show to its programming lineup. Out of Pocket with Alyssa Lang will debut at 9:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 26 on SEC Network, following an audio-only Marty & McGee (7 – 9:30 a.m.) and leading into SEC Nation (10 a.m. – noon). The show is a personality-driven programming offering, centering around Lang’s love of football, food, memes and more.

ACC Network (ACCN), the 24/7 national platform dedicated to ACC sports, will debut a new personality-driven news and information studio show In Play Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m.

With the SEC returning to action, ESPN networks will play host to 18 AP Top 25 ranked teams in Week 4, highlighted by No. 12 Miami hosting in-state ACC foe Florida State for ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Capital One, with Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Molly McGrath on the call at 7:30 p.m. ET.

SEC Network’s hit Monday night show, Thinking Out Loud Presented by Regions, will see a new cast surrounding host Alyssa Lang for season four. Following the departure of Marcus Spears and Greg McElroy, Georgia Great Brandon Boykin and college football personalities Spencer Hall and Richard Johnson will join the show as cast members, providing debate, wit and commentary surrounding the college football landscape beginning Monday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. ET.

In the midst of the most unusual year across sports and entertainment, ESPN Films continues to offer some of the best overall storytelling, including the Emmy award-winning cultural phenomenon “The Last Dance” and 30 for 30 documentaries “LANCE,” “Be Water,” and “Long Gone Summer.” Today, the production unit has announced its latest installment in the Peabody and Emmy award-winning 30 for 30 series, “The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius,” which has been in production for several years. The four-part documentary will debut on ESPN+ on September 27.

Wayne Gretzky, considered the greatest hockey player of all time, hosts new historical editions of Detail, the ground-breaking sports analysis series created by the late Kobe Bryant.

For the third straight season, ESPN+ and ESPN are the exclusive presenter of Italy’s Serie A TIM – one of the world’s top soccer leagues – in the United States. ESPN+ will feature more than 340 matches throughout the 2020-21 season, which kicks off Saturday, Sept. 19, at 11:50 a.m. ET exclusively on ESPN+ with live streaming of Fiorentina vs. Torino.

College GameDay Built by Home Depot is headed to Louisville for the third time in show history.

The Chicago Cubs and Anthony Rizzo will host the Minnesota Twins and Nelson Cruz on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Taco Bell this Sunday, September 20, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.