Pat O’Brien returns to CBS Sports as the host of the U.S. OPEN LATE NIGHT SHOW for the CBS Television Network’s coverage of the 2006 U.S. Open Tennis Championships. The announcement was made today by Tony Petitti, Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports. O’Brien currently serves as host of THE INSIDER, the nightly half-hour newsmagazine show.

O’Brien joined CBS Sports in 1981. During his tenure, he covered the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, the NFL, including the Super Bowl, MLB, the NCAA Tournament and Final Four and the NBA for the network. He served as the host of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships for 17 years.

In 1990, O'Brien began a six-year broadcasting run as a part of the ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT team, where he served as a substitute anchor and correspondent. In 1996, he hosted a series of syndicated television shows titled "The Road to Olympic Gold," interviewing such athletes as gymnastic champion Mary Lou Retton. During the same period, he was also the co-host of the reality-based primetime series "How'd They Do That?" which aired for two seasons on CBS and The Learning Channel. Classic episodes can still be seen on TLC.

From the 1997 through 2004 seasons, O’Brien was co-anchor of "Access Hollywood." During that time, he also covered the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney for CNBC, marking the first complete coverage of the games by a cable network. He continued his Olympic coverage in Athens, Greece, in the summer of 2004 for MSNBC and NBC late night.

O'Brien graduated from the University of South Dakota. He also studied International Economics at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at John Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. He currently sits on the Board of the Special Olympics and he is the Commissioner of the California Service Corp.

 
For the 38th consecutive year CBS Sports presents THE U.S. OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS, tennis’ final grand slam of the year and the only one played in the United States, beginning on Monday, Aug. 28 with U.S. OPEN LATE NIGHT SHOW sponsored by American Express (12:37-1:07 AM, ET/PT) and concluding with the men’s singles final 13 days later, on Sunday, Sept. 10 (4:00-7:00 PM, ET). CBS Sports will broadcast more than 40 hours of the 2006 U.S. Open from the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y.

CBS Sports will provide live comprehensive coverage during both weekends of the event and on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4 (11:00 AM-6:00 PM, ET) and on Friday, Sept. 8 (11:00 AM-6:00 PM, ET). The 2006 women’s final live in prime time highlights the Network’s “Super Saturday” coverage on Saturday, Sept. 9 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET). U.S. OPEN LATE NIGHT SHOW will be broadcast every weeknight of the tournament -- Monday, Aug. 28 through Friday, Sept. 1 and Monday, Sept. 4 through Friday, Sept. 8 (12:37-1:07 AM, ET; both weeks) -- recapping each day’s important matches and stories.