NCAA March Madness (TV program)

*NCAA March Madness*
NCAA March Madness
	Logo used since the 2018 tournament
Genre	College basketball telecasts
Opening theme	"CBS College Basketball Theme" (main theme, 2011–present)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	10
Production
Production locations	Various NCAA tournament sites (game telecasts); CBS Broadcast Center, New York City; Techwood Studios, Atlanta, Georgia (pregame and postgame shows);
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	120 minutes or until game ends
Production companies	CBS Sports; TNT Sports; National Collegiate Athletic Association;
Original release
Network	CBS; TBS; TNT; truTV; Paramount+; Max; CBS Sports Network (game re-airs);
Release	March 15, 2011 –; present
Related
	College Basketball on CBS Sports; NBA on TNT;
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NCAA March Madness is the branding used for coverage of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament that is jointly produced by CBS Sports, the sports division of the CBS television network, and TNT Sports, the national sports division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in the United States. Through the agreement between CBS and WBD, which began with the 2011 tournament, games are televised on CBS, TNT, TBS and truTV. CBS Sports Network has re-aired games from all networks.

Initially, CBS continued to provide coverage during most rounds, with the three WBD channels covering much of the early rounds up to the Second Round (with truTV covering the First Four and CBS/TBS airing the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight). Starting in 2016, the Final Four and national championship game began to alternate between CBS and TBS.^[1]^[2] TBS holds the rights to the final two rounds in even-numbered years, with CBS getting the games in odd-numbered years.^[1]^[3]

This joint tournament coverage should be distinguished from CBS's regular-season coverage, which it produces independently through its sports division. And none of WBD's outlets has covered regular-season college basketball games since the joint agreement began in 2011. Games broadcast on all four networks use a variation of the longtime CBS College Basketball theme (which has been used since 1993) music composed by Bob Christianson.

^ ^a ^b "CBS Sports, Turner Broadcasting, NCAA Reach 14-Year Agreement". NCAA.com (Press release). National Collegiate Athletic Association. April 21, 2010. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
^ Gorman, Bill (April 22, 2010). "NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Expands To 68 Teams; CBS Adds Turner To Television Team". CBS (Press release). TV by the Numbers (Zap2It/Tribune Media). Archived from the original on May 1, 2010.
^ Flint, Joe (April 23, 2010). "CBS cuts in Turner on NCAA basketball tournament". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 11, 2018.

[CBSTurnerNCAA-1] "CBS Sports, Turner Broadcasting, NCAA Reach 14-Year Agreement". NCAA.com (Press release). National Collegiate Athletic Association. April 21, 2010. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2018.

[2] Gorman, Bill (April 22, 2010). "NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Expands To 68 Teams; CBS Adds Turner To Television Team". CBS (Press release). TV by the Numbers (Zap2It/Tribune Media). Archived from the original on May 1, 2010.

[3] Flint, Joe (April 23, 2010). "CBS cuts in Turner on NCAA basketball tournament". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 11, 2018.

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