MLB on NBC

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baseball on television sports broadcasting package sports television program

MLB on NBC was a long-running package of Major League Baseball game broadcasts on the NBC television network, known for airing marquee matchups and World Series coverage for much of the 20th century.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
MLB on NBC canonical	1
Major League Baseball coverage on NBC	1
Major League Baseball on NBC	1
NBC Baseball Game of the Week	1
NBC lost regular-season MLB rights after the 1989 season	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3871597 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MLB on NBC
Context triple: [MLB on Fox, predecessor, MLB on NBC]

A. MLB on TBS
MLB on TBS is a long-running American television package that broadcasts Major League Baseball games nationally on the TBS cable network.
B. MLB Network
MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated primarily to Major League Baseball coverage, including live games, analysis, and original programming.
C. MLB on Fox
MLB on Fox is a long-running television broadcast package that airs Major League Baseball games, including regular season matchups and the World Series, on the Fox network in the United States.
D. MLB.TV
MLB.TV is Major League Baseball’s official online subscription service for live and on-demand streaming of out-of-market MLB games.
E. Major League Baseball on ABC
Major League Baseball on ABC is a television broadcast package featuring live MLB games and related coverage aired on the ABC network.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MLB on NBC
Target entity description: MLB on NBC was a long-running package of Major League Baseball game broadcasts on the NBC television network, known for airing marquee matchups and World Series coverage for much of the 20th century.

A. MLB on TBS
MLB on TBS is a long-running American television package that broadcasts Major League Baseball games nationally on the TBS cable network.
B. MLB Network
MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated primarily to Major League Baseball coverage, including live games, analysis, and original programming.
C. MLB on Fox
MLB on Fox is a long-running television broadcast package that airs Major League Baseball games, including regular season matchups and the World Series, on the Fox network in the United States.
D. MLB.TV
MLB.TV is Major League Baseball’s official online subscription service for live and on-demand streaming of out-of-market MLB games.
E. Major League Baseball on ABC
Major League Baseball on ABC is a television broadcast package featuring live MLB games and related coverage aired on the ABC network.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball on television ⓘ sports broadcasting package ⓘ sports television program ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	NBC Game of the Week ⓘ surface form: Game of the Week MLB on NBC ⓘ surface form: NBC Baseball Game of the Week NBC Game of the Week ⓘ
basedOn	Major League Baseball ⓘ
broadcastOn	NBC ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coverageArea	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1989 ⓘ 1995 ⓘ 2000 ⓘ
genre	sports ⓘ
hasBroadcastRightsFor	League Championship Series ⓘ MLB All-Star Game ⓘ World Series ⓘ
inception	1957 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
networkType	broadcast television network ⓘ
notableBroadcaster	Bob Costas ⓘ Curt Gowdy ⓘ Joe Garagiola ⓘ Mickey Mantle ⓘ Tim McCarver ⓘ George Thomas Seaver ⓘ surface form: Tom Seaver Tony Kubek ⓘ Vin Scully ⓘ
notableEvent	NBC aired World Series games for much of the 20th century ⓘ NBC aired postseason MLB games in 1995 under The Baseball Network ⓘ NBC began regular Saturday Game of the Week telecasts in 1957 ⓘ MLB on NBC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NBC lost regular-season MLB rights after the 1989 season NBC returned to MLB coverage as part of The Baseball Network in 1994–1995 ⓘ NBC shared MLB rights with ABC in The Baseball Network joint venture ⓘ
notableFor	All-Star Game coverage ⓘ League Championship Series coverage ⓘ Saturday afternoon national MLB telecasts ⓘ World Series coverage ⓘ national Major League Baseball telecasts in the United States ⓘ prime-time World Series broadcasts ⓘ
originalNetwork	NBC ⓘ
partOf	NBC Sports ⓘ
pictureFormat	NTSC color television standard ⓘ surface form: NTSC black-and-white ⓘ color ⓘ
productionCompany	NBC Sports ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
startTime	1957 ⓘ
subject	Major League Baseball ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MLB on Fox → predecessor → MLB on NBC ⓘ

Garagiola → notableWork → MLB on NBC ⓘ

subject surface form: Joe Garagiola

this entity surface form: Major League Baseball on NBC

MLB on NBC → alsoKnownAs → MLB on NBC ⓘ

this entity surface form: NBC Baseball Game of the Week

MLB on NBC → notableEvent → MLB on NBC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NBC lost regular-season MLB rights after the 1989 season

Bob Costas → notableWork → MLB on NBC ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major League Baseball coverage on NBC

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