ESPN, Omaha Productions To Develop Golf Manningcast

Quad readers know I was hoping for this back in October and it seems the smart folks at ESPN and Omaha Productions, creators of the wildly successful Manningcast, see the opportunity in golf. (Omaha is Peyton Manning’s production company.)

From Variety’s Brian Steinberg:

Under a new deal, the brothers will add a fourth year of their “Monday Night Football With Peyton and Eli,” so that it extends through the NFL’s 2024 season. The agreement, struck with Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions, also calls for the creation of similar programs alongside UFC matches, college football and golf, using other hosts and produced by Omaha in collaboration with ESPN.

When queried ESPN could provide no other details at this time.

The network started hosting PGA Tour Live streaming coverage on ESPN+ this year as well as the first two rounds of the Masters and PGA Championship along with digital coverage of those events. The “Live” coverage is produced by the PGA Tour, so the better likelihood for such a secondary broadcast seems more likely to happen at The Masters or PGA Championship.