PUEBLO, Colo. – With the second half of the 2015 Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS) schedule getting underway this Friday in Biloxi, Mississippi, the PBR will return to network and cable television each weekend, boasting five separate broadcasts on CBS Television Network in the upcoming months, as well as action from nine events on CBS Sports Network, including the PBR World Finals in October. Â
First up on CBS is the Built Ford Tough Championship Round of the Express Employment Professionals Classic from Tulsa, Oklahoma, which will air Sunday, Aug. 16 at 1 p.m. ET.Â
The second event to air on CBS will be the third PBR Major of 2015 which will take place in Nashville, Tennessee. The final rounds of the Jack Daniel’s Music City Knockout presented by Cooper Tires will air on CBS on Sunday, Aug 23, beginning at 2 p.m. ET.
The Express Employment Professionals Invitational from Charlotte, North Carolina, will be the third event highlighted on CBS, with the championship round airing Sunday, Sept. 20. Check your local listings for exact times in your area.
PBR’s last 15/15 Bucking Battle of the 2015 Built Ford Tough Series will take place in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and air on CBS at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Wrapping up the CBS broadcasts will be the Sunday, Oct. 4, airing of the championship round of the Cooper Tires Take the Money and Ride event from Tucson, Arizona. Check your local listings for the exact times in your area.
CBS Sports Network, the home of the PBR, will continue to air the preliminary rounds of each event weekly, starting this weekend in Biloxi. Round 2 and the championship round of the Battle at the Beau from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum will air on CBS Sports Network on Sunday, Aug. 9 at 6 p.m. ET.Â
The remaining 2015 schedule of PBR on CBS and CBS Sports Network is included below.
2015 PBR TV SCHEDULE
Aug. 9: Biloxi Invitational, 6 p.m. CBSSN
Aug. 16: Express Employment Professionals Invitational, 1 p.m. CBS
Aug. 16: Express Employment Professionals Invitational, 5 p.m. CBSSN
Aug. 22: Jack Daniel’s Invitational Music City Knockout, 8 p.m. CBSSN
Aug. 23: Jack Daniel’s Invitational Music City Knockout, 2 p.m. CBS
Sept. 4: Winstar World Casino Invitational, 11 p.m. CBSSN
Sept. 6: Winstar World Casino Invitational, 8 p.m. CBSSN
Sept. 13: PFI Invitational, 6 p.m. CBSSN
Sept. 20: Charlotte Invitational, TBD. CBS
Sept. 20: Charlotte Invitational, 8 p.m. CBSSN
Sept. 26: Allentown Invitational, 2 p.m. CBS
Oct. 4: Tucson Invitational, TBD. CBS
Oct. 4: Tucson Invitational, 8 p.m. CBSSN
Oct. 21: 2015 PBR World Finals, 9 p.m. CBSSN
Oct. 22: 2015 PBR World Finals, 9 p.m. CBSSN
Oct. 23: 2015 PBR World Finals, 9 p.m. CBSSN
Oct. 24: 2015 PBR World Finals, 9 p.m. CBSSN
Oct. 25: 2015 PBR World Finals, 4 p.m. CBSSN