Peacock Takes Exclusive Rights To ‘The Rich Eisen Show’ In Sports Talk Push

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Dade Hayes Finance EditorPeacock will become the exclusive home of The Rich Eisen Show this fall as part of a planned push into sports talk by the NBCUniversal streaming service.The three-hour daily talker has already been in the NBCUniversal family.

Returning from a summer break on August 17, it will air for a few weeks on NBCSN before moving fully to Peacock in October.Apart from his eponymous show and podcast, which launched in 2014, Eisen is known for his eight-year stint as an anchor on ESPN SportsCenter and then as the NFL Network’s first talent hire in 2003.

He remains the main host on NFL Network.The structure of Peacock and its focus on advertising motivated the deal. The streaming service went live in April in Comcast’s cable and.