Longtime Sports Radio Personality & ‘Sidekick’ Tomm Looney to Provide Analysis & Perspectives Covering Weekly Matchups
Half-Hour Program, Which Features Maller’s Popular Radio Segment Going Head-to-Head with a Coin Flip, to Debut New Episodes Through Postseason
NEW YORK – Sept. 5, 2023 – The NBC Sports Regional Networks are launching a new pro football preview show led by sports radio personality Ben Maller, Benny vs. The Penny, beginning this weekend. The half-hour program, which features veteran sportscaster Tomm Looney as Maller’s sidekick, debuts new editions on weekends through the postseason. (Airdates/times vary by market).
Benny vs. The Penny will provide entertaining and informative analysis and insightful perspectives covering the week’s matchups. As part of the program, Maller will also expand his popular radio show segment in which he analyzes games and selects who he thinks will win, then goes head-to-head against a coin flip to see whose picks are correct – the host or the ‘penny.’
“I’m thrilled to kick off the new football season by sharing my enduring rivalry with the penny,” said Maller. “It’s going to be a cornucopia of fun for me and the viewers who are watching across the country every weekend. Whether you’re a hardcore or casual fan, or somewhere in between, this will be a very entertaining way to get the insight and information you want before kickoff. I’m excited to bring this idea to TV after so many years of facing off against the penny on the radio.”
Maller is host of The Ben Maller Show on FOX Sports Radio, which has aired overnights nationwide since 2014. Based in Los Angeles, he joined FOX Sports Radio in 2000 and served as an update anchor and weekend talk show host before taking on his current role. Previously, he led a midday show and postgame coverage of the Los Angeles Dodgers for KXTA ‘XTRA Sports 1150.’
Looney is a Los Angeles-based talk show host, sports anchor, gameshow host, speaker, voiceover artist and movie producer. He is best known nationally as a seven-year member of the cast of the The Best Damn Sports Show, Period and as a co-host of The JT The Brick Show with Tomm Looney, a nationally syndicated FOX Sports Radio program, for more than 15 years.
Benny vs. The Penny will debut episodes and encore Fridays to Sunday mornings on NBC Sports Regional Networks, which are NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports Boston, NBC Sports California, NBC Sports Chicago and NBC Sports Philadelphia. The program will also be presented on SNY in the New York region and Spectrum SportsNet in Southern California. Check local listings for more information on additional networks and airdates/times.
About NBC Sports Regional Networks
NBC Sports Regional Networks, part of NBCUniversal Local, deliver live coverage of more than 1,200 NBA, NHL and MLB games annually, along with extensive news, analysis and commentary programming and original content, to more than 16 million homes across major U.S. markets. The NBC Sports Regional Networks are NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports Boston, NBC Sports California, NBC Sports Chicago and NBC Sports Philadelphia. The NBC Sports Regional Networks digital portfolio provides extensive live and on-demand video – led by live-game streaming – written articles and audio across comprehensive regional websites and apps.
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