0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/18/2008
Back to the work grind, but for me, I felt I was at work all weekend long. No fun. But you don’t care what I do. You want linkage and so do I. Let’s get to them. We already have some interesting buzz on this Monday morning. Will Leitch will be joining WEEI.com as a […]
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Well, my day was planned for me again today. Mom and dad recruited me to take them to Massachusetts and drive them all over the Commonwealth. I hate having to get up early on a Sunday morning and come in late unless I’m doing it on my own. Ruins my schedule especially for blogging. Anyway, […]
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Here are your viewing highlights for the second Monday of the Olympics. MONDAY, AUGUST 18 – DAY 10NBC and NBC HD10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.Men’s Volleyball – USA vs. Japan (LIVE)Track & FieldMen’s Diving – Springboard Competition8:00 p.m. – MidnightGymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal FinalsMen’s Rings, VaultWomen’s Uneven BarsTrack & Field – Gold Medal […]
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On Saturday, Michael Phelps got his record 8th gold medal at the Ice Cube in Communist China. In addition, NBC got its highest rated Saturday night in almost 20 years. Think about that. Eighteen years ago, Golden Girls was anchoring NBC’s primetime lineup at the time. And that’s when Saturday nights were not a throwaway […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/16/2008
Here’s another NBC press release on the total viewers, although the ratings for Friday primetime were down from Saturday. Yesterday, I edited out the references to “Torino” and replaced them with the proper English term, “Turin”, but I don’t feel like doing that today. 185 MILLION WATCH OLYMPICS THROUGH 8 DAYSIn Just Eight Days Beijing […]
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Today is one of those days where it’s technically the weekend, but I have to do so much work around the house that it feels like a workday. Not supposed to be that way, but I have to catch up with stuff that I couldn’t get to when I fell off the ladder in the […]
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Saturday, August 16 English Premier League SoccerArsenal vs. West Bromfield Albion – Setanta Sports/Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 125, 7:30 a.m.Middlesbrough vs. Tottenham – Setanta Sports, 9:45 a.m.Blackburn vs. Everton – Fox Soccer Channel/Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 125, 10 a.m.Liverpool vs. Sunderland – Fox Soccer Channel/Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 125, 12:30 p.m.Hull City vs. Fullham – […]
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Here is your Olympic Viewing Guide for this weekend on the networks of NBC. Get ready to scroll for a while. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 – DAY 8NBC and NBC HD10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.Men’s Basketball – USA vs. Spain (LIVE)Track & FieldMen’s & Women’s Gymnastics – Trampoline CompetitionBeach Volleyball – Gibb/Rosenthal (USA) vs. Herrara/Mesa (ESP)Women’s […]
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NBC’s primetime ratings for the Olympics jumped up again thanks to swimming and gymnastics. Thursday night’s 17.7 rating was up over Wednesday’s 16.7. Here’s what NBC’s public relaions department has to say about Thursday’s ratings. NBC UNIVERSAL DOMINATES COMPETITION 180 Million Total Viewers Through Seven Days Video Streams on NBCOlympics.com on MSN More Than Doubles […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/15/2008
Some quick links for you. I just DVR’d the replay of first half hour of the Mike & the Mad Dog show from YES. If I can work it out, I’ll try to put up the video here, if not, I’ll search YouTube and make the Chris Russo goodbye as the Video of the Week. […]
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At 1 p.m. today, WFAN’s Mike Francesa came on the air, opening his show with a tape of his former partner, Chris Russo saying his usual “Good afternoooooon, everybody!” then went into a monologue explaining why the Mike & the Mad Dog show was ending after 19 years. Then Russo came on the show on […]
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As Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson finished 1-2 in the women’s gymnastics all-around early this morning on the East Coast, I’m sure viewers were nodding off around 1 a.m. as the competition was coming to an end. I did catch the end, but I also missed about 20 minutes after falling asleep somewhere between the […]
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MLBToronto at Red Sox – Rogers Sportsnet/NESN, 7 p.m.Kansas City at New York Yankees – FSN Kansas City/WWOR, 7 p.m.Baltimore at Detroit – MASN2/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.Anaheim Angels at Cleveland – FSN West/STO, 7 p.m.New York Mets at Pittsburgh – SNY/FSN Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Florida – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.St. Louis […]
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Time for your megalinks on this Friday. With the Olympics in full swing, the Games will be a major theme for the links and in the Weekend Viewing Picks. Without further delay, let’s get to your viewing picks. Weekend Viewing Picks The Olympics head into its second weekend of action with Michael Phelps going for […]
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In what’s turning out to be a crazy day for breaking news, Bruce Allen of the Boston Sports Media Watch tells us that Tony Massarotti, a long-time writer for the Boston Herald, is moving crosstown to the Boston Globe. This sparks a bunch of moves at the paper, especially for Red Sox coverage. This also […]
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NBC’s ratings for Wednesday were down slightly from Tuesday, the first time the Olympics witnessed a downturn in the five nights of coverage thus far. However, NBC still has a reason to smile as the Beijing Games are still ahead of Athens’ pace. And NBC Universal is also pleased with the ratings for its cable […]
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WFAN has announced that Chris “Mad Dog” Russo has left the station. Russo had been the co-host of WFAN’s successful afternoon drive show with Mike Francesa since 1989. Newsday’s Neil Best is on top of the story. On the same day as Russo leaves, WFAN announces that Francesa has signed a new contract and will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/14/2008
I have a free moment before I leave for home. Let’s give you some linkage. I’ve been meaning to link to Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch who’s been doing an Olympics daily preview of what you’ll see on NBC. Richard writes what’s in store for us when we turn on our TV’s this evening. Tom Hoffarth […]
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Here is your Olympics viewing guide for Friday on the networks of NBC Universal. Expect the primetime ratings to rise as Michael Phelps goes for a possible 7th gold medal. And track & field begins in the Bird’s Nest. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 – DAY 7NBC and NBC HD10:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.SwimmingTrack & FieldWomen’s Water […]
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NBC is out with another press release and this one is touting the success of its multi-platform approach to the 2008 Olympics. After being very stingy during the Winter Olympics in 2006 and allowing just the gold medal men’s hockey game to be streamed live at NBCOlympics.com, the 2,200 hours of streaming coverage for the […]
