0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/20/2008
MLBRed Sox at Baltimore – NESN/MASN, 7 p.m.New York Yankees at Toronto – YES/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Anaheim at Tampa Bay – ESPN2/FSN West/ION, 7 p.m.Kansas City at Cleveland – FSN Kansas City/STO, 7 p.m.Atlanta at New York Mets – FSN South/SNY, 7 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia – MASN2/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Detroit at Texas – FSN […]
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We’ve got a few more links for you on this mid-day Wednesday. The Sports Business Daily/Journal’s Olympics website reports that NBC’s ratings for the Olympics have held steady through Monday. Tripp Mickle and Jay Weiner discuss the possibilities of Olympic fatigue for Vancouver in 2010 and London in 2012. Great article by Tripp Mickle and […]
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Here we go with your links today. Let’s get started. With USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks about CBS Sports taking back Dan Fouts after a stint at ESPN/ABC and bringing in Warren Sapp for Inside the NFL. Paul J. Gough of the Hollywood Reporter writes that CBS and ESPN are seeing good ad sales for […]
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Here is the cast for the Amazing Race Asia 3. Note the amount of mactor teams. I’m not too happy about this, but Executive Producer Michael McKay has told me in an e-mail (yes, he told me), “If you liked M&R (Marc & Rovilson) last year I think you’ll have a ball with this season […]
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Here is the cast of The Amazing Race 13. The cast was just released today so here are the 11 teams in this race. The pictures and descriptions come directly from the CBS.com Amazing Race website. Aja and Ty This long-distance couple is looking for an opportunity to be together for an extended period of […]
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Here’s your viewing highlights for Wednesday on the networks of NBC Universal: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20NBC and NBC HD10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. all time zonesMen’s Volleyball – Quarterfinal (LIVE)Women’s Diving – Platform Competition8:00 p.m. – Midnight ET/PTTrack & Field – Gold Medal FinalsMen’s 200mWomen’s 400m HurdlesGymnastics – GalaWomen’s Beach Volleyball – Gold Medal Match (LIVE)Cycling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/19/2008
This has ended up being a busy day for blogging. I’ll start with Justin Terranova of the New York Post who writes about the CBS Sports NFL media day today in his NYP TV Sports blog. Justin notes that Dan Fouts who had been with ESPN/ABC for college football and Monday Night Football returns to […]
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I have already have a couple of favorites in this race, but I’ll point them out later. Thanks once again to my honeybun, puddin over at Reality Fan Forum for posting this: Original Video And you can meet the cast of this race right here.
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HARD KNOCKS: TRAINING CAMP WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS AUG. 20 EPISODE HBO Sports, in association with NFL Films and the Dallas Cowboys, provides an all-access look at what it takes to make it in the National Football League in HARD KNOCKS: TRAINING CAMP WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS. The first sports-based reality series – and one […]
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NBC’s ratings for Day 10 of the Olympics were down, but still solid. The Sports Media Watch says last night’s overnights were down from last Monday night. Zap2It says NBC topped the ratings podium for the 11th consecutive night. James Hibberd of the Hollywood Reporter says the Games from Communist China held steady on Monday, […]
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MLBRed Sox at Baltimore – NESN/MASN, 7 p.m.New York Yankees at Toronto – YES/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Anaheim at Tampa Bay – KCOP/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.Kansas City at Cleveland – FSN Kansas City/STO, 7 p.m.Atlanta at New York Mets – Peachtree TV/SNY, 7 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia – MASN2/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Detroit at Texas – FSN […]
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From the ESPN press release announcing the return of Hank Williams, Jr. to Monday Night Football, the Alleged Worldwide Leader gives us the new lyrics for the opening to this season. 2008 MNF Open Lyrics Welcome to the party, all my rowdy friends, A Monday Night Bash on ESPN! The game of the week, is […]
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Time for some linkage on this Tuesday. Starting with Sports Business Daily/Journal’s Olympics website, Tripp Mickle and David Broughton write that the ratings for the first week for the Games were so good that the traditional second week tune-out should not hurt its overall numbers. The SBD/SBJ Olympics site reports that gymnast Nastia Liukin and […]
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The announcement was made on the Howard Stern show this morning and shortly after that, the press release was out. Chris “Mad Dog” Russo is joining Sirius XM Satellite Radio as of September 15. As part of the five year agreement, he’ll be heard on both services and he becomes the first personality to be […]
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Time for another update. I’ll start with Neil Best of Newsday who tells us that Sirius XM Satellite Radio will be introducing someone to its sports talk lineup. Any guesses? Ryan Saghir of the Orbitcast satellite radio blog speculates on who this will be. Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News talks about NBC […]
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The NBC public relations department is very good at finding ways to promote the ratings for the Olympics. It’s using the midway point of the Games to show how the Olympics have helped other programs. Even Access Hollywood is mentioned and this will be most likely be the last time you’ll ever see Access Hollywood […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/18/2008
MLBRed Sox at Baltimore – NESN/MASN, 7 p.m.Anaheim Angels at Tampa Bay Rays – KCOP/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.Seattle at Chicago White Sox – FSN Northwest/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.Oakland at Minnesota – Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/FSN North, 8 p.m.Detroit at Texas – FSN Detroit/FSN Southwest, 8 p.m.Houston at Milwaukee – ESPN2/FSN Houston/FSN Wisconsin, 8 p.m. […]
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With Michael Phelps gone, NBC latches onto gymnastics for one more night. And one of the extreme sports, BMX makes its Olympics debut. Here are the viewing highlights for the networks of NBC Universal. TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 – DAY 11NBC and NBC HD10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. all time zonesWomen’s Volleyball – Quarterfinal USA vs. […]
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Ok, I have to give massive credit to my friends, the TAR Detectives at the Reality Fan Forum for finding this. It’s the very first promo for the new season of The Amazing Race that premieres September 28 at 8 p.m. ET. Apparently this aired during the Wyndham Championship yesterday. Original Video From what the […]
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I’m doing some work, but also keep checking the internet for more linkage for you and I’ve found enough to warrant an update. Let’s go to the Sports Business Journal where we have two NBA-related stories for you. First, in a story that could send plenty of shockwaves to the other sports leagues, John Lombardo […]
