NBC debuts its “Big Ten Saturday Night” with prime-time games starting at 7:30 p.m. In 2024, CBS will replace its midday SEC package with a Big Ten game at 3:30 p.m. Fox regularly will kick off the action with its Big Noon broadcast. In picking up CBS and NBC, the conference opted for maximum and recognizable exposure over continuing a long-standing relationship with ABC/ESPN or perhaps more revenue to partner with Amazon Prime.īig Ten football will stretch across three time windows on three major networks. With conferences eyeing partnerships with nontraditional networks or streaming options, the Big Ten leaned into linear. Let’s take a look 10 big topics involving Big Ten television in 2023 and beyond. “This first year is kind of an element unto itself,” said Kerry Kenny, the Big Ten’s chief operating officer who handles television and football scheduling. That year also coincides with USC and UCLA joining a division-less Big Ten. CBS and NBC will have a few experimental windows this fall before they settle into their consistent time frames in 2024. CBS is in the final year of its contract with the SEC and will air seven Big Ten games this fall before jumping to 15 beginning in 2024. There are the old standbys like Fox, FS1 and BTN, and the 2023 season is transitional.
