We’re two months away from the beginning of Grand Slam Monitor (GST), and the league has landed its greatest deal thus far. On Monday, GST reported it had secured a groundbreaking three-way broadcast partnership with The CW Community, NBC Sports activities and Peacock. This settlement ensures that The CW Community would be the unique U.S. broadcast house for GST, whereas Peacock would be the unique on-line streaming platform. The deal guarantees in depth protection of the inaugural 2025 season, with all 4 Slams aired reside throughout North America.
BROADCAST PARTNERS LOCKED IN! đź”’@TheCW_Sports is the unique U.S. broadcast house of Grand Slam Monitor and @peacock would be the unique U.S. streaming house of Grand Slam Monitor for all 4 2025 Slams.
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— Grand Slam Monitor (@GrandSlamTrack) February 3, 2025
In an announcement, four-time Olympic champion and GST founder Michael Johnson shared his pleasure concerning the new partnership: “We’re delighted to lastly be capable to announce this extremely thrilling broadcast and streaming partnership to all our followers in america. I’d wish to personally thank each our associates and companions at CW and NBC Sports activities for placing collectively this settlement, which is able to assist us proceed to revolutionize the game of monitor. We needed Grand Slam Monitor to be seen by thousands and thousands of followers, and we’re delighted to be delivering on that promise.”
A particular highlights present that includes the perfect moments of the season will even air on NBC Sports activities on Could 10.
The GST lineup
GST’s roster options 48 Racers, together with high monitor athletes from across the globe, competing towards 48 Challengers throughout 4 Slams in Kingston, Jamaica; Miami; Philadelphia; and Los Angeles. The star-studded lineup contains 400m hurdles world-record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, triple Olympic Gold medalist Gabby Thomas, British distance star Josh Kerr and Canadian Olympic medallist Marco Arop.
Every Slam will span three days, and Peacock will stream all days reside, offering unique protection of the primary day of competitors. The CW Community will solely broadcast the Saturday and Sunday occasions reside.
On the finish of the 2024 season, Grand Slam Monitor was known as out by many stars, together with Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles, who stated in an interview with ESPN that he wouldn’t signal with the league with out a TV deal: “We might have probably the most great performances on the Grand Slam Monitor, however, you understand, if a tree falls in the midst of the woods and no one’s there to see it, did it actually fall?”
The league options 14 Olympic or world champions, however Lyles is certainly one of dozens of reigning champions to skip out on the primary 12 months of GST.
The published deal
The CW Community is America’s fifth main broadcast community, reaching 100 per cent of U.S. and Canadian cable tv households. Every week, the community delivers 15 hours of primetime leisure programming, along with 400 hours of sports activities per 12 months, together with U.S. faculty soccer and basketball video games, “Contained in the NFL,” WWE NXT, and NASCAR Xfinity Cup Collection.
Brad Schwartz, president of The CW Community, says the community is thrilled to welcome Olympic champion Johnson and the inaugural season of Grand Slam Monitor to the CW Sports activities household. “Michael and his group have assembled a powerful roster of the highest athletes from all over the world for intense head-to-head competitions,” stated Schwartz. “We sit up for introducing Grand Slam Monitor to our broadcast viewers and imagine it’s an thrilling addition to our rising roster of sports activities on The CW.”
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— Grand Slam Monitor (@GrandSlamTrack) February 3, 2025
GST will kick off at Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica, from April 4 to six, that includes head-to-head competitors with out pacing aids, specializing in the athletes’ performances—and racing, after all. Every Slam may have a prize purse, with the winner of every occasion group taking house US$100,000 and the eighth-place competitor incomes US$10,000. The competitors meets World Athletics rules, with achieved marks eligible for rankings and world/Olympic requirements.