FSN Goes All In

Published on Friday, November 28, 2003 5:49:47 PM

Detroit Lions football or Chris Moneymaker and Phil Ivey? That's a no-brainer.

But unlike previous poker telecasts seen on ESPN and the Travel Network, FSN is attempting to go almost live with this $1-million event. The tournament ends Monday, but in an unprecedented quick turnaround, FSN will show the event only three days later in six one-hour shows to run consecutively beginning at 12:30 p.m. Repeats of the final two episodes begin at 8 p.m.

Fox Sports Net executive vice president of programming and production George Greenberg, in a news release, said, "We're going to handle it like a live production, with all the bells and whistles. What Fox Sports did for football, Fox Sports Net will do for poker."

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