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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Sports commentator who assists the play-by-play announcer</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manel_Comas,_Arsenio_Ca%C3%B1ada,_Juanma_Iturriaga_-_Liga_ACB_-_TVE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Manel_Comas%2C_Arsenio_Ca%C3%B1ada%2C_Juanma_Iturriaga_-_Liga_ACB_-_TVE.jpg/220px-Manel_Comas%2C_Arsenio_Ca%C3%B1ada%2C_Juanma_Iturriaga_-_Liga_ACB_-_TVE.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Manel_Comas%2C_Arsenio_Ca%C3%B1ada%2C_Juanma_Iturriaga_-_Liga_ACB_-_TVE.jpg/330px-Manel_Comas%2C_Arsenio_Ca%C3%B1ada%2C_Juanma_Iturriaga_-_Liga_ACB_-_TVE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Manel_Comas%2C_Arsenio_Ca%C3%B1ada%2C_Juanma_Iturriaga_-_Liga_ACB_-_TVE.jpg/440px-Manel_Comas%2C_Arsenio_Ca%C3%B1ada%2C_Juanma_Iturriaga_-_Liga_ACB_-_TVE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>Manel Comas, Arsenio Cañada and Juanma Iturriaga during the live broadcasting of the Liga ACB game. </figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>color commentator</b> or <b>expert commentator</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Sports_commentator" title="Sports commentator">sports commentator</a> who assists the <a href="/wiki/Sports_commentator#Main/play-by-play_commentator" title="Sports commentator">main (play-by-play) commentator</a>, typically by filling in when play is not in progress. The person may also be referred to as a <b>summariser</b> (outside North America) or <b>analyst</b> (a term used throughout the English-speaking world).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The color analyst and main commentator will often exchange comments freely throughout the broadcast, when the main commentator is not describing the action.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The color commentator provides expert <a href="/wiki/Analysis" title="Analysis">analysis</a> and background information, such as <a href="/wiki/Statistics" title="Statistics">statistics</a>, strategy, and injury reports on the <a href="/wiki/Team" title="Team">teams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sportsperson" class="mw-redirect" title="Sportsperson">athletes</a>, and occasionally <a href="/wiki/Anecdote" title="Anecdote">anecdotes</a> or light humor. Color commentators are often former athletes or <a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">coaches</a> of the sport being broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/color" class="extiw" title="wikt:color">color</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> refers to levity and insight provided by a secondary announcer. A sports color commentator customarily works alongside the play-by-play broadcaster.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_and_Canada">United States and Canada</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Color_commentator&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: United States and Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Commentary teams typically feature one professional <a href="/wiki/Sports_commentator" title="Sports commentator">commentator</a> describing the passage of play, and another, usually a former player or <a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">coach</a>, providing supplementary input as the game progresses. Color commentators usually restrict their input to times that the ball or the puck is out of play, or there is no significant action on the field or the court. They usually defer to the main commentator when a shot on goal or another significant event occurs. That sometimes results in them being talked over or cut short by the primary commentator. Former players and managers also appear as <a href="/wiki/Pundit" title="Pundit">pundits</a> and carry out a similar role to that of the co-commentator during the <a href="/wiki/Pre-game_show" title="Pre-game show">pre-game show</a> before a given contest and the <a href="/wiki/Post-game_show" title="Post-game show">post-game show</a> after it. </p><p>In American motorsports coverage, there may be as many as two color commentators in the <a href="/wiki/Control_booth_(theater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Control booth (theater)">booth</a> for a given broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Rules_analyst"></span> In the 2010s, sports broadcasters began to feature a "<b>rules analyst</b>", who provides opinions and insights on calls made by <a href="/wiki/Referee" title="Referee">referees</a> and is typically also a former official. The practice was first popularized in the NFL, with Fox hiring former <a href="/wiki/Official_(gridiron_football)" title="Official (gridiron football)">officials</a> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pereira" title="Mike Pereira">Mike Pereira</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dean_Blandino" title="Dean Blandino">Dean Blandino</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mccarthy20160906_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mccarthy20160906-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The practice has since been extended to other sports, with officials such as <a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a> (basketball), <a href="/wiki/Dave_Jackson_(ice_hockey)" title="Dave Jackson (ice hockey)">Dave Jackson</a> (hockey), and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Machnik" title="Joe Machnik">Joe Machnik</a> (soccer) having taken on similar roles for ESPN/ABC and Fox respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In rare occasions, a network can hire a rules analyst and use them for more than one sport. For example, <a href="/wiki/Gene_Steratore" title="Gene Steratore">Gene Steratore</a>, a former NFL and college basketball referee, was hired by CBS Sports in 2018 to provide rules analysis for the NFL and college basketball, as well as college football. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Color_commentator&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "color commentator" is largely unknown outside American sports such as football. In the United Kingdom, the equivalent role is usually called "summariser" but other terms used are "analyst", "pundit" or simply "co-commentator". Cricket coverage on <a href="/wiki/ESPNcricinfo" title="ESPNcricinfo">ESPNcricinfo</a> uses similar terminology. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Australia_and_New_Zealand">Australia and New Zealand</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Color_commentator&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Australia and New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term is not used in Australia or New Zealand. Those giving the analysis alongside the main commentator are sometimes said to be giving additional or expert analysis, or "special comments", or they may be referred to as "expert commentators". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latin_America">Latin America</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Color_commentator&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Latin America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Association football</a> broadcasts on Latin American <a href="/wiki/Sports_television" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports television">sports television</a> channels, such a commentator is called a <i>comentarista</i> in both Spanish and Portuguese and contrasts with the <i>narrador</i>, <i>locutor</i> (Spanish and Portuguese) or <i>relator</i> (Spanish - Argentina and Uruguay) who leads the transmission. 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