ESPN’s PR department is putting out drips and drabs on the ratings for last night’s Celtics triumphant win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. The national overnight rating
Celtics-Cavs Game 6 Draws Viewers For ESPN
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Weekend Viewing Picks
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Saturday, May 15 BoxingBoxing After Dark/Amir Khan vs. Paulie Malignaggi & Nate Campbell vs. Victor Ortiz – HBO, 9:45 p.m. ESPN Sports SaturdayWinner’s Bracket – ABC, 5 p.m. FA Cup Final Chelsea vs. Portsmouth – Fox Soccer Channel, 10 a.m. GolfLPGA Tour/Bell Micro LPGA Classic, 3rd round – Golf Channel, 4 p.m.PGA Tour/Texas Open, 3rd […]
Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
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GolfLPGA Tour/Bell Micro LPGA Classic, 2nd round – Golf Channel, midnight (same day coverage)PGA Tour/Texas Open, 2nd round – Golf Channel, 3 p.m. MLBAmerican LeagueRed Sox at Detroit – NESNplus/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Baltimore – STO/MASN, 7 p.m.Minnesota at New York Yankees – Fox Sports North/YES, 7 p.m.Texas at Toronto – KTXA/Rogers Sportsnet, […]
NBC Sports and Sirius XM Preview the 2010 Preakness Stakes
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/13/2010
As they did for the Kentucky Derby, both NBC Sports and Sirius XM will provide full national TV and radio coverage of the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, live from the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Here’s a long press release from NBC Sports and we’ll do a jump break […]
Over Four Million Canadians Watch Montreal Upset Pittsburgh
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CBC is really happy it had the Montreal-Pittsburgh series go the distance as the network garnered really excellent ratings as the Canadiens closed out the defending Stanley Cup Champions on Thursday. Take a look. CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA DRAWS 4.239 MILLION VIEWERS TO MONTREAL/PITTSBURGH GAME SEVEN Pivotal Round Two match-up ranks as sixth largest […]
NESN Garners 3rd Highest Bruins Rating Ever
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Just got this in. NESN scored huge ratings for last night’s Game 6 of the Bruins-Flyers series. I’ll clean this up later, but I wanted to get this to you now. NESN RECORDS THIRD HIGHEST BRUINS RATING IN NETWORK HISTORY BOSTON, MA – NESN, New England’s most watched sports network, earned a 10.3 household rating […]
TNT and NBA TV All Over The Western Conference Finals
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TNT’s last NBA postseason games of 2010 will be during the Western Conference Finals and it’s with one of the league’s glamor teams, the Los Angeles Lakers as they take on the Phoenix Suns. And yes, ESPN will carry the Eastern Conference Finals and it’ll start either Sunday or next Tuesday. In any event, here’s […]
Flyers-Bruins Game 6 Sets A Ratings Record For Comcast SportsNet Philly
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Just received this press release that the NHL has once again set a ratings record in a local market. And this time, it’s in a market that has plenty of hockey tradition. Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia tells us that Game 6 of Bruins-Flyers last night was the most watched NHL game in the channel’s history. We’re […]
The Thursday Linkage
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Before I begin, a quick note. I will have an announcement regarding the site in the next few days. Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere and the content will remain the same. In addition, the site will look the same. When this becomes totally official, I hope to announce that Fang’s Bites is on its […]
Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
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GolfLPGA Tour/Bell Micro LPGA Classic, 1st round – Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)PGA Tour/Texas Open, 1st round – Golf Channel, 3 p.m. MLBAmerican LeagueSeattle at Baltimore – FSN Northwest/MASN, 12:30 p.m.New York Yankees at Detroit – MLB Network/YES/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Kansas City – Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m. Oakland […]
Golf Channel Has Action From All Five Tours This Week
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/12/2010
Golf Channel will be all over the sport this week with coverage of all five professional tours, PGA, PGA European Tour, LPGA, Champions and Nationwide. A lot of the coverage will be live as well so that’s a good thing. Here’s the release. Golf Channel Live Tournament Coverage: May 13-16 All Five Golf Tours Featured […]
NFL Network's Programming Schedule For The Next Week
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Here’s your programming schedule for the next week on NFL Network. Check it out. NFL NETWORK PROGRAMMING NOTES (5/12-5/18) Super Bowl Classics Features Patriots-Rams Clash in Super Bowl XXXVI Saturday at 8:00 PM ET Browns WR Josh Cribbs Live Chat Thursday at 3:00 PM ET on NFL.com Arena Football Friday Features Utah Blaze vs. Milwaukee […]
CBC's The National Goes After Disgraced Hockey Coach
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Later tonight, CBC’s nightly news program, The National, will air the results of an investigation on what happened to disgraced hockey coach Graham James. He was pardoned from jail four years ago and disappeared. CBC and the Toronto Globe and Mail did a joint investigation and James was found living outside Canada. James was accused […]
ESPN Sets Matchups For ACC/Big Ten Challenge
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One of the nicer events on the college basketball calendar is the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. It used to be the ACC/Big East Challenge until the Big East opted out complaining that its coaches preferred playing cupcakes instead of playing tougher opponents for out-of-conference games. But that’s all in the past now. The Big Ten took […]
Comcast Picks Up ESPN 3D
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I know this is a big thing at the ESPN Worldwide headquarters in Bristol, CT when I see tweets from no less than 700 ESPN people regarding this announcement. Comcast cable systems will be picking ESPN 3D making it the first cable provider to do so. Earlier this year, DirecTV announced it will carry the […]
A Mid-Week Linkage Day
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This being Wednesday, it means that we’re about to go past the mid-week mark and then the weekend will be getting closer. Time for some links. paidContent’s Staci D. Kramer has Fox Sports El Presidente por Vida David Hill says sports leagues will cut off their noses in spite of their faces if they continue […]
Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
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MLBAmerican LeagueChicago White Sox at Minnesota – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports North, 1 p.m.New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers – YES/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.Toronto at Red Sox – Rogers Sportsnet/NESN, 1:30 p.m.New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers – ESPN/YES/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.Seattle at Baltimore – FSN Northwest/MASN, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Anaheim Angels […]
Blogs with Balls 3.0 Announces Panels And Speakers
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2010
One of the best events for bloggers is Blogs with Balls and if you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that I attended BwB 1.0 in New York last June. With Blogs with Balls set for Chicago on June 5, the speakers and panels have been set. Unfortunately, yours truly wasn’t chosen, but it doesn’t mean […]
ESPN2 To Show 18 WNBA Regular Season Games
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Starting this Saturday, the WNBA returns to the ESPN family of networks and ESPN2 will air 18 regular season games. WNBA Season on ESPN2 Begins With the Defending Champion Phoenix Mercury vs. L.A. Sparks May 15 Every Telecast in HD; All Games on ESPN3.com ESPN2 will televise 18 regular season WNBA games, starting with the […]
Fox Soccer Channel Airs Champions Week
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To get ready for the UEFA Champions League Final on May 22, Fox Soccer Channel will give viewers Champions Week starting on Monday, May 17. Fox Soccer Channel will air plenty of programming such as highlights, previous matches and other shows leading up to the final between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich next Saturday, May […]
