Bobby Valentine to Appear on Tonight's COSTAS TONIGHT on NBC Sports

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Former Major League Baseball manager Bobby Valentine, who was fired after his first season leading the Boston Red Sox, is scheduled to join Bob Costas, a 23-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and one of America's preeminent interviewers, on the latest edition of Costas Tonight, a 60-minute program, to air on Tuesday, October 23 at 10 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network.

This will be Valentine's first sit-down interview since being fired by the Red Sox the day after the 2012 baseball season ended after his Red Sox finished in last place in the American League East for the first time in 20 years. It was Valentine's only season as manager of the Boston Red Sox.

In addition to Costas' sit-down interview with Valentine, NBC Sports' and Access Hollywood's Michelle Beadle will make her debut on Costas Tonight, joining Costas to discuss top trending social media topics; and former NHL star and current NBC Sports Group analyst Jeremy Roenick will discuss the NHL lockout, and his experience going through a similar thing in 2005 when he lost an estimated $8 million in salary.

TOMORROW ON NBC SPORTS NETWORK:

5:30 p.m. ET – Return to London: Team USA Women's Soccer semifinal match vs. Canada

7 p.m. ET – Team USA Women's Soccer vs. Germany (Live)

10 p.m. ET – Costas Tonight – Interview with Bobby Valentine

11 p.m. ET – Return to London: Team USA Women's Soccer Gold Medal match vs. Japan

Costas Tonight builds on Costas' long and storied career as an interviewer from Later with Bob Costas and Costas Coast-to-Coast to his acclaimed HBO programs, On the Record and CostasNOW. Costas Tonight originates from Studio 8G at 30 Rockefeller Plaza,