Television Broadcasters
| Year | Network | Lap-by-lap | Color commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ESPN | Allen Bestwick | Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree |
| 2011 | ESPN | Allen Bestwick | Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree |
| 2010 | ESPN | Marty Reid | Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree |
| 2009 | ABC | Jerry Punch | Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree |
| 2008 | ABC, then ESPN2 | Jerry Punch | Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree |
| 2007 | ABC | Jerry Punch | Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree |
| 2006 | NBC | Bill Weber | Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach |
| 2005 | NBC | Bill Weber | Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach |
| 2004 | NBC | Allen Bestwick | Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach |
| 2003 | NBC | Allen Bestwick | Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach |
| 2002 | NBC | Allen Bestwick | Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach |
| 2001 | NBC | Allen Bestwick | Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach |
| 2000 | TNN | Eli Gold | Buddy Baker and Dick Berggren |
| 1999 | TNN | Eli Gold | Buddy Baker and Dick Berggren |
| 1998 | TNN | Eli Gold | Buddy Baker and Dick Berggren |
| 1997 | TNN | Eli Gold | Buddy Baker and Dick Berggren |
| 1996 | TNN | Eli Gold | Buddy Baker and Dick Berggren |
| 1995 | TNN | Mike Joy | Buddy Baker and Dick Berggren |
| 1994 | TNN | Mike Joy | Buddy Baker and Dick Berggren |
| 1993 | TNN | Mike Joy | Buddy Baker and Neil Bonnett |
| 1992 | TNN | Mike Joy | Buddy Baker and Neil Bonnett |
| 1991 | TNN | Mike Joy | Buddy Baker and Neil Bonnett |
| 1990 | ESPN | Jerry Punch | Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett |
| 1989 | ESPN | Bob Jenkins | Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett |
| 1988 | ESPN | Bob Jenkins | Ned Jarrett |
- The 2008 race was shown in its entirety on ABC in the Mountain and Pacific time zones, simulcast with ESPN2.
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“Television ... helps blur the distinction between framed and unframed reality. Whereas going to the movies necessarily entails leaving one’s ordinary surroundings, soap operas are in fact spatially inseparable from the rest of one’s life. In homes where television is on most of the time, they are also temporally integrated into one’s “real” life and, unlike the experience of going out in the evening to see a show, may not even interrupt its regular flow.”
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