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Genre
Major League Baseball game telecasts
Developed by
ABC Sports
Directed by
Steve Danz[1] Chet Forte Ken Fouts Craig Janoff[2] Larry Kamm
Starring
Major League Baseball on ABC broadcasters
Theme music composer
Charles Fox Robert Israel[3] Lillian Scheinert[4][5] Kurt Bestor[6] Scott Schreer[7]
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
Production
Executive producers
Roone Arledge Geoffrey Mason
Producers
Bob Goodrich Curt Gowdy Jr. Chuck Howard Peter Lasser Dennis Lewin
Editors
Dean Hovell Conrad Kraus Pamela Peterson
Camera setup
Multi-camera
Running time
180 minutes (or until game ends)
Original release
Network
ABC
Release
April 12, 1976 (1976-04-12) – October 28, 1989 (1989-10-28)
Release
July 16, 1994 (1994-07-16) – October 26, 1995 (1995-10-26)
Release
September 29, 2020 (2020-09-29) – present (present)
Related
Major League Baseball on NBC Major League Baseball Game of the Week Monday Night Baseball Sunday Afternoon Baseball Thursday Night Baseball Baseball Night in America ESPN Major League Baseball Sunday Night Baseball
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National television broadcasts of Major League Baseball (MLB) games have aired on ABC in various formats.[8] The network first aired Saturday Major League Baseball Game of the Week games between 1953 and 1955, in 1960, and in 1965. ABC then televised MLB games from 1976 to 1989, airing Monday Night Baseball, Thursday Night Baseball, and Sunday Afternoon Baseball in various years during that period.
MLB games aired on ABC again in 1994 and 1995 as part of The Baseball Network, the short-lived time-brokered package of broadcasts produced by Major League Baseball and split with NBC. After not televising MLB since The Baseball Network folded, and after the ABC Sports division merged with ESPN in 2006, ABC has aired selected games as part of its sister cable network's contract since 2020. The broadcasts since 2020 have been produced by ESPN, and have primarily used the ESPN Major League Baseball branding and graphics instead of the Major League Baseball on ABC branding.
^Sarni, Jim (October 7, 1988). "ABC Is Good Or Bad, Depending On Series". Sun Sentinel.
^"1989 World Series". Turner Classic Movies.
^ABC Monday Night Baseball Theme 1984 (NO V/O) - Robert Israel on YouTube
^ABC Sunday Afternoon Baseball 1980 - Open - Lillian Scheinert, Robert Israel on YouTube
^ABC's Monday Night Baseball (1983 Season) - no voiceover on YouTube
^The ABC baseball theme, 1988-'89 on YouTube
^Baseball Network Theme 1994 1995 (Various Cuts) on YouTube
^Walker and Bellamy Jr., James Robert and Robert (June 2008). Center Field Shot: A History of Baseball on Television. ISBN 978-0803248250.
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