September 8, 2016 - The Chicago Bulls today released their television broadcast schedule for the 2016-17 season, with Comcast SportsNet and WGN-TV handling all local television duties. Once again, all 82 regular season Bulls games will be televised, as well as the team's entire seven-game preseason schedule. Bulls TV play-by-play man Neil Funk and analyst Stacey King will provide the call for every Bulls local telecast on Comcast SportsNet and WGN-TV.
Comcast SportsNet will televise 42 regular season games. CSN’s first regular season broadcast is scheduled for Oct. 29, when the Bulls host the Indiana Pacers. CSN will also broadcast six of Chicago's seven preseason games. In addition, every pre-season and regular season Bulls telecast on Comcast SportsNet, including surrounding Bulls Pre/Postgame Live coverage, will be streamed live on CSNChicago.com and will be made available via the NBC Sports app. For a full list of carriers and more information, please visit https://www.csnchicago.com/live-faq.
WGN-TV will broadcast 28 regular season games in 2016-17. WGN-TV’s first broadcast of the season will be Chicago's game at Boston on Nov. 2. WGN-TV will also televise one preseason game.
Complementing Chicago's local television schedule, the Bulls' 2016-17 broadcast schedule also includes 34 nationally televised games. Chicago's season opener on Oct. 27 will be on TNT, when the Bulls host the Boston Celtics at the United Center. For the season, Chicago will play on ESPN 12 times, TNT nine times, NBA TV nine times and ABC four times.
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CSN — Comcast SportsNet
WGN — WGN-TV
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$ — Game will also be carried on TNT
% — Game will also be carried on ESPN
# — Game will also be carried on NBA-TV