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Canellis will be part of the NBC 5 newscasts in the late afternoon and evening Monday-Thursday, as well as Sunday, when he also will host “Sports Sunday.” His first day on the air will be Sunday.

The celebrated commentator is returning to his roots after giving up play-by-play duties.

Sunday night’s Ravens-Steelers thriller averaged 25.5 million viewers, peaking at 27.5 million in the second quarter (9:15-9:30 p.m. ET), before climbing back up to an average of 26.1 million viewers for the game’s closing minutes (11:30-11:35 p.m. ET).

Baseball is returning to NBC and so is Bob Costas, The network announced on Thursday that Costas will host its “Sunday Night Baseball” pregame show. He will anchor NBC's coverage of a season opener when the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers host Arizona on Thursday,

Bob Costas, who enjoyed nearly four decades as a sportscaster on NBC, found a way to extend his relationship with the Comcast-backed outlet. Costas will return to NBC as the host of the pre-game for the network’s new “Sunday Night Baseball,

Major League Baseball's return to NBC this season will feature a pair of marquee Opening Day matchups, Wild Card Series postseason games, a special "Star-Spangled Sunday" slate on July 5 and the return of Sunday Night Baseball and MLB Sunday Leadoff.