0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/24/2008
AXN-Asia has started to air promos of the teams in advance of September 4th’s “Racers Revealed” program. I’ll post the video and I hope Sony, the owner of AXN-Asia, does not force the person who posted them at YouTube to take them down. I had posted promos of last season’s epiesodes, but was forced to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/23/2008
Through Friday, the Olympics in Communist China is close to becoming the most watched event in US history, over the 1996 Atlanta Games. NBC says so. But the big news is that the 15th night of the Games garnered a 10.5 rating/19 share which is by far the lowest rated night of the 2008 Olympics […]
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In news that broke late yesterday, the Big Ten Network appears to be on its way to be seen in the Hawkeye State. This would be big news for Iowans who have not been able to watch the channel since it launched last year. Scott Dochterman of the Cedar Rapids Gazette says BTN and Mediacom […]
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Woke up late after I struggled to stay up to watch the US-Japan bronze medal game in baseball online and the Argentina-Nigeria men’s soccer gold medal match. I fell asleep and missed the endings of both games. But I was awake long enough to discover that Barack Obama had chosen Delaware Senator Joe Biden as […]
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In the wake of his Mike & the Mad Dog scoop that came to fruition earlier this month, I thought it was a good time to conduct an e-mail interview with Neil Best of Newsday. I feel a bit of a kinship with Neil since he and I started our blogs on the same day. […]
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Saturday, August 23 English Premier LeagueLiverpool vs. Middlesborough – Setanta Sports, 9:30 a.m.Sunderland vs. Tottenham – Fox Soccer Channel, 10 a.m.Arsenal vs. Fulham – Fox Soccer Channel, 12:30 p.m.Aston Villa vs. Stoke City – Fox Soccer Channel, 2:30 p.m. (tape delay) GolfLPGA Tour/Safeway Classic, 2nd round – ESPN2, 4 p.m.PGA Tour/The Barclays, 3rd round – […]
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Here’s your final Olympic Viewing Guide. This covers the weekend. If you know where to look, there is plenty of live action to watch. You may have to stay up late to do it, but I’m sure you can find it. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 – DAY 15NBC and NBC HD10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.Women’s Basketball […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/22/2008
MLBRed Sox at Toronto – NESN/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.New York Yankees at Baltimore – WWOR/MASN, 7 p.m.Houston at New York Mets – FSN Houston/SNY, 7 p.m.Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia – KCAL/CW57, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox – FSN Florida/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.Detroit at Kansas City – FSN Detroit/FSN Kansas City, 8 […]
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This marks the final weekend of Olympics action and it’s really time for the Games to end. I enjoyed the Games really up until Wednesday when I started to get burned out on the Mary Carillo puff pieces, the tape delay of track & field despite knowing the results and stories about Tiki Barber, whether […]
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The next edition of Real Sports premieres August 26 on HBO. Here are the stories the show will cover. REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL EXPLORES DONALD TRUMP’S CONTROVERSIAL SCOTTISH GOLF DESTINATION, LOOKS AT SOARING TICKET PRICES IN PRO SPORTS, INVESTIGATES THE PROFESSIONAL TENNIS BETTING SCANDAL, AND REVISITS BASEBALL STAR JOSH HAMILTON’S STORY OF REDEMPTION WHEN […]
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Fox has coverage of three games this weekend and give kudos to the network for picking up the Tampa Bay Rays and not depending on the Red Sox or Yankees to boost the lineup. Since Joe Buck did the 49ers-Bears exhibition game on Thursday, he will take this weekend off to watch repeats of The […]
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Again, thanks to my new wife, puddin over at the Reality Fan Forum for finding this promotional video from CBS. Earlier this week, I posted the bios of the cast from the CBS website. Now, this is the video introducing the cast of the 13th season of the Amazing Race. Enjoy. And great news from […]
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Here is your viewing guide for the 2nd to last day of the Olympics. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 – DAY 14NBC and NBC HD10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.Track & Field – Decathlon, Final DayMen’s Basketball – Semifinal USA vs. Argentina (LIVE)Gymnastics – Rhythmic CompetitionWomen’s Table Tennis – Gold Medal Final8:00 p.m. – MidnightTrack & Field – […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/21/2008
Even with the beach volleyball final shown live with hardly any commercial interruptions, Wednesday’s ratings for the Olympics were the second lowest of the games. NBC still finds a way to find a positive saying the overall viewing is still on a pace to break Atlanta’s record. 206 MILLION WATCH BEIJING GAMES ON NBC UNIVERSAL […]
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MLBNew York Yankees at Toronto – YES/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Atlanta at New York Mets – Peachtree TV/SNY, 7 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia – MASN/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.San Diego at Arizona – Cox 4/FSN Arizona, 9:30 p.m.Minnesota at Anaheim Angels – FSN North/FSN West, 10 p.m.Oakland at Seattle – Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/FSN Northwest, 10 p.m.Baseball […]
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Call it the Michael Phelps effect. Now that swimming brought in ratings gold for the first eight days of the Olympics, NBC wants to keep the sport in the spotlight. I linked to a story by the Associated Press about this earlier today. Now here’s the triumphant press release from NBC that says it picked […]
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As I’m trying to watch the USA-Brazil gold medal women’s soccer game through NBCOlympics.com, but the video keeps buffering and it’s quite annoying. This is due to the speed of my DSL here at work. Not very fast compared to my Verizon Fios at home which is very fast. Just did it again. I just […]
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Time to give you another update tonight. Newsday’s Neil Best speculates that President George W. Bush may visit Monday Night Football on the eve of the election. Neil says Chris Russo’s voice is still heard on WFAN through various commercials, but that is nothing new. I’ve worked at radio stations where voices of those fired […]
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Here are your viewing highlights for Thursday on the networks of NBC Universal. Remember, the Olympics in Communist China end on Sunday so we’re in the home stretch and we’ll deal with the next Summer Games in four years. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 – DAY 13NBC and NBC HD10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Track & Field […]
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Only five more of these to go and we’ll be done with them. NBC’s ratings were very good for a second week as Tuesday’s ratings were up compared with the Athens games four years ago. And NBC will have much more to say in its press release: BEIJING OLYMPICS ON NBC UNIVERSAL THROUGH 12 DAYS […]
