DEEP DIVE

to commercial. Whether it’s going to 100% of the country or smaller sections [of the nation], viewers are seeing these types of pictures all across the board.

On using positive momentum and lessons learned from a previous broadcast into the next task on the list:

Cheney: We continue to develop as we move through [our schedule]. It’s nice to hit our goals throughout that season since we do so much, but we’re still utilizing these same resources on a regular basis. [For example], one of our teams will do a football game on a Sunday, but then they’ll be back at it again with a college basketball game at Madison Square Garden on a Tuesday. It’s amazing to see the effort and focus that go into these games.

On production and operations teams working together to minimize the stress associated with covering Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, AZ: Davies: Everybody rolls up their sleeves [to do their part], but the secret of making what we do work is the relationship [that we have] between production and technology. We have a really cool collaborative environment, and because of that relationship, it turns into a fun time. Everyone has ownership of their corner of the show, but we to try to support each other as much as we can.

On the unique partnership between Fox Sports and NBC Sports to launch the inaugural season of the revitalized United States Football League (USFL) in April 2022:

Meinking: We work with partners all the time, but in this situation, it was every week for an entire season. We knew our venue, but we had to figure out how to make [these productions] feel bigger by adding technology. We bounced a lot of things off each other, and it was nice to have each other as you launched something like this.

On the invaluable impact of the network’s Home Run Production (HRP) model during this stretch of shows:

Cheney: Going into [the season], we knew we wanted to use our HRP workflow because there’s a lot of work that goes into producing a doubleheader in a single location. HRPs became really important to us, and it was an engineering feat by both networks to come up with a solution that would transport over 150 signals back and forth between NBC Sports in Stanford and Fox Sports in Los Angeles.