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High School Showcase
High School Showcase, known under its corporate sponsored name as the "GEICO High School Showcase", is a presentation of high school football and high school basketball on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Since debuting in 2005, it primarily airs on Friday at 8pm ET on ESPNU, following "ESPNU Recruiting Insider", but will occasionally air at various times and days on ESPN and ESPN2. The Friday Night Showcase game is called by Jason Benetti and ESPN Recruiting Coordinator Craig Haubert. Various commentators call other
quality to viewers." All studio programs and original shows are shot in HD, as well as all self-produced games such as those of the 2009 World Baseball Classic and "Thursday Night Baseball", as well as simulcasted locally produced games. The network also remastered 30 World Series films in high definition.
On April 14, 2016, it was announced that 25 "MLB Network Showcase" games will be broadcast in 4K ultra-high definition exclusively on DirecTV in the 2016 season, beginning April 15.