The CW Scores Four-Season Rights to 50 ACC College Football and Basketball Games From Raycom, ESPN
variety.comJennifer Maas TV Business Writer The CW network has nabbed the exclusive broadcast rights to 50 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) college football and basketball games each season.
The deal is good through 2026-27. The Nexstar-owned broadcast acquired the rights from Raycom Sports, who sublicenses the rights from ESPN.
Raycom Sports will produce all games for The CW. Per the CW, the first of its 13 ACC football games, a face-off for the Pittsburgh Panthers and Cincinnati Bearcats, will air on on Saturday, Sept.
9. Games will continue airing every Saturday throughout the season in the afternoon and in primetime. Beginning in December, the CW will broadcast 28 men’s basketball games and nine women’s basketball games through February, with men’s basketball doubleheaders taking place every Saturday afternoon and women’s basketball games on Sunday afternoons.
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