Pete Radovich, Jr., the Mind behind CBS Sports' Most Creative Productions

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.andrewmarchand.comCBS Sports VP of Production/Sr. Creative Pete Radovich, Jr. has won 45 Sports Emmys. He has been behind CBS/Paramount+’s excellent Champions League coverage and has some of the greatest creative pieces in the fabled network’s history. Radovich is the guest on a 35-minute “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”The Rundown …* How Radovich’s job works from the opening teases of Super Bowls to Champions League* How do you cut through in a second screen world* Why Radovich & his team have leaned in to the human interest anglesFor access to our twice-a-week podcasts sign-up as a free or paid subscriber at AndrewMarchand.com****** PAID SUBSCRIBERS ******* The CBS 2018 John Malkovich classic before the AFC Championship game* How do he get Malkovich to do it* The reaction it received globally even eight years later* Winning not only Sports Emmys, but also Cannes Lions* The Army-Navy tease with editor Anthony Cortese that same year was also special* Why the Army-Navy teases are so important* How Radovich grew up with professional soccer* The reason behind the Champions League approach toward hardcore fans* Telling Peter Schmeichel & Jamie Carragher that if you would do a segment in Europe than do it here* How he sat down with Sean McManus and David Berson about the approach* How Radovich’s “Inside The NFL” producing led to the Champions studio team * Why host Kate Scott was Radovich’s first hire* The behind-the-scenes story of how CBS/Paramount ended up with the team of Scott, Carragher, Thierry Henry and Michah Richards* Radovich produced a four-part history of “Inside The NBA” that really allowed him to get inside the mind of its producer Tim Kiely* How producers Ben Strauber and Jeff Gerttula worked to put together the chemistry on the studio show, but it is like trying to predict a blind date* Radovich is always flying internationally for work* How Radovich broke into the business with no connections as his parents were immigrants from Croatia, but he had friend named Zak Ivkovic* Lisa Lax and NBC gave him his intern first break* How showing up on days he wasn’t assigned sprung his break into a job* Radovich has never had a resume * Radovich’s parents emigrated from Croatia and his love for the country* Croatia is half the population of New Jersey, which makes the Croatia’s World Cup success even more amazing* Who is the best Croatian athlete in history … and how Radovich is friends with this personSome Related Podcasts: Fred Gaudelli …Drew Esocoff …Pete Macheska …Ian Eagle … Jim Nantz * Sign-up: Off the Record with Matt Hong on June 9th* Subscribe at AndrewMarchand.com* On Deck: Marchand & Meterparel*