What Your Television Is Doing This Weekend

↵↵ESPN:
↵Chris Berman and Mel Kiper Jr. will lead a team of analysts and reporters for the 16 hours of live coverage April 26-27 on ESPN and ESPN2. Saturday's four-hour SportsCenter Special: On the Clock at 11 a.m. will kickoff the day before the focus shifts to Radio City Music Hall when the NFL Draft telecast will begin at its new time of 3 p.m. Day 1 coverage will switch to ESPN2 at 8 p.m. and last until the conclusion of round 2. ESPN will televise all eight hours Sunday (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.) with Trey Wingo hosting from New York for the first time, along with Cris Carter, Ron Jaworski, Kiper and Chris Mortensen, as well as a panel of NFL writers contributing from Bristol. ↵

↵↵NFL Network:
↵Saturday, April 26 (all times ET):
↵11 a.m. – 12 a.m. (13 hours live)
↵11 a.m. – 3 p.m. -– NFL Total Access Pre-Draft Show
↵3 p.m. – 11 p.m. -- 2008 NFL Draft Rounds 1-2
↵11 p.m. – 12 a.m. -- NFL Total Access Day One Draft Coverage ↵

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↵↵NBA Playoffs:
↵According to Nielsen numbers, the NBA Playoffs have been killing in the ratings. TNT's ratings are up 16% compared to last year, while ESPN has been posting strong increases all season (14% overall). So what gives? Why are people watching all of a sudden? Probably because this is the best set of first round matchups the NBA has ever seen.↵Outside of the Celtics-Hawks series, all of the matchups could, and probably will go to, at least six games. You have the best storylines in quite some time (Old- Kidd vs. New- Paul, Cavs-Wizards, Kobe-A.I.), and the West has the Suns versus the Spurs in the first round, which could be the single best first round matchup of all-time. So what does that mean for the weekend? Likely more of the same. ESPN/ABC appears to have the better set of games, but TNT gets a Lakers-Nuggets Game 3 which should get a ton of viewers. ↵

↵↵Fri., April 25
↵7 p.m.- Detroit at Philadelphia, Game 3 (ESPN2)
↵Announcers: Dan Shulman, Jon Barry, and Heather Cox
↵8 p.m.- New Orleans at Dallas, Game 3 (ESPN)
↵Announcers: Mike Tirico, Hubie Brown, and Lisa Salters
↵10:30 p.m.- San Antonio at Phoenix, Game 3 (ESPN)
↵Announcers: Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy, and Michele Tafoya↵

↵↵Sat., April 26
↵3 p.m.- Orlando Magic @ Toronto Raptors, Game 4 (TNT)
↵Announcers: Matt Devlin, Mike Dunleavy and Stephanie Ready
↵5:30 p.m.- Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets, Game 3 (TNT)
↵Announcers: Marv Albert, Reggie Miller and Craig Sager
↵8 p.m.- Boston at Atlanta, Game 3 (ESPN)
↵Announcers: Dan Shulman, Doris Burke, and Heather Cox
↵10:30 p.m.- Houston at Utah, Game 4 (ESPN)↵Announcers: Dave Pasch, Rick Carlisle, and Ric Bucher↵

↵↵Sun., April 27
↵1 p.m.- Cleveland at Washington, Game 4 (ABC)
↵Announcers: Mike Tirico, Hubie Brown, and Lisa Salters
↵3:30 p.m.- San Antonio at Phoenix, Game 4 (ABC)
↵Announcers: Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy, and Michele Tafoya
↵7 p.m.- Detroit Pistons @ Philadelphia 76ers, Game 4 (TNT)
↵Announcers: Matt Devlin, Mike Fratello and Dei Lynam
↵9:30 p.m.- New Orleans Hornets @ Dallas Mavericks, Game 4 (TNT)
↵Announcers: Kevin Harlan, Doug Collins and Pam Oliver
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↵↵Baseball:
↵It looks like a weekend of Yankees baseball as the majority of the country will be getting the FOX NYY-Cleveland game on Saturday and the TBS game on Sunday is Game 2 of the same series. The late night ESPN baseball game between the Angels and Tigers will close out the weekend. Here's a look at the games and their announcers: ↵

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