NBC SN send out a release this afternoon with this headline:

NBCSN ADJUSTS PROGRAMMING AS NHL SEASON BEGINS

Talk about burying the lede.

The official release makes no mention of Michelle Beadle’s show, The Crossover, being canceled. That’s kind of a big deal since Beadle was brought over to be one of the main faces of NBC SN. Her show didn’t even make it nine months.

Instead, the release says:

“With NBCSN televising three weeknight NHL games each week plus pre- and post-game shows beginning with the October 1 start of the season, NBCSN has adjusted its late-afternoon weekday schedule to create vertical programming blocks around its core sports.”

Keep in mind that there isn’t a sports show out there that isn’t doing at least 50 percent on NFL these days, and that included The Crossover. Obviously, if the show was generating ratings, there wouldn’t have been a need for NBC SN to “adjust” the schedule.

The failure to make Crossover work is a blow to NBC SN, which has struggled to establish studio shows. I’m sure the folks at ESPN are getting a good chuckle over this one.

Here’s the official release:

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With NBCSN televising three weeknight NHL games each week plus pre- and post-game shows beginning with the October 1 start of the season, NBCSN has adjusted its late-afternoon weekday schedule to create vertical programming blocks around its core sports.

Beginning Monday, Sept. 30, NFL studio programming will be presented in a 90-minute block beginning at 5 p.m. ET.  On weekdays with a live Premier League match, that game will be followed by Premier League Goal Zone.

Following is a summary NBCSN’s new late-afternoon weekday programming schedule:

NFL Programming

• Pro Football Talk will be preceded by NFL programming each weekday. On Mondays without a live Premier League match, Pro Football Talk expands with a 90-minute program.
• NBCSN will air an additional Fantasy Football Live on Tuesdays. Fantasy Football Live, in conjunction with Yahoo Sports, will air at 5 p.m. ET on Tuesdays and Thursdays, followed by Pro Football Talk at 5:30 p.m. ET, with an encore presentation at 6:30 p.m. ET on evenings when NHL Live, NBCSN’s pre-game show starts at 7 p.m. ET.
• Football Night in America: Coach’s Clicker will air on Wednesdays and with an encore presentation on Fridays at 5 p.m. ET, followed by Pro Football Talk at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Premier League Programming

• NBC Sports Group’s Premier League Goal Zone expands on weekdays, primarily Mondays at 5 p.m. ET, following Premier League fixtures.

NHL Programming

• NBC Sports Group’s 2013 NHL regular-season coverage begins Tues., Oct. 1 with NHL Face-Off as the 2013 Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks host the Washington Capitals. Coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET with NBC Sports Group’s pre-game show, NHL Live.
• New NHL programming to be announced tomorrow on 12 noon ET conference call.

Typical Weekday Programming Schedule – without a Premier League Weekday Fixture (all times ET, subject to change):