A year after moving to TBS, the selection show is headed back to CBS, where the brackets will be unveiled in traditional fashion.
The road to last year's Final Four started with an awkward selection show. By Ben Strauss Ben Strauss Sports and Media Reporter Email Bio Follow March 12 at 2:42 PM A year ago, CBS and Turner tried something new with the NCAA tournament selection show. The Sunday evening program was moved away from CBS, where it had aired for the previous 36 years, and instead shown on TBS. It was extended from one hour to two hours.
And so Tuesday, CBS and Turner announced a return to the traditional format on the traditional network. CBS will host the selection show at 6 p.m. on Sunday night. The show will last one hour, and the brackets will be unveiled at the top of the program. Greg Gumbel will host the show, along with analysts Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis.
He added: “It is a selection show, and the purpose of the selection show is really the brackets. So why delay that?”McManus made the comments at a media event promoting the upcoming tournament, where he appeared along with Jeff Zucker, the president of CNN who this month was named head of news and sports for WarnerMedia following the merger of AT&T and Time Warner.
The traditional format will heighten the drama of the unveil. Instead of an anticlimactic listing of the 36 at-large bids, the matchups themselves will reveal which bubble teams will play in the tournament and which will not, as they’re announced.
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