Saturday Primetime

Infobox Television | show_name=Saturday Primetime


format = college basketball
runtime = 2 hours+
"until conclusion of game"
starring = Dan Shulman
Dick Vitale
Erin Andrews
country = USA
network = ESPN (2005-)
first_aired =January 22, 2005
last_aired = Present
num_episodes = 23, as of Mar. 3, 2007

"Saturday Primetime" appears every Saturday during the college basketball regular season and is the ESPN game of the week as part of "College GameDay". Started in 2005, the game is featured where ever Rece Davis, Hubert Davis, Digger Phelps and Jay Bilas are for the college basketball version of "College GameDay". The official name is "Saturday Primetime presented by DirecTV". The previous title sponsor was Cisco Systems.

The games of the week airs every Saturday at 9 P.M. ET during the regular season with a one hour pregame show as part of "College GameDay". The game is also seen in high definition on ESPNHD. Like Sunday Night Baseball, scheduling conflicts can result in the game being shown on ESPN2 and ESPN2HD. In 2005 and 2006, Brad Nessler had called play-by-play, but in 2007, Dan Shulman took over for Nessler along with legendary college basketball guru Dick Vitale with color commentary and Erin Andrews with the sideline reports. Games are shown from a variety of conferences.

History

On March 4, 2006, the one year anniversary of ESPNU, "Saturday Primetime" was seen on six different stations on the ESPN Family of Networks including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN 360, ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD. This was as part of the premiere of ESPNU's "Full Circle" series. On ESPN2 it was seen from the above the rim cam, on ESPNU it was seen on the Cameron Crazies Cam, on ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD it was seen in its normal high definition and on ESPN and ESPN 360 it was seen regularly.

Personalities

Some of the current and former personalities on "Saturday Primetime" have included:

Current

*Erin Andrews: (sideline reporter, 2005-present)
*Dan Shulman: (play-by-play, 2007-present)
*Dick Vitale: (analyst, 2005-present)

Former

*Brad Nessler: (play-by-play, 2005-2006)

By Year

ee also

*List of games televised on ESPN Saturday Primetime
*"College GameDay"
*"Big Monday"
*"Super Tuesday"
*"Wednesday Night Hoops"
*"Thursday Night Showcase"
*ESPN College Basketball Broadcast Teams

References

*2007 "GameDay/Saturday Primetime" lineup [http://media.espn.com/ESPNToday/2006/Nov_06/cbb_commentators.htm]

External links

* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnTopics?topic=Basketball ESPN.tv Basketball]