CBS then broadcast National Hockey League games for four seasons from to . CBS aired games on Saturday afternoons with Bud Palmer served as the play-by-play announcer while Fred Cusick did color commentary as well as interviews for the first three seasons. In , Cusick moved over to play-by-play while Brian McFarlane came in to do the color commentary and interviews. The pregame and intermission interviews were done on the ice, with the interviewer on skates. No playoff games were televised during this period, and all broadcasts took place in one of the four American arenas at the time.