Fox Goes All In With Saturday Night Sports

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Fox is looking to turn its Saturday night line-up into a major night of sports.

The network has announced that Fox Sports properties will be featured on the Fox Network almost weekly through the end of the year. Fox will produce almost 100 hours of 100 MLB, College Football, NASCAR, NFL & UFC programming over that period. Beginning this weekend, 28 of 32 Saturdays will feature sports programming.

“We see Saturday nights as the perfect home for quality sports programming, especially in spring and fall,” said Eric Shanks, Co-President and COO, FOX Sports Media Group in a press release. “We’ve been working hand-in-hand with our entertainment division and partners, and we’ve put together a solid schedule that gives us a consistent Saturday night franchise for the first time ever.”

Here is the Fox Saturday schedule:

April 14: NASCAR (Texas)
April 28: NASCAR (Richmond)
May 5: UFC
May 12: NASCAR (Darlington)
May 19: Baseball Night in America
May 26: Baseball Night in America
June 2: Baseball Night in America
June 9: Baseball Night in America
June 16: Baseball Night in America
June 23: Baseball Night in America
June 30: Baseball Night in America
July 7: Baseball Night in America
Aug. 4: UFC
Sept. 1: CFB
Sept. 8: CFB
Sept. 15: CFB
Sept. 22: CFB
Sept. 29: CFB
Oct. 6: CFB
Oct. 13: CFB
Oct. 20: CFB
Oct. 27: World Series
Nov. 3: CFB
Nov. 10: CFB
Nov. 17: CFB
Nov. 24: CFB
Dec. 1: Big Ten Championship
Dec. 8: UFC