TSN's coverage of
Curling
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consists of the
Curling Canada,
Continental Cup of Curling, the
TSN Skins Game, the
World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and Doubles curling, mixed doubles championships, as ...
, and
Olympic Curling.
Curling Canada
TSN originally broadcast
Curling Canada (known through February 2015 as the Canadian Curling Association, or CCA) events, including the opening rounds of the
Montana's Brier, the
Scotties Tournament of Hearts from 1984-2003.
CBC Sports
CBC Sports is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for English-language sports broadcasting. The CBC's sports programming primarily airs on CBC Television, CBCSports.ca, and CBC Radio One. (The CBC's French-languag ...
, who had previously shared rights with TSN, became the sole broadcaster of CCA tournaments in 2004. The CCA terminated their deal with the CBC after one season. The CBC was criticized by the CCA, curling fans, and sponsors after the network moved some of its coverage to the digital cable channel
CBC Country Canada. In 2006, the CCA and TSN signed an exclusive six-year contract which would take effect in 2008, ending CBC's 42-year relationship with the CCA.
Announcers
Lead announcers
Don Chevrier and
Ray Turnbull made up TSN's first broadcast team, calling matches from 1984 to 1985. Chevrier was succeeded by
Vic Rauter. Rauter and Turnbull were later joined by
Vera Pezer. In 1989,
Linda Moore replaced Pezer on TSN's announcing team. Turnbull retired in 2010 and was replaced by
Russ Howard.
In December 2014, Moore announced that she was retiring from broadcasting for health reasons. Since then, Rauter and Howard had been joined by
Cheryl Bernard, until Bernard left the booth in 2022.
Since 2023,
Joanne Courtney has joined Rauter and Howard on the lead team.
Secondary announcers
Bryan Mudryk and
Cathy Gauthier currently serve as TSN's broadcast team for the morning draws of the Tim Hortons Brier and the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In 2015, TSN increased its coverage to two games at the same time twice a day. Mudryk and
David Nedohin served as the announcing team for the second game.
Other broadcasters TSN have used for curling include
Rod Black,
Stephanie LeDrew,
John Wells, and
Glenn Healy.
Will Ferrell
John William Ferrell (; born July 16, 1967) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is known for his leading man roles in comedy films and for his work as a television producer. Ferrell received various accolades, including ...
, in character as
Ron Burgundy, also appeared in the broadcast booth alongside Rauter, Moore and Howard during the
2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials as a publicity stunt for Ferrell's new movie, ''
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues''.
References
Curling broadcasters
The Sports Network original programming
1984 Canadian television series debuts
Sports telecast series
1980s Canadian sports television series
1990s Canadian sports television series
2000s Canadian sports television series
2010s Canadian sports television series
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