Monthly Archives: October 2008

Thursday Links or Catching Up from Last Night

Last night, I was so tired that I didn’t even bother to crack open the laptop and just watched “The American Experience” on my local PBS channel. Since there was no NHL or MLB and NFL Network was doing its usual “NFL Replay” programming, I decided that I would go to bed early and not […]

The Amazing Race Asia 3 – Ep. 5 Results

I have to do a recap of the last episode tonight, but here’s the results of today’s episode. 1. Sam & Vince – winners of the Fast Forward and a golf resort vacation2. Henry & Bernie3. AD & Fuzzie4. Geoff & Tisha5. Ida & Tania6. Mai & Oliver – eliminated You know, we have three […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

NFLInside the NFL – Showtime, 9 p.m. EntertainmentBones – Fox, 8 p.m.Private Practice – ABC, 9 p.m.Whatever, Martha – Fine Living, 9 p.m.Sons of Anarchy – FX, 10 p.m.South Park – Comedy Central, 10 p.m.The Sarah Silverman Program – Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.Late Show with David Letterman – CBS, 11:35 p.m.

NHL Network Schedule

This season, the NHL Network will air 75 games including the Saturday CBC Hockey Night in Canada doubleheaders including its pregame and postgame shows. In addition, NHL Network will carry 17 TSN Wednesday night games. Here’s the schedule: 2008-09NHL Network Regular-Season U.S. Broadcast Schedule October · Saturday, Oct. 4 NY Rangers @ Tampa Bay 12:00 […]

NHL on Versus Schedule

Here is the schedule for Versus. The channel has exclusivity on Tuesday nights. The asterisk signifies an exclusive broadcast. Oct. 9* 7:00 pm Toronto at Detroit Oct. 9 10:00 pm Boston at Colorado Oct. 13 7:00 pm Vancouver at Washington Oct. 14* 7:30 pm Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Oct. 20 7:30 pm Florida at Montreal Oct. […]

NHL on TSN/TSN2 Schedule

This year, TSN starts a new contract with increased coverage of Canadian teams plus more Toronto Maple Leafs games which bring in ratings in Ontario. In addition, TSN snatched the Hockey Night in Canada theme and it will debut with a new recording on October 14. October DATE MATCHUP TIME ET/PT <!– Wednesday, Oct. 1 […]

CBC's Hockey Night in Canada Schedule

Since the NHL is about to begin on Thursday, I will provide the schedules for the NHL TV partners in both Canada and the US. First, CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. Don’t forget the NHL Network will be simulcasting CBC’s doubleheaders on Saturday, providing the main 7 p.m. game and the lone 1o p.m. game. […]

Two Press Releases For Your Eyes Only

Time for a couple of press releases for your reading pleasure. One from the NFL, the other from TNT. First, the NFL says Sunday’s Cincinnati-Dallas game on CBS was part of the #1 rated program of the week. CBS had the doubleheader and the Bengals-Cowboys was sent to most of the country. NFL GAMES TOP […]

It's A Wednesday Linkage Thing

Checking the links for you, I’ve found quite a few stories so let’s get to them. Starting with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand, he says TBS’ Ron Darling has taken a nontraditional route to becoming a TV analyst. Tom Regan of the Christian Science Monitor says thanks to his cell phone and the internet, he’s watching […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

College FootballTroy at Florida Atlantic – ESPN2, 8 p.m. NewsPresidential Debate – ABC/BBC America/CBS/CNBC/CNN/C-SPAN/Fox/Fox News/Hulu.com/MSNBC/NBC/PBS/Telemundo EntertainmentNCIS – CBS, 8 p.m.Whatever, Martha – Fine Living, 9 p.m.The Shield – FX, 10 p.m.Scare Tactics – SciFi, 10 p.m.Late Show with David Letterman – CBS, 11:35 p.m.

Tuesday Quick Links

I’ll give you a few quick links on this late Tuesday afternoon on the U.S. East Coast. Ken McMillan of the Hudson Valley Times Herald Record feels tonight is the Worst Sports Night of the Year. Not far off, I’m telling you. Newsday’s Neil Best wonders if Elite XC’s days on TV are numbered. Neil […]

One Suggestion For TBS Hot Corner

This goes out to my friends at Turner Sports who have been loyal readers of Fang’s Bites since last year. Bring back the TBS Hot Corner studio show for next postseason. Since TBS Hot Corner relaunched for this year’s League Division Series, I have visited the site three times. If you came here last season, […]

ANNOUNCEMENT

I have one thing thing to announce. The web address of Fang’s Bites is changing to www.fangsbites.com. The server is remaining here at Blogger so you won’t see anything different. During the next three days, Google will start redirecting traffic to the new domain name so you should change your bookmarks. It’s something I’ve wanted […]

Two Baseball-Related Press Releases

Since I’m truly in baseball mode, let me give you two baseball-related press releases. The first is from TBS and its plans for the American League Championship Series. TBS Announces MLB ALCS Telecast Team and Schedule Exclusive coverage gets underway on Friday, October 10 TBS announced today the telecast schedule for its exclusive American League […]

Tuesday Midday Links

I have a lot of stuff to catch up on so I’ll try to do the linkage quickly and then do work. Last night, I was hoping to do an update, but with the Red Sox-Angels game so compelling, I couldn’t take my eyes off my TV. And I’m behind on a couple of Amazing […]

League Championship Series Schedule

Now with the Red Sox and Rays winning their respective series on Monday, the entire League Championship Series is complete. Let’s take a look at the schedule and TV and radio network announcing assignments for each series. National League Championship Series (All Games on Fox)Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Philadelphia PhilliesGame 1/Philadelphia wins, 3-2 – Thursday, […]

Afternoon, Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

MLB Division SeriesMLB On Deck – TBS, 4:30 p.m.Game 4 of ALDS/Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox – TBS, 5 p.m.Game 4 of ALDS/Anaheim Angels at Red Sox – TBS, 8:37 p.m. NFLMinnesota at New Orleans – ESPN, 8:40 p.m. EntertainmentTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – Fox, 8 p.m.How I Met Your Mother – CBS, […]

A Few Press Releases For Your Bedtime Reading

If you take your laptop to bed to check your e-mail or surf the web before you sleep, then you can read the following press releases that have hit my inbox today. First, we have some quotes from Rich Eisen, Deion Sanders and Steve Mariucci from NFL Gameday Final on NFL Network last night. Week […]

Your Monday Afternoon Linkage

I’m blogging from home as I await the DirecTV serviceman to arrive to fix my dish. In the meantime, I’ll provide some links as I catch up on last night’s Mad Men episode. The Red Sox have to learn to play games in a 3 hour window. Can you imagine if the Dodgers-Cubs series extended […]

The Amazing Race 13 – Ep. 2 Results

Here are the results from tonight’s episode. Expect a recap later in the week. 1. Ken & Tina – winners of off-road vehicles.2. Mark & Bill3. Terence & Sarah4. Aja & Ty5. Toni & Dallas6. Nick & Starr7. Kelly & Christy – they almost eliminated themselves tonight8. Andrew & Dan9. Marisa & Brooke10. Anthony & […]

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