2024 MLB Postseason: League Championship Series Television Schedule and Commentators

The logo for the 2024 MLB Postseason. (📸: MLB.com)

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

• 2024 NLCS presented by loanDepot begins on Sunday, October 13 as Francisco Lindor and the New York Mets (#6 seed) travel to Los Angeles to face Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers (#1 seed) for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series at 8:00 PM (ET) on FOX.

• 2024 ALCS presented by loanDepot begins on Monday, October 14 as José Ramírez and the Cleveland Guardians battle Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and the New York Yankees during Game 1 of the American League Championship Series at 7:30 PM (ET) on TBS and truTV.

• Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Jeff Francoeur & Lauren Jbara to call the Guardians-Yankees ALCS for TBS/truTV/Max.

• Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal & Tom Verducci provide commentary for the Mets-Dodgers NLCS for FOX/FS1.

• Studio Coverage for the LCS: Lauren Shehadi, Jimmy Rollins, Dusty Baker, Pedro Martinez & Curtis Granderson (TBS, ALCS); Kevin Burkhardt or Matt Vasgersian (Sundays due to Burkhardt's NFL duties), Derek Jeter, David Ortiz & Alex Rodriguez.

Live game coverage of the 2024 Major League Baseball postseason continues this weekend, with the arrival of the League Championship Series! Congratulations to the Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers for making up the Final Four teams in Major League Baseball this season. The NLCS kicks off on Sunday, October 13 as the Mets clash with the Dodgers in Los Angeles (8 PM ET, FOX). The following night, Monday, October 14, the ALCS gets underway as the Guardians visit the Yankees in the Bronx (7:30 PM ET, TBS/truTV/Max).

The 2024 League Championship Series officially begins on Sunday, October 13. At 8:15 PM (ET) on FOX, Francisco Lindor and the #6 seed New York Mets, continuing their inspiring and nearly impossible postseason run, head for the West Coast for a faceoff with Mookie Betts, Teoscar Hernández and the #1 seed Los Angeles Dodgers in the opening game of the best-of-seven National League Championship Series. The Mets are in this round for the first time since 2015, while the Dodgers are back in the LCS for the first time since 2021. The Mets dispatched their NL East rivals, the Phillies, in a four-game NLDS. The Dodgers needed five games to best their divisional foe, San Diego Padres, in the NLDS.

🎙 The lead MLB on FOX crew of Joe Davis (play-by-play), John Smoltz (analyst), Ken Rosenthal (reporter) & Tom Verducci (reporter) will provide commentary for Mets-Dodgers Game 1 Sunday night, and for the entire duration of the series.

In addition to the game commentary crew, FOX will send their studio team on the road for on-site studio coverage. For Game 1, FOX hits the air at 8:00 PM (ET) (following football) for live pregame coverage. Veteran host/play-by-play announcer Matt Vasgersian anchors the studio coverage from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, with World Series champion Alex Rodriguez and Hall of Famers David Ortiz and Derek Jeter. Veteran MLB on FOX studio host Kevin Burkhardt will serve as the primary host, with Vasgersian filling in as needed due to Burkhardt's studio duties.

The following day, Monday, October 14, Francisco Alvarez and the New York Mets resume their NLCS series with Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers with Game 2 at 4:00 PM (ET) on FOX and FS1. Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal & Tom Verducci handle the Game 2 call. Kevin Burkhardt will host NLCS studio coverage for the first time, joined by Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez & David Ortiz, beginning at 3:00 PM (ET) on FOX and FS1 from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

Monday sees the first game of the 2024 American League Championship Series presented by loanDepot get played. At 7:30 PM (ET) on TBS, truTV, Max, Aaron Judge and the #1 seed New York Yankees move forward with their quest of getting the Yankees their first World Series appearance since 2009. Standing in their way? Star ⭐ third baseman José Ramírez and the #2 seed the Cleveland Guardians. The Guardians hit the road for this Monday night ALCS contest, as they visit the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. 🎙 Veteran Turner Sports play-by-play commentator Brian Anderson holds play-by-play duties for this series, alongside 12-year MLB veteran Jeff Francoeur and 1986 World Series Champion, All-Star and Gold Glover Ron Darling. Lauren Jbara, in her first postseason with Turner, will report from the field during the series.

TBS has a stacked studio roster to provide pregame and postgame analysis during the American League Championship Series. Lauren Shehadi hosts the studio programming from Turner studios in Atlanta during all ALCS games, working with 2008 World Series champion and three-time All-Star Jimmy Rollins, Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez, three-time All-Star Curtis Granderson & World Series champion manager Dusty Baker. Game 1 pregame coverage on TBS is slated for 7:00 PM (ET) on Monday with MLB Leadoff. Following the final out of Guardians-Yankees Game 1, Shehadi and crew will summarize the day's happenings with MLB Closer, scheduled to begin at 10:30 PM (ET) Monday night.

From here, FOX/FS1 and TBS/truTV/Max will continue to televise the League Championship Series every day through Friday, October 18. If needed, additional League Championship Series will be contested between Saturday, October 19 and Tuesday, October 22.

Check out my previous articles about the 2024 MLB Postseason - Wild Card Series, click here; League Division Series, click here.

A series-by-series breakdown and daily television schedule for the 2024 League Championship Series (American League & National League) can be found below. (Subject to Change)

• 2024 MLB Postseason | League Championship Series: Series-By-Series Breakdown (Subject to Change)

|| American League Championship Series (ALCS):

| (2) Cleveland Guardians vs. (1) New York Yankees == New York Yankees wins series, 3-1 (Series begins on Monday, October 14)

 - vs. -

. Game 1 - Monday, October 14 - Guardians at Yankees - TBS/truTV, 7:30 PM (ET) - Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Ron Darling, Lauren Jbara

. Game 2 - Tuesday, October 15 - Guardians at Yankees - TBS/truTV, 7:30 PM (ET) - Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Ron Darling, Lauren Jbara

. Game 3 - Thursday, October 17 - Yankees at Guardians - TBS/truTV, 5:00 PM (ET) - Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Ron Darling, Lauren Jbara

. Game 4 - Friday, October 18 - Yankees at Guardians - TBS/truTV, 8:00 PM (ET) - Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Ron Darling, Lauren Jbara

. Game 5 - Saturday, October 19 - Yankees at Guardians - TBS/truTV, 8:00 PM (ET) - Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Ron Darling, Lauren Jbara

. * Game 6 (if nec.) - Monday, October 21 - Guardians at Yankees - TBS/truTV, 5:00 PM (ET) - Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Ron Darling, Lauren Jbara

. * Game 7 (if nec.) - Tuesday, October 22 - Guardians at Yankees - TBS/truTV, 7:30 PM (ET) - Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Ron Darling, Lauren Jbara

|| National League Championship Series (NLCS):

| (6) New York Mets vs. (1) Los Angeles Dodgers == Los Angeles Dodgers wins series, 4-2 (Series begins on Sunday, October 13)

 - vs. -

. Game 1 - Sunday, October 13 - Mets at Dodgers - FOX, 8:15 PM (ET) - Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, Tom Verducci

. Game 2 - Monday, October 14 - Mets at Dodgers - FOX/FS1, 4:00 PM (ET) - Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, Tom Verducci

. Game 3 - Wednesday, October 16 - Dodgers at Mets - FS1, 8:00 PM (ET) - Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, Tom Verducci

. Game 4 - Thursday, October 17 - Dodgers at Mets - FS1, 8:00 PM (ET) - Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, Tom Verducci

. Game 5 - Friday, October 18 - Dodgers at Mets - FS1, 5:00 PM (ET) - Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, Tom Verducci

. Game 6 - Sunday, October 20 - Mets at Dodgers - FS1, 8:00 PM (ET) - Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, Tom Verducci

. * Game 7 (if nec.) - Monday, October 21 - Mets at Dodgers - FOX/FS1, 8:00 PM (ET) - Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, Tom Verducci

• 2024 MLB Postseason | League Championship Series: Daily Television Schedule (Subject to Change)

| Sunday, October 13

. Game 1 - Mets at Dodgers - FOX, 8:15 PM (ET) - Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, Tom Verducci

| Monday, October 14

. Game 2 - Mets at Dodgers - FOX/FS1, 4:00 PM (ET) - Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, Tom Verducci

. Game 1 - Guardians at Yankees - TBS/truTV, 7:30 PM (ET) - Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Ron Darling, Lauren Jbara

| Tuesday, October 15

. Game 2 - Guardians at Yankees - TBS/truTV, 7:30 PM (ET) - Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Ron Darling, Lauren Jbara

| Wednesday, October 16

. Game 3 - Dodgers at Mets - FS1, 8:00 PM (ET) - Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, Tom Verducci

| Thursday, October 17

. Game 3 - Yankees at Guardians - TBS/truTV, 5:00 PM (ET) - Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Ron Darling, Lauren Jbara

. Game 4 - Dodgers at Mets - FS1, 8:00 PM (ET) - Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, Tom Verducci

| Friday, October 18

. Game 5 - Dodgers at Mets - FS1, 5:00 PM (ET) - Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, Tom Verducci

. Game 4 - Yankees at Guardians - TBS/truTV, 8:00 PM (ET) - Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Ron Darling, Lauren Jbara

| Saturday, October 19

. Game 5 - Yankees at Guardians - TBS/truTV, 8:00 PM (ET) - Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Ron Darling, Lauren Jbara

| Sunday, October 20

. Game 6 - Mets at Dodgers - FS1, 8:00 PM (ET) - Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, Tom Verducci

- 🛈 Sources: SportsLogos.Net (logos), Warner Bros. Discovery Sports [Turner Sports] (TBS coverage) & FOX Sports Press Pass (FOX/FS1 coverage)

Mandatory credit to Chris Creamer (SportsLogos.Net) for MLB team logos deployed during this article's publication process!

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