Bob Costas will appear as a guest on “The Last Word,†the MSNBC program hosted by Lawrence O'Donnell, Tuesday night at 10 p.m.
It will be Mr. Costas's first television interview since his commentary Sunday night following the murder-suicide committed by a Kansas City Chiefs football player. Following his comments, Mr. Costas found himself thrust into the middle of the intense debate about guns in America.
He spoke to The Times on Monday to expand on his remarks Sunday night.
Critics, including, some on Fox News (though not its most popular host, Bill O'Reilly, who spoke out in favor of some controls on guns during his show Monday night) attacked Mr. Costas for using the forum of N.F.L. coverage to make a personal political statement. Mr. Costas, in the inte rview with The Times, noted that it is understood that he has a forum on NBC's Sunday night football coverage to speak out on issues that concern him.
He stressed in his more expansive comments on Monday that he was not looking to undermine the Second Amendment protections on gun ownership but rather was seeking what he called “enlightened legislation†to bring what he labeled the country's “gun culture†under some reasonable control.
Bill Carter writes about the television industry. Follow @wjcarter on Twitter.
