NEW YORK, N.Y. – “World Tennis With Harry Cicma” will start its second season on the New England Sports Network (NESN) this Saturday at 1 pm and 4:30 pm eastern with its debut show of 2010, featuring exclusive interviews with Venus and Serena Williams, Ernests Gulbis (fresh off his victory of world No. 1 Roger Federer) and former Wimbledon, French and U.S. champion and International Tennis Hall of Fame President Tony Trabert.
“World Tennis with Harry Cicma” will feature five new shows that will air on the third Saturday of each month this summer from May through September. The thirty-minute television show, featuring tennis personality Harry Cicma, features interviews and features from the world of tennis.
The show will air on the following dates and times.
Saturday, May 15 – 1 pm and 4:30 pm eastern
RE-AIR, Tuesday, May 18, 5:00 pm eastern
RE-AIR, Saturday, May 22, 6:30 pm eastern
Saturday, June 19 – Noon eastern
RE-AIR, Monday, June 21
Saturday, July 17 – Noon eastern
RE-AIR, Monday, July 19
Saturday, August 21 – Noon eastern
RE-AIR, Monday, August 23
Saturday, Sept. 18 – Noon eastern
RE-AIR, Monday, Sept. 20
The New England Sports Network (NESN) is the flagship station for both the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins and is available on New England cable systems and nationally (in both standard definition and high definition through satellite TV providers DirectTV (Channel 628) and Dish Network (Channel 434). The Red Sox are a co-founder and majority owner (80 percent) of NESN with the Bruins owning the remaining 20 percent. NESN is delivered to over four million homes throughout New England and consistently receives higher ratings of any other national or regional sports channels in the region combined.
Cicma reports for NBC Sports & NBCSports.com and was previously the sports anchor and producer at NBC in Providence, R.I., CBS in Springfield, Mass., and ABC in Sioux City, Iowa. He is the co-founder and host of “World Tennis with Harry Cicma” and also served as a commentator for other networks including Fox Sports Net and Tennis Channel and has commentated for World Team Tennis and the U.S. Open tennis championship’s world feed. A former ATP world-ranked doubles player, he was also a standout Big East tennis player at Rutgers University.
Advertisers in the first show include TournaGrip, Ace Authentic, the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Morfit Performance sports clothing, Peter Kaplan Tennis Academy, WesthamptonTennis.com, State Ultra Lounge and New Chapter Media.
In addition, the show will be available globally on the internet at www.WorldTennisMagazine.com and on the WorldTennisMagazine YouTube channel following its airing on NESN.