On Sunday, ESPN’s “E:60,” with help from Canada’s TSN, aired a sobering one-hour look at the tragedy, the mourning and the recovery of a town and its team.

Remote broadcasts are hardly a new concept in TV news, but they’re unusual for Sunday morning panel shows — a genre built around the concept of a cozy Washington-insiders conclave.

— -- On Sunday morning, the faithful gather to receive the word. Not at church, but in front of the television. The Sunday morning news shows are such a staple of presidential politics that ...