Not surprisingly, the new Metro Sports primetime schedule is heavy on local football coverage. Mondays and Thursdays will feature “Red Zone” at 6 p.m. – a 30-minute show that dissects the latest Kansas City Chiefs news and information. Metro Sports will also broadcast “Red Zone Live” – a one-hour postgame show – immediately following all Chiefs games.
“Varsity KC” will air on Tuesday evenings at 6 p.m. and will focus on Kansas City area high school football and other seasonal high school sports. Following “Varsity KC,” Metro Sports will air Big 12/Missouri football weekly coach’s shows.
On Wednesdays, “College Gametime” will occupy the 6 p.m. timeslot and will focus on Kansas, Missouri, Kansas State and other Big 12 and area college football news.
Thursday nights will feature the “Time Warner Cable High School Showcase presented by Hy-Vee” at 7 p.m., and the “Hy-Vee High School Game of the Week” will continue to occupy its traditional time slot on Friday nights at 7 p.m.
After all of the Friday night high school football action is complete, the “Honda High School Football Roundup” will recap all the KC area scores and highlights at 10:30 p.m.
The Emmy Award-winning program “Fantasy Huddle” returns as part of Metro Sports’ 2012 fall lineup. The nationally syndicated fantasy football show will have new episodes each Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Also featured in primetime this fall is “Metro Pro Wrestling,” a local Kansas City based professional wrestling show, which will air new episodes each Saturday at 11 p.m.
The network’s flagship daily sports news and highlight show, “Metro Sports Zone,” will continue airing live at 10 p.m. every night with all the biggest sports news of the day.
Metro Sports is available throughout the Kansas City area on Time Warner Cable (channel 30 and 310 and in HD on 1310), Comcast (channel 258) and Knology in Lawrence (channel 37). Metro Sports 2 is available on Time Warner Cable channel 311.
For breaking sports news and additional Metro Sports programming information, Kansas City area sports fans can follow Metro Sports on Facebook (facebook.com/kcmetrosports) and @kcmetrosports on Twitter (twitter.com/kcmetrosports).
Time Warner Cable Metro Sports’ 2012 Fall Primetime Broadcast Schedule:
Monday:
6 p.m. – “Red Zone” – Kansas City Chiefs news and analysis
10 p.m. – “Metro Sports Zone” – Highlights and recap of all the biggest sports news of the day.
Tuesday:
6 p.m. – “Varsity KC” – Kansas City area High School sports features and interviews
7 p.m. – Big 12/Missouri football weekly coach’s shows
10 p.m. – “Metro Sports Zone” – Highlights and recap of all the biggest sports news of the day.
Wednesday:
6 p.m. – “College Gametime” – 30-minute show focused on local college football
10 p.m. – “Metro Sports Zone” – Highlights and recap of all the biggest sports news of the day.
Thursday:
6 p.m. – “Red Zone” – Kansas City Chiefs news and analysis
6:30 p.m. – “Fantasy Huddle” – Metro Sports’ nationally syndicated Fantasy Football Show, hosted by Chris Gough and Dave Neilson.
7 p.m. – “Time Warner Cable High School Showcase presented by Hy-Vee”
10 p.m. – “Metro Sports Zone” – Highlights and recap of all the biggest sports news of the day.
Friday:
7 p.m. – “Hy-Vee High School Game of the Week”
10 p.m. – “Metro Sports Zone” – Highlights and recap of all the biggest sports news of the day.
10:30 p.m. – “Honda High School Football Roundup” – Recap show features scores and highlights from Friday-night high school football games in KC.
Saturday:
10 p.m. – “Metro Sports Zone” – Highlights and recap of all the biggest sports news of the day.
11 p.m. – “Metro Pro Wrestling” – Local professional wrestling with new shows weekly
Sunday:
Immediately following conclusion of Kansas City Chiefs games – “Red Zone Live” – a one-hour Chiefs postgame show.
10 p.m. – “Metro Sports Zone – Highlights and recap of all the biggest sports news of the day.
