NBC Sports Network To Debut "The Crossover" Starring Beadle, Briggs

NBC Sports Network tonight will debut "The Crossover," co-hosted by Michelle Beadle and Dave Briggs, which will run daily at 6:00pm ET from a "specially designed set" in New Orleans during Super Bowl week. The sports, entertainment and pop culture show beginning Feb. 4 will "move to its permanent home in Studio 8G at 30 Rockefeller Plaza" in N.Y. (NOLA.com, 1/27). NBC last night ran a short live teaser for the show following its Pro Bowl coverage. Beadle and Briggs debated several Super Bowl-related topics (THE DAILY).

Meanwhile, NBC Sports today announced that former NFLer Donovan McNabb will join NBC Sports Radio during Super Bowl week as a contributor. McNabb also will be part of a soon-to-be-announced Monday-Friday daily talk show that will debut April 1 (NBC Universal).