0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/15/2007
I’ve been a fan of Lone Justice and Maria McKee since the 1980’s. Now why Lone Justice didn’t become a bigger hit is beyond me. Maria’s energy on stage and voice should have been enough to make the band work. It only released two albums, then a couple of compilations and that was it. They […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/14/2007
Saturday, July 14Tour de France – Versus, 8 a.m.PGA Golf, John Deere Classic, 3rd Round – CBS, 3 p.m.Dodgers at Giants or Astros at Cubs or St. Louis at Philadelphia – Fox, 3:55 p.m.Celebrity Golf – American Century Championships, 2nd Round – NBC, 4 p.m.LPGA Golf, Jamie Farr Classic, 3rd Round – ESPN2, 4 p.m.Toronto […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/13/2007
Neil Best of Newsday must be loving this blog thing because he continues to post great stuff. First, he has a quick synopsis of an interview with Detroit Tiger Gary Sheffield that will air on Real Sports next Tuesday on HBO. Then it goes on to a full article that Best wrote in the online […]
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Toronto at Red Sox – NESN, 7 p.m.Jericho – CBS, 8 & 9 p.m.Entourage (4 episode marathon) – HBO, 10 p.m.Sin City Diaries 07 – Cinemax, 12:30 a.m.
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It looks like TV stations in the Midwest are finding ample replacements for Big Ten football games. Instead of finding movies or other syndicated fare, ESPN Regional Television’s (ERT) signing of the Mid America Conference gives stations some games they can air in the Big Ten’s place. Kyle Nagel of the Dayton Daily News says […]
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I wanted to get the first part of the links up so I could work on some more. Bob Wolfey of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel looks at a new radio post game show devoted to the Brewers. It’s not even on the team’s flagship station. Judd Zulgad in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune says the firing of […]
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Let’s get to some links for you. This Dan Patrick-leaving-ESPN story has grown plenty of legs since July 3 when he said he had a big announcement to make. This site has seen a lot of traffic since the news broke. Yesterday, the Chicago Sun-Times had a tiny brief mention that Dan was joining The […]
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The Reality TV Genre is here to stay. Unfortunately, there’s too much of it. I enjoy shows like The Amazing Race, Survivor and Temptation Island. There’s a lot of bad reality TV out there. Of course, you can’t keep up with all of it. A well produced reality show can be very entertaining and enjoyable […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/12/2007
Toronto at Red Sox – NESN, 7 p.m.Big Brother 8 – CBS, 8 p.m.PGA Golf – John Deere Classic – Golf Channel, 8:30 p.m.Hey Paula – Bravo, 10 p.m.Big Brother After Dark – Showtime Too, midnight
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I’ll give you a few links here. Jim Williams in his Watch This! blog in the DC/Baltimore Examiner spins things differently from many media writers who keep saying “All Star Game ratings slide.” Williams quotes from MLB’s press release which states that Fox won the night on Tuesday. And Neil Best has a blog entry […]
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Let’s get to our links today. MLB finally gets back into action. It seemed last night was a long grind. I will start with a quickie review of HBO’s documentary, Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush. This was done very well by HBO’s sports documentary unit. The documentary went two hours instead of the normal […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/11/2007
Well, the All Star Game did end up losing in the ratings to “The Singing Bee” on NBC. The rating for the mid-summer classic on Fox was 8.4/15, down 10 percent from last year. The Singing Bee bested the All Star Game in overall viewers 13.1 million to 12.5 million. Wow.
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Red Sox vs. Twins from 9/30/1967 – NESN, 7 p.m.AAA All Star Game – ESPN, 7:30 p.m.Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush – HBO, 8 p.m.America’s Got Talent – NBC, 9 p.m.
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It appears that once again, the All Star Game won the night for Fox. The Sports Media Watch blog says the game easily defeated NBC’s premiere of “The Singing Bee” (no, I refuse to link to that show). It’s easy to say the game’s ratings dropped again from last year, but again, I say don’t […]
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Let’s do some links for you. But before we do that, let’s go over the All Star Game in San Francisco broadcast last night on Fox. Best moment: Legend Willie Mays coming onto the AT&T Park field and being flocked by the current All Stars. Then riding in a pink Cadillac throwing baseballs into the […]
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When a local news anchor who’s been in one market for a long time announces he/she is going to retire, it’s big news. That’s the case of Natalie Jacobsen who’s been with WCVB-TV for 35 years. Last night, she announced that she will leave next Wednesday to launch her own multimedia business. This is a […]
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Here are the fall premieres for Fox: Thursday, Aug. 308 pm/ET Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Saturday, Sept. 88 pm Cops9 pm America’s Most Wanted Thursday, Sept. 139 pm Kitchen Nightmares (series premiere) Friday, Sept. 149 pm Nashville (series premiere) Saturday, Sept. 1511 pm Mad TVMidnight Talkshow with Spike Feresten Monday, Sept. 178 […]
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Watching the All Star Game on Fox, but somehow got distracted by an ABC News Primetime special on “Family Secrets”, in particular, one story on the huge number of kids who are the result of sperm donors. So many kids, possibly in the low millions, wonder who their father is. This one teenager, Ryan Kramer, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/10/2007
MLB All Star Game – Fox, 8 p.m.America’s Got Talent – NBC, 8 p.m.Pirate Master – CBS, 10 p.m.Big Brother After Dark – Showtime Too, midnight (again boring last night, why do I even bother?) We’ll have an update sometime tonight. Work got the better part of me today.
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First, let me start by discussing the Home Run Derby cablecast on ESPN. Once again, Chris Berman was doing the play-by-play, Joe Morgan did the color and joining them this year, was former Giants and Cubs manager Dusty Baker. I guess the only reason Baker was there was that he had managed in AT&T Park. […]
