NASCAR Leaves NBC
In mid October 2005, NBC announced that it would not renew its package starting in 2007, largely because of its acquisition of the Sunday Night Football telecast from ESPN.
From 2007 until 2014, the Daytona 500 will be shown every year on Fox under the terms of the television contract. ESPN and ABC rejoined the NASCAR broadcast team as part of the deal, taking the second half of the season's races, and TNT retained its broadcast rights by signing a contract to air six mid-season races. The ESPN family of networks became the exclusive home of the NASCAR Busch/Nationwide Series as part of the contract, replacing TNT, NBC, Fox and FX as broadcasters.
When the NFL and NASCAR contracts overlapped during the 2006 Chase for the Nextel Cup, some of NBC's post-race shows were moved to CNBC so that Football Night in America could start on time.
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