‘Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz’ reveals new partnership and 20th anniversary plans

It’s a huge week for the Miami-based “Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz,” which made sports-media headlines 3 1/2 years ago leaving ESPN to form Meadowlark Media and successfully risk independence.

Tuesday the show launched its 20th anniversary celebration and announced a major new partnership with Peacock, the NBC-affiliated streaming service.

Beginning Tuesday the Le Batard Show will air weekdays from noon to 3 p.m. on Peacock and the NBC Sports FAST Channel. The show will immediately follow the “Dan Patrick Show,” which runs 9 a.m. to noon. Patrick made a surprise appearance on Le Batard on Tuesday to welcome his new neighbor.

“We are so eager and excited about the endless possibilities with a creative partner as discerning as Peacock, who proved throughout the [recent Paris] Olympics that they’re interested in changing the entire game in sports coverage,” Le Batard said. “More personally, I’m especially honored to finally team up with Dan Patrick, a legendary pioneer who always left lights along the path he blazed so that people like us would always have permission to paint outside the lines. He is an inspiration, from his grace to his gifts, and it is genuine treasure to be able to follow him, in the lineup and in life.”

In addition to its new Peacock partnership the Le Batard Show also is available on DraftKings Network (its main sponsor), Max, Samsung TV Plus, The Roku Channel, Sling Freestream, Xumo Play, Google TV, Youtube and Sirius XM channel 85. It also remains accessible through all current podcast platforms including Apple and Spotify.

The expansion is estimated to have increased the Le Batard Show brand value tenfold since the show left ESPN, but Le Batard called the 3 1/2-year journey “terrifying” at times. He called it “stupefying” his show has lasted 20 years in an ever-volatile sports-media landscape. It was then when Le Batard, a former Miami Herald columnist, left the newspaper game to begin speaking into mics.

Part of the ongoing anniversary celebration will include a series of “Behind The Bit” mini-documentaries that will examine favorite touchstones across the show’s history. The series began on Tuesday’s show with a feature on the history of Billy Gil’s “Pipo” character.

Dan Patrick, 67, has announced on-air that he plans to retire in four years. Le Batard, 55, joked on Tuesday he will time his own retirement to coincide with Patrick’s. (At least we think Le Batard was joking.)