Krown Countdown U

Krown Countdown U
Also known asGridiron Nation presented by Krown Produce
StarringJim Mullin
Mike Hogan
Gord Randall
Country of originCanada
Production
Production locationsVancouver, British Columbia (2011-2017), Surrey, British Columbia, (2017-present)
On location (various episodes, 2013, Thunderbird Stadium; 2013 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; 2014, Saskatoon, 2017, Knoxville, TN; Grand Forks, ND; Hamilton, ON.; Mexico City, 2018; London, United Kingdom, 2019.
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkTSN
Release2011 (2011) –
present
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Gridiron Nation presented by Krown Produce is a weekly college football recap and features show focusing on Canadians in the NCAA and USPORTS football. The show was previously known as Krown Countdown U until 2019 when the show moved to TSN across Canada.[1] The show generally airs on Wednesday at 1pm ET and Friday at 3:30pm ET on TSN1 or TSN2.

Previously, it was a recap and pre-game show broadcast by CHCH-DT across Canada, Thursday nights at 11:30 pm ET after local news and sports during football season. In the 2018 season the show's online distribution partner was CBC Sports.[2] "KCU" complimented CHCH's coverage of OUA college football which was broadcast periodically on Saturday afternoons during the college football season. It was aired prior to the start of OUA game broadcasts with a 1:00 p.m. ET kickoff. In its current form, the program is pre-recorded at HubCast Studios in Surrey, BC as a panel show, with one member of the panel participating via Skype from Central Canada. The show recapped mainly USports football games, features, news[3] and analysis of the week's upcoming games with additional content focusing on Canadian content in NCAA football,[4] Football Canada national teams, and the Canadian Junior Football League.

  1. ^ "Mullin elected as new President of Football Canada". 26 June 2019.
  2. ^ "IFAF announces 2-year broadcasting deal with CBC Sports, AFI carrying all games from U19 World Championships". American Football International. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  3. ^ "Canadian SMU controversy involves court and conference championship". The Comeback. 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  4. ^ "Early struggles not dissuading SFU from its NCAA experiment". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-12-29.