SportsNet LA Coverage Of Dodgers For 2020 Regular Season
Matthew Moreno/DodgerBlue.com
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With the Los Angeles Dodgers less than a week from Opening Day of the 2020 season, SportsNet LA announced its game and programming schedule for the year.

SportsNet LA will televise all three exhibition contests, which begin Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks, and transition into providing coverage of 56 regular-season games. Their first broadcast of the 2020 season is Friday, July 24, when the Dodgers host the San Francisco Giants.

Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser remain on the call for games, with Alanna Rizzo serving as field reporter. John Hartung will anchor coverage from SportsNet LA’s studio, alongside analysts Nomar Garciaparra, Jerry Hairston Jr. and Ned Colletti.

Play-by-play man Pepe Yñiguez and Dodgers icon Fernando Valenzuela will handle Spanish-language broadcasts for most games.

Throughout regular season, SportsNet LA’s coverage will begin one hour prior to every game with “Leadoff LA,” followed by “Access SportsNet: Dodgers.” Both shows will feature player interviews, team highlights and in-depth analysis.

“Access SportsNet: Dodgers” postgame coverage will include game highlights, postgame interviews and analysis.

While the beloved SportsNet LA team remains intact, they will cover home and away games from Dodger Stadium due broadcasting changes MLB implemented in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Rizzo, who is entering her seventh season covering the team, told DodgerBlue.com that came as a disappointment. However, she is understanding of the change and working to become accustomed to new media protocols.

Throughout the season SportsNet LA additionally will air its signature “Backstage: Dodgers” documentary series that features behind-the-scenes stories of players, coaches and management. The series premieres Friday, July 24, at 10:30 p.m., and a new episode will debut every week throughout the regular season.

Other original programming will include “Timeless Dodgers,” which highlights memorable games from the franchise’s history. “Dodgers Squeeze Play,” a condensed one-hour format of telecasts enhanced with the sights and sounds from the game, also returns in 2020.

What channel is SportsNet LA on DirecTV?

Earlier this year Spectrum reached a carriage agreement with AT&T and its subsidiaries, including DirecTV. It ended a stalemate that was entering a seventh season.

In addition to DirecTV, the agreement between AT&T and Spectrum Networks brought SportsNet LA to AT&T TV, U-verse TV and AT&T TV NOW customers in Southern California, Las Vegas and Hawaii.

SportsNet LA is currently available to DirecTV customers on channel 690. U-verse TV customers with the U-100 and above packages and U200 Latino and above packages can watch on channel 780 (standard definition) and 1780 (high definition).

SportsNet LA remains available to Spectrum customers in the Los Angeles area with standard TV in high definition on channel 319. Spectrum customers living outside of the Southern California region with the Spectrum Sports Pass can watch select SportsNet LA programming (no live game coverage) on channel 331.

TV schedule for 2020 season

DayDateTime (PT)OpponentTV
FridayJuly 246:40 p.m.vs. GiantsSportsNet LA
TuesdayJuly 286:10 p.m.@ AstrosSportsNet LA
WednesdayJuly 294:10 p.m.@ AstrosSportsNet LA
ThursdayJuly 306:40 p.m.@ DiamondbacksSportsNet LA
FridayJuly 316:40 p.m.@ DiamondbacksSportsNet LA
SaturdayAug. 15:10 p.m.@ DiamondbacksSportsNet LA
SundayAug. 21:10 p.m.@ DiamondbacksSportsNet LA
MondayAug. 36:10 p.m.@ PadresSportsNet LA
TuesdayAug. 46:10 p.m.@ PadresSportsNet LA
WednesdayAug. 56:10 p.m.@ PadresSportsNet LA
FridayAug. 76:40 p.m.vs. GiantsSportsNet LA
SaturdayAug. 86:10 p.m.vs. GiantsSportsNet LA
SundayAug. 91:10 p.m.vs. GiantsSportsNet LA
MondayAug. 106:40 p.m.vs. PadresSportsNet LA
TuesdayAug. 116:40 p.m.vs. PadresSportsNet LA
WednesdayAug. 126:40 p.m.vs. PadresSportsNet LA
ThursdayAug. 136:40 p.m.vs. PadresSportsNet LA
FridayAug. 146:40 p.m.@ AngelsSportsNet LA
SaturdayAug. 156:40 p.m.@ AngelsSportsNet LA
SundayAug. 161:10 p.m.@ AngelsSportsNet LA
MondayAug. 176:40 p.m.vs. MarinersSportsNet LA
TuesdayAug. 184:10 p.m.vs. MarinersSportsNet LA
WednesdayAug. 196:40 p.m.@ MarinersSportsNet LA
ThursdayAug. 204:10 p.m.@ MarinersSportsNet LA
FridayAug. 216:40 p.m.vs. RockiesSportsNet LA
SaturdayAug. 226:10 p.m.vs. RockiesSportsNet LA
SundayAug. 237:10 p.m.vs. RockiesSportsNet LA
TuesdayAug. 256:45 p.m.@ GiantsSportsNet LA
WednesdayAug. 266:45 p.m.@ GiantsSportsNet LA
ThursdayAug. 276:15 p.m.@ GiantsSportsNet LA
FridayAug. 286:05 p.m.@ RangersSportsNet LA
SaturdayAug. 294:05 p.m.@ RangersSportsNet LA
SundayAug. 3011:35 a.m.@ RangersSportsNet LA
TuesdaySept. 16:40 p.m.vs. DiamondbacksSportsNet LA
WednesdaySept. 26:40 p.m.vs. DiamondbacksSportsNet LA
ThursdaySept. 36:40 p.m.vs. DiamondbacksSportsNet LA
FridaySept. 46:40 p.m.vs. RockiesSportsNet LA
SaturdaySept. 56:10 p.m.vs. RockiesSportsNet LA
SundaySept. 67:10 p.m.vs. RockiesSportsNet LA
TuesdaySept. 86:40 p.m.@ DiamondbacksSportsNet LA
WednesdaySept. 96:40 p.m.@ DiamondbacksSportsNet LA
ThursdaySept. 106:40 p.m.@ DiamondbacksSportsNet LA
SundaySept. 13TBDvs. AstrosSportsNet LA
MondaySept. 146:10 p.m.@ PadresSportsNet LA
TuesdaySept. 156:10 p.m.@ PadresSportsNet LA
WednesdaySept. 161:10 p.m.@ PadresSportsNet LA
ThursdaySept. 175:40 p.m.@ RockiesSportsNet LA
FridaySept. 185:10 p.m.@ RockiesSportsNet LA
SaturdaySept. 195:10 p.m.@ RockiesSportsNet LA
SundaySept. 2012:30 p.m.@ RockiesSportsNet LA
TuesdaySept. 226:40 p.m.vs. AthleticsSportsNet LA
WednesdaySept. 236:40 p.m.vs. AthleticsSportsNet LA
ThursdaySept. 246:40 p.m.vs. AthleticsSportsNet LA
FridaySept. 256:40 p.m.vs. AngelsSportsNet LA
SaturdaySept. 266:10 p.m.vs. AngelsSportsNet LA
SundaySept. 2712:10 p.m.vs. AngelsSportsNet LA

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