Max Scherzer on ‘Back on the Record with Bob Costas’ April 1

'Back on the Record With Bob Costas' on HBO

Max Scherzer sits with Bob Costas when Back on the Record with Bob Costas is on HBO Friday, April 1. Scherzer pitches for the Mets, and is an MLBPA player representative. 

Scherzer makes his first start of the season April 8, against the Nationals. Apple TV Plus has the game as part of its Friday Night Baseball package. Scherzer pitched for the Nationals for 6 ½ seasons. He’s won three Cy Young Awards. 

Billy Crystal will also be on Back on the Record April 1. He’s on Broadway with the show Mr. Saturday Night. 

The in-studio roundtable on the show that night will feature NBA standout J.J. Redick, former Miami Marlins president David Samson, Washington Post columnist Candace Bucker and Bomani Jones, star of Game Theory with Bomani Jones, also on HBO. 

Back on  the Record with Bob Costas is executive produced by Jonathan Crystal, Ross Greenburg, Howard Bryant and Bruce Cornblatt. ■

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.