It’s time for yet another edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast. Today, Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I discuss the Olympics, the ratings, NBC’s continued tape delays, some of their best on-air talent and some of the...
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The Super Bowl ended just a short few weeks ago, but already, the National Football League is looking forward to its next season. Here’s the announcement of the AFC-NFC Hall of Fame Game to played in Canton, OH during Pro...
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The latest press release from NBC Sports on its ratings for the Olympics says the Vancouver Olympics continue to outrate Turin’s from four years ago and despite losing Tuesday night in the ratings to American Idol , NBC will spin...
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NBC has apparently heard the complaints about the tape delays and has decided that Friday’s men’s hockey semifinal between Team USA and either the Czech Republic or Finland will be live in all time zones!! This means the West Coast...
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Ok, doing some linkage today. Lots of stuff to get to. Starting with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand who says one has to take NBC’s Olympic primetime ratings with a grain of salt. Michael also writes about Tony Kornheiser’s two week...
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Just received word from NBC Sports public relations that while today’s USA-Switzerland men’s hockey quarterfinal game will be on NBC and thus, delayed on the West Coast, but it will be live online at NBCOlympics.com. Gametime is 3 p.m. ET/12...
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College Basketballmen’sOhio State at Penn State – Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.DePaul at Cincinnati – Big East Network, 7 p.m.SMU at East Carolina – CBS College Sports, 7 p.m.Florida State at North Carolina – ESPN, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at Notre Dame...
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Here’s the schedule on CTV and its sister networks in the Canada Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. Day 13 Highlights: It’s the Quarter-finals in Men’s Hockey as Four Teams Vie for a Berth in the Semis, Wednesday, Feb. 24 DAY 13...
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We have quotage from NBC’s networks for Day 12 of the Winter Olympics. As usual, we begin with the quotes and notes from Universal Sports. UNIVERSAL SPORTS AT THE VANCOUVER GAMES: NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2010...
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Since the Tony Kornheiser suspension was handed down by ESPN earlier today, I’ve seen all types of reactions. There are those which agree with ESPN and those which don’t. There are men who are outraged, there are women who are...
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ESPN has officially handed down its suspension to Tony Kornheiser and it’s not for three days as originally reported, but for two weeks. Apparently the Powers That Be at ESPN decided that what Mr. Tony said about Hannah Storm’s wardrobe...
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We have the latest press release from NBC touting the ratings through 11 days of competition. While NBC’s ratings have been going down as we head towards the home stretch of the Winter Games, the ratings continue to be ahead...
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Let’s do the Tuesday linkage. Had to finish some paperwork and I’ll do linkage now. From Sports Business Journal/Sports Business Daily, Olympics ratings are still up from 2006, but there’s another showdown with American Idol coming tonight. SBJ/SBD notes that...
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I’m ready to do links and was going to incorporate this story into them, but it appears this Tony Kornheiser/Hannah Storm story is growing legs, and I’m not talking about Hannah’s although they are quite lovely. Ok, that’s disingenuous. I...
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One of my favorite features last season was when MLB Network launched was the “30 Clubs in 30 Days” show that visited every single baseball team during Spring Training. I totally ate this up and I’ll do so again this...
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ESPN has hired Aaron Boone to join its signature baseball studio show, Baseball Tonight. Boone retires from baseball effective today and starts with ESPN immediately. Here’s the press release. Aaron Boone Joins ESPN as Baseball Analyst Aaron Boone today formally...
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College Basketballmen’sVirginia at Miami (FL) – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South/NESN, 7 p.m.Illinois at Michigan – ESPN, 7 p.m.Georgetown at Louisville – ESPN2, 7 p.m.Syracuse at Providence – ESPNU, 7 p.m.Rutgers at Seton Hall – Big East Network,...
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This is the schedule for today in Canada. Day 12 Highlights: Tuesday, Feb. 23 – Now or Never: Canada vs. Germany in Hockey Qualifications DAY 12 – SCHEDULED SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) OLYMPIC DAYTIME/JEUX OLYMPIQUES EN JOURNÉE Hockey: Men’s...
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Usually I put the Canadian Olympic ratings with the Canadian Olympic Broadcast Consortium daily schedule, but this is so big, it can stand alone. We discover that Sunday’s USA-Canada men’s hockey game was a blockbuster for CTV. CAN/USA Men’s Hockey...
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Here’s what was said on the NBC Universal networks on Monday. First, Universal Sports. UNIVERSAL SPORTS AT THE VANCOUVER GAMES: NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010 Monday, February 22, 2010 — On the eleventh day of the...
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By airing Tiger Woods’ apology on multiple platforms, ESPN got a high audience for its various networks, whether it was on cable, radio or online. Millions Tune into Tiger Woods’ Statement on ESPN Media Platforms Millions of viewers, readers and...
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NBC is really happy over the viewership for the combined viewership for its packaged primetime fare and MSNBC’s showing of the USA-Canada men’s hockey game. Overall, the average was over 30 million viewers combined. Sunday’s NBC audience was the lowest...
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This event aired on HBO last year. This year, ESPN2 and MSG Plus will team up to air the tennis event at Madison Square Garden that will feature four of the top women’s tennis players. However, Serena Williams withdrew from...
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I’ll do some linkage for you. Been busy all day, but I have a nice window here and I’ll get to links after I discuss last night’s hockey action. I’m still coming down from the USA win over Canada last...
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I’m trying to get ratings numbers for USA-Canada on MSNBC. Here’s a press release from NBC recapping the numbers for the first 9 days of the Olympics not only for the main network, but for its other networks and various...
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College Basketballmen’sWest Virginia at UConn – ESPN, 7 p.m.South Carolina State at Norfolk State – ESPNU, 7 p.m.Oklahoma at Kansas – ESPN, 9 p.m.Alcorn State at Alabama A&M – ESPNU, 9 p.m. women’sLSU at Tennessee – ESPN2, 7 p.m.Baylor at...
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Let’s catch up on the Olympic quotage from last night. First, Universal Sports’ studio notes and quotes. I post this even though many of you don’t have or may not know you have Universal Sports. UNIVERSAL SPORTS AT THE VANCOUVER...
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Let’s give you details of what CTV and its sister networks have in store for Monday at the XXI Winter Olympiad. Day 11 Highlights: Monday, Feb. 22 – Golden Opportunity: Virtue and Moir Go for Gold DAY 11 – SCHEDULED...
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Over the last two days, Tiger Woods has been the talk of CBS’ coverage at the Match Play Championship. Today, Jim Nantz talked with PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem. THIS JUST IN… …FROM CBS SPORTS CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz...
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Another day, another ratings win for NBC’s primetime coverage of the Olympics. It continues to do well, but with Week 2 about to start, that’s when the ratings usually begin to go down as people get tired of watching. It...
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