NBC Announces Plans For Special 'Star-Spangled Sunday'

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NBC Announces Plans For Special 'Star-Spangled Sunday'

Originally posted on The Spun | By Andrew Holleran | Last updated Jun 28, 2026 4:22 PM ET

NBC is having a special "Star-Spangled Sunday" broadcast next weekend.

Next Sunday is July 5, 2026. It's a very special Fourth of July weekend this year. It's America's 250th birthday.

NBC and Peacock will be airing all 15 MLB games on Sunday, July 5. Two games - Mets-Braves and Padres-Dodgers - will air directly on NBC. Meanwhile, the rest will be airing on Peacock.

"Peacock will serve as the central hub for the entire day, offering a four-game tile viewing experience that lets subscribers watch multiple games simultaneously. There will be no home base studio show anchoring the day, but Hyland said NBC is building in as much consistency as possible across all 15 productions," Awful Announcing shared.

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NBC's VP of production, Rob Hyland, is excited.

“There will be a lot of carry-over on this day as you are flipping from game to game,” Hyland said during a recent conference call with reporters.

More details emerging from the special Sunday broadcast

It'll be a jam-packed day of MLB action across Peacock and NBC.

Fans watching games will be kept in tune with what's happening throughout the rest of the league.

"The upper-left score bug that appears on NBC’s baseball coverage will appear on 14 of the 15 games, with the lone exception being NESN’s broadcast of Red Sox-Angels, which will use its own graphics package. Theme music will be consistent across all broadcasts, and NBC is designing the day to reward channel-flipping with a coherent, unified feel throughout," AA added.

NBC is in Year 1 of a three year, $200 million per season deal with MLB.

Few things are as patriotic as baseball, so it's cool to see that NBC is going all-in for the most patriotic weekend of the year in the United States.

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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