New Premier League Season Kicks Off on NBCUniversal Networks

NBC Sports Group's coverage of the 2014-15 Premier League season kicks off tomorrow, Saturday, August 16. Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN with Premier League Live followed by Manchester United v. Swansea City on NBCSN and mun2, and continues throughout the season on the networks of NBCUniversal, on the Premier League Extra Time bonus TV package, and streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra.

PREMIER LEAGUE NUMBER OF THE DAY: 1

Last season, for the first time since Bolton Wanderers in 1905-06, 1 team (Liverpool) provided the two outright top scorers in an English top-flight season (Luis Suarez, 31; Daniel Sturridge, 21).

NBC Sports Group will once again make all 380 games from the Premier League available in the United States. Every MVPD has the option to carry every Premier League match on live television and via live streaming at no additional cost to consumers. All games will be preceded and followed by Premier League Live pre- and post-match shows from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn.

Announce Teams for First Week of the Premier League Season

NBC Sports Group's lead Premier League play-by-play announcer Arlo White will be joined by Lee Dixon on-site at Emirates Stadium to call Arsenal v. Crystal Palace tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC. White will be joined by Graeme Le Saux to call Sunday's Liverpool v. Southampton match at 8:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN.

All matches will be preceded and followed by Premier League Live pre- and post-match shows from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn. Rebecca Lowe hosts Premier League Live alongside former Jamaican National Team player Robbie Earle and former Premier League footballer Robbie Mustoe.

Sunday's coverage kicks off at 7 a.m. ET with a new episode of Premier League Download, featuring an exclusive interview with Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, who speaks openly about how it felt to come so close to the Premier League title last season, the summer sale of Luis Suarez, and what he thinks would be the ideal ending to his time at the club.

Men in Blazers' Michael Davies and Roger Bennett will make their NBC Sports Group debuts on Goal Zone this Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Sunday's Goal Zone, hosted by Lowe who will be joined by Earle and Mustoe, will also feature BBC Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker.

The full schedule for week one, including matches broadcast by the Premier League using the World Feed:

Date	Time (ET)	Home v. Away	Network	Match Commentators
Fri., Aug. 15	11:30 p.m.	Premier League Preview Show	NBCSN
Sat., Aug. 16	7 a.m.	Premier League Live	NBCSN
Sat., Aug. 16	7:45 a.m.	Man United v. Swansea City	NBCSN, mun2	Peter Drury, Jim Beglin
Sat., Aug. 16	10 a.m.	Leicester City v. Everton	NBCSN	Daniel Mann, Trevor Francis
Sat., Aug. 16	10 a.m.	West Ham v. Tottenham	Extra Time	Gary Weaver, Tony Gale
Sat., Aug. 16	10 a.m.	Stoke City v. Aston Villa	Extra Time	Joe Speight, Garry Birtles
Sat., Aug. 16	10 a.m.	QPR v. Hull City	Extra Time	Tony Jones, Don Goodman
Sat., Aug. 16	10 a.m.	West Brom v. Sunderland	Extra Time	Gary Taphouse, Dean Sturridge
Sat., Aug. 16	12:30 p.m.	Arsenal v. Crystal Palace	NBC, mun2	Arlo White, Lee Dixon
Sat., Aug. 16	11 p.m.	Match of the Day	NBCSN
Sun., Aug. 17	6 a.m.	Match of the Day	NBCSN
Sun., Aug. 17	7 a.m.	Premier League Download	NBCSN
Sun., Aug. 17	7:30 a.m.	Premier League Live	NBCSN
Sun., Aug. 17	8:30 a.m.	Liverpool v. Southampton	NBCSN	Arlo White, Graeme Le Saux
Sun., Aug. 17	11 a.m.	Newcastle v. Man City	NBCSN, Telemundo	Jon Champion, David Pleat
Sun., Aug. 17	1 p.m.	Premier League Goal Zone	NBCSN
Sun., Aug. 17	2 p.m.	Match of the Day II	NBCSN
Mon., Aug. 18	7 a.m.	Premier League Review	NBCSN
Mon., Aug. 18	1:30 p.m.	Barclays Premier League News	NBCSN
Mon., Aug. 18	2 p.m.	Premier League Live	NBCSN
Mon., Aug. 18	3 p.m.	Burnley v. Chelsea	NBCSN, mun2	Martin Tyler, Danny Mills

For NBC Sports Group's Premier League television schedule for the first three months of the season, click here.

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