List of National League Championship Series broadcasters
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The following is a list of the television networks and announcers that have broadcast National League Championship Series games over the years.
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[edit] 2000s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color Commentator(s) |
| 2006 | Fox | Joe Buck | Tim McCarver and Luis González |
| 2005 | Fox | Thom Brennaman | Steve Lyons and Bob Brenly |
| 2004 | Fox | Thom Brennaman | Steve Lyons and Bob Brenly |
| 2003 | Fox | Thom Brennaman | Steve Lyons and Al Leiter |
| 2002 | Fox | Joe Buck | Tim McCarver |
| 2001 | Fox | Joe Buck (Games 1, 2) Thom Brennaman (Games 3, 4, 5) |
Tim McCarver (Games 1, 2) Steve Lyons (Games 3, 4, 5) |
| 2000 | Fox | Joe Buck | Tim McCarver |
[edit] 1990s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color Commentator(s) |
| 1999 | NBC | Bob Costas | Joe Morgan |
| 1998 | Fox | Joe Buck | Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly |
| 1997 | NBC | Bob Costas | Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker |
| 1996 | Fox | Joe Buck | Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly |
| 1995 | ABC (Games 1, 2) NBC (Games 3, 4) |
Al Michaels (Games 1, 2) Greg Gumbel (Games 3, 4) |
Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver (Games 1, 2) Joe Morgan (Games 3, 4) |
| 1993 | CBS | Sean McDonough | Tim McCarver |
| 1992 | CBS | Sean McDonough | Tim McCarver |
| 1991 | CBS | Jack Buck | Tim McCarver |
| 1990 | CBS | Jack Buck | Tim McCarver |
[edit] 1980s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color Commentator(s) |
| 1989 | NBC | Vin Scully (Games 1, 3, 4, 5) Bob Costas (Game 2) |
Tom Seaver |
| 1988 | ABC | Al Michaels | Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver |
| 1987 | NBC | Vin Scully | Joe Garagiola |
| 1986 | ABC | Keith Jackson | Tim McCarver |
| 1985 | NBC | Vin Scully | Joe Garagiola |
| 1984 | ABC | Don Drysdale | Earl Weaver and Reggie Jackson |
| 1983 | NBC | Vin Scully | Joe Garagiola |
| 1982 | ABC | Al Michaels | Howard Cosell and Tommy Lasorda |
| 1981 | NBC | Dick Enberg | Tom Seaver |
| 1980 | ABC | Keith Jackson | Don Drysdale and Howard Cosell |
[edit] 1970s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color Commentator(s) |
| 1979 | NBC | Joe Garagiola | Tony Kubek and Don Sutton |
| 1978 | ABC | Al Michaels | Don Drysdale and Johnny Bench |
| 1977 | NBC | Joe Garagiola (Games 1, 2) Jim Simpson (Game 3) Dick Enberg (Game 4) |
Tony Kubek (Games 1, 2) Maury Wills (Game 3) Don Drysdale (Game 4) |
| 1976 | ABC | Al Michaels | Warner Wolf and Tom Seaver |
| 1975 | NBC | Joe Garagiola | Maury Wills |
| 1974 | NBC | Jim Simpson | Maury Wills |
| 1973 | NBC | Jim Simpson | Maury Wills |
| 1972 | NBC | Jim Simpson | Sandy Koufax |
| 1971 | NBC | Curt Gowdy (Games 1, 2) Jim Simpson (Games 3, 4) |
Tony Kubek (Games 1, 2) Sandy Koufax (Games 3, 4) |
| 1970 | NBC | Jim Simpson | Sandy Koufax |
[edit] 1960s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color Commentator(s) |
| 1969 | NBC | Jim Simpson | Sandy Koufax |
| National League Championship Series 1969 |
[edit] Notes
[1]Except for Game 1 in both series, all games in 1975 were regionally televised. In addition, the first four games of the both of the 1995 League Championship Series were regionally televised.
[2]The rather messy 1995 arrangement was courtesy of The Baseball Network, which was Major League Baseball's in-house production facilities. ABC and NBC shared the same on-air graphics and even the microphone “flags” had the Baseball Network logo on it with the respective network logo.
[3]In 2001, Game 5 of the NLCS and Game 4 of the ALCS were split between Fox and Fox Sports Net.
[4]In 2002, Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 2 of the ALCS were split between Fox and Fox Sports Net.
[5]In 2003, Game 1 of the ALCS and Game 2 of the NLCS were split between Fox and FX Networks.
[6]In 2004, Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 2 of the ALCS were split between Fox and Fox Sports Net. Also in 2004, Game 5 of the ALCS ran way into the time slot of Game 5 of the NLCS. As a result, the first 7 innings of the NLCS game were shown on FX Networks.
[7]In 2005, Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 1 of the ALCS were split between Fox and FX Networks.
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