Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei rārangi - I tētahi atu pito, ka mea a Fox ka kawea e ia te petipeti i ngā pō e rua i te wā e takahi ana tōna hōtaka ki ngā tautohetohe peresideni, ki ngā tautohetohe perehitini rānei. Ko te kaikorero a NBC a Barbara Levin i kii "He kirimana ta maatau me te Major League Baseball. I whakamōhiotia te kōmihana i mua i te tīpako i ngā rā o te matapaki. Ki te kore i a mātou te pakanga peihana, ka whakaatahia e mātou i runga pouaka whakaata". Ahakoa kaore i whakapumautia, ko nga ripoata a te tangata e tohu ana he maha nga hononga NBC i nga kawanatanga hurihuri (penei i Michigan, Ohio me Pennsylvania) i kowhiri ki te whakaputa i te tautohetohe mo te kemu peera. He kōwhiringa tēnei kāore i te wātea ki ngā hononga CBS i te tau 1992, i te wā i kore ai taua whatunga e wehe atu i te kēmu 4 o te American League Championship Series
(i haere ki roto i te innings atu) ki te tuatahi Clinton-Bush-Perot tautohetohe. Ka rite ki ta NBC me Fox i mahi i te tau 2000, ka whakahua a CBS i tana kirimana ki te Major League Baseball.