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This week, CBS College Sports is in the midst of a free preview on many cable providers so to celebrate the increased viewership, it’s started Armed Forces Salute Week which includes college football tripleheader involving all three military service academies. CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK, THE HOME OF SERVICE ACADEMY FOOTBALL, SALUTES OUR NATION’S ARMED FORCES […]
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TNT, the network of record for the NBA, begins with two doubleheaders, one with a season opening twin bill on Tuesday and another on its regular night on Thursday. The Turner network will have the first national look at the already annoying Miami Heat on Tuesday. We have your press release from the fine people […]
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Just like it did last year, MLB Network will have extensive programming surrounding the World Series. It will carry “MLB Tonight” pre and postgame shows live from San Francisco and Texas, the sites of this year’s Fall Classic. Hosts Matt Vasgersian and Greg Amsinger will lead the coverage while there will be a cast of […]
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Last week, MSG Network unceremoniously dropped Gus Johnson from calling New York Knicks games. However, it didn’t take long for one of America’s most popular announcers to get more work. Today, the Big Ten Network announced that Gus will increase his workload with the channel and call over 20 Big Ten Conference basketball games this […]
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Now that I’ve returned to the regular office, it’s time to bring you the linkage as it’s a back to work day for most of us. Let’s go. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that the NFL’s TV partners took a close look at the hard hits on Sunday. Nat Worden of the Wall Street […]
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According to NBC, last night’s Minnesota-Green Bay garnered the best overnight ratings for an October primetime game on network TV in 12 years. And last night’s overnight ended at 16.0 with a 25 share. In addition, the home markets of Minneapolis-St. Paul and Milwaukee got over a 50.0 rating which means over half of the […]
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I’ve been lax on providing the SEC football TV schedule over the last few weeks, but I have next Saturday’s slate of games. Take a look. SEC Football Schedule For November 6th Announced SEC FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR NOV. 6 GAMES SET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Oct. 25, 2010) – Eight games are on the Southeastern Conference football […]
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Tennis Channel will air women’s tennis season-ending championships live all this week from Doha, Qatar. The top eight ranked tennis players except Serena Williams will vie for the last big title of the season. Tennis Channel airs 6.5 hours most days and the coverage goes all the way through the finals on Sunday. I have […]
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NFLNew York Giants at Dallas – ESPN, 8:30 p.m. NHLPhiladelphia at Columbus – Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.Phoenix at Montreal – RDS/TSN Regional/Fox Sports Arizona, 7:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Minnesota – Versus/TSN2, 8 p.m. NHL on the Fly – NHL Network, 8 p.m. TalkThe Dan Patrick Show – Fox Sports Net/Comcast SportsNet/DirecTV, 9 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/24/2010
And this will complete our quotage from the Sunday pregame shows. We have some video from the show as well. Let’s provide the quotage and video. FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 7 “He lowered his aim and he made a good aggressive play.” – “Football Night’s” Rodney Harrison on Brandon Meriweather […]
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Fox says the just completed National League Championship Series ended being the highest rated NLCS on Fox since 2006. Last night’s Game 6 received a 6.7 rating and garnered 11.6 million viewers. Let’s look at the press release from Fox Sports. GIANTS/PHILLIES ON FOX CLINCHES HIGHEST-RATED & MOST-WATCHED NLCS SINCE 2006 Series Viewership Up +49%, […]
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Two MLB-centric press releases for you now. First, Major League Baseball says the ratings for the 2010 League Championship Series were the highest since 2007. While the LCS got beat by both Sunday Night and Monday Night Football, baseball held its own in the ratings and still did well as each series went six games. […]
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The big news coming out of Fox NFL Sunday is the revelation from Jay Glazer that Brett Favre admitted to NFL Security that he made phone calls to Jenn Sterger, but denied sending pictures to her. That’s the video that we’ll embed as part of the Fox NFL Sunday quotage here. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES […]
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Tonight, NBC’s Football Night in America will have interviews with Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress and Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Bob Costas conducted both interviews and we have previews of both inquisitions below. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” PREVIEW – WEEK 7 BOB COSTAS INTERVIEWS AARON RODGERS & BRAD CHILDRESS “I applaud the NFL.” – […]
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And the quotage is coming fast and furious. Now to the NFL Today on CBS with a ratings note for yesterday’s SEC on CBS battle. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 7 ON OCTOBER 24 ?”SEC ON […]
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Let’s get busy with the Sunday linkage. Some good stuff to get to. On Fox NFL Sunday, Jay Glazer reported that Vikings quarterback Brett Favre denied sending pictures of his shlong to Jenn Sterger, but did admit to leaving voicemails on her cell phone. I’ll have video of that segment during the Fox NFL Sunday […]
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This just in, the ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown quotage. So we have highlights from this week show. Check it out. ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Week 7 ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Berman and analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson and Keyshawn Johnson previewed today’s NFL action. Some excerpts: NFL executive vice president […]
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The Sunday pregame show quotage is starting to trickle in. We first have the notes and quotes from NFL Network’s NFL Gameday Morning. Here’s it is. News and Sound Bites From Week 7 Edition of NFL GAMEDAY MORNING “When they took away hitting the quarterback below the knees or in the head, it was an […]
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I have the official schedule of the World Series now that the LCS is over. Fox will carry all of the games on TV. ESPN Radio will carry the games on radio, of course. Let’s list the entire schedule and the announcers for both networks. WORLD SERIES (All times Eastern) Texas Rangers vs. San Francisco Giants […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/23/2010
