0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/31/2011
Yup, we have your college basketball games for this weekend including where College GameDay is headed. Men’s College Basketball: No. 1 Ohio St. Twice & College GameDay at No. 11 Kentucky at No. 23 Florida ESPN’s upcoming men’s college basketball schedule includes two telecasts involving undefeated No. 1 Ohio State and College GameDay at No. […]
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Day 2 of Super Bowl Week for ESPN begins once again with Mike & Mike in the Morning on ESPN2 and ESPN Radio. And you have a whole slew of live programming from Sundance Square in Fort Worth. Hannah Storm also joins the fray hosting Media Day from Cowboys Stadium with Darren Woodson. Check out […]
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To celebrate the marriage of Comcast and NBC, Golf Channel’s Morning Drive show will welcome several NBC on-air personalities to its airwaves. People from CNBC and NBC Sports will be guests on the show co-hosted by the arrogant Erik Kuselias and Gary Williams. I haven’t seen the show since it premiered and until Kuselias is […]
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This was a great weekend for the NHL All-Star Weekend on both TSN and CBC. Canada’s public network had the NHL All-Star SuperSkills Competition and the All-Star Game. Both events garnered record ratings. Just under 2.4 million Canadians watched the All-Star Game. We have the official press release from CBC Sports. 2011 NHL ALL-STAR GAME […]
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ESPNU announced the teams that will take part in the 9th annual BracketBusters event. It’s now expanded to a three day event. Eleven games will be played involving mid-Major teams that hope to make an impression on the NCAA Tournament Committee in March. Let’s take a look at the field. ESPN BracketBusters: 11 Games, Teams […]
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For yesterday’s late NBA game on ABC, the network received a 5.0 overnight rating for the glamor matchup between the Boston Celtics and defending champions, Los Angeles Lakers. Pretty good and the it’s ties the highest rated non-Christmas Day NBA game on the network. Celtics/Lakers Delivers 5.0 Overnight Rating; Ties Highest Rating for Non-Christmas NBA […]
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Got releases from both Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia and Mid-Atlantic over their programming throughout February which is Black History Month. Both regional sports networks will air special programming and have features to celebrate the history of African-Americans and note their contribute to sport in both areas. First, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia’s release. COMCAST SPORTSNET CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY […]
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It’s an annual part of Super Bowl Weekend, the NFL Films-produced “Road To The Super Bowl” program which usually airs on the network broadcasting the Big Game. This year, Fox will have it and it’s scheduled to air on Sunday at noon Eastern time. We have details in this release from the National Football League. […]
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Just as Fox crowed about its Pro Bowl ratings, the NFL is doing so as well. Again, the ratings were 7.7 with a 12 share. The total viewership added up to 13.4 million people on average making last night’s game the most watched in 14 years. 2011 PRO BOWL MOST WATCHED NFL ALL-STAR GAME IN […]
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He retired last year only to return for one more year and then retire once again. This time, Urban Meyer won’t be returning to coaching, at least for the foreseeable future. The former Utah and Florida coach joins ESPN to become a game and studio analyst. Meyer will contribute to College GameDay as well as […]
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One good thing about HBO is that if you miss the original airing of a program, you have multiple chances to see it. This week, the critically-acclaimed documentary, “Lombardi” which originally aired in December returns for five re-airings. The doc will be shown twice this week on HBO, three more times on HBO2. HBO SPORTS® […]
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Just out today is the latest version of the ESPN Radio iPhone mobile app. It means you can listen to your favorite ESPN Radio shows without a radio. In addition, you can hear podcasts as well as local radio SportsCenters. It’s all on the iPhone app. New ESPN Radio iPhone App: Unprecedented Personalization and Social […]
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The NFL-related releases keep rolling in. Westwood One Radio tells us that Kevin Harlan will call his first Super Bowl for a national audience this Sunday. He’ll be joined by Boomer Esiason in the booth and James Lofton and Mark Malone on the sidelines. Also joining Westwood One for Super Bowl Sunday will be Jim […]
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The official satellite radio partner of the National Football League has announced coverage plans including international broadcasts of the Super Bowl. In addition to the multiple language broadcasts (14 in all or XIV in Super Bowl vernacular), we have special Super Bowl-themed programming as well as Mad Dog Radio broadcasting live from Radio Row at […]
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This is what we have for you today on NFL Network as it starts its Super Bowl Week coverage in earnest. NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM SUPER BOWL XLV PROGRAMMING NOTES – MONDAY, JAN. 31 Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year Award Announced on NFL Network’s NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl at 7:00 […]
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Fox Sports is very happy with the ratings for last night’s Pro Bowl game. Over 13 million viewers watched the game giving the network a very solid 7.7 rating with a 12 share. It’s the most watched Pro Bowl game since 1997 when it was on ABC and the highest rated since 2000 when it […]
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Ok, let’s do some linkage while I can squeeze some in. I had to meet a deadline earlier. I think I’m safe for now. Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today, he wonders if the PGA Tour can generate ratings if Tiger Woods isn’t winning tournaments. Michael also has some of the upcoming sports viewing […]
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New Friend of Fang’s Bites Michelle Beadle recently went to Los Angeles to shoot some Super Bowl ad parodies. They’ll air on ESPN2’s SportsNation this week. Big kudos go out to SportsbyBrooks which got the first glimpse of the sample reel. Check out Michelle as the eTrade Baby, the Budweiser frogs, Betty White and Mean […]
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AHL AHL All-Star Game from Hershey, PA – Altitude Plus/Comcast SportsNet Calfornia/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus/Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports Midwest/FSN Pittsburgh/MSG Plus/STO, 7 p.m. College Basketball men’s Louisville at Georgetown – ESPN, 7 p.m. Maryland Eastern-Shore at Hampton – ESPNU, 7 p.m. New Hampshire at Vermont – Comcast SportsNet New England, 7:30 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2011
At Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth, TX, ESPN will kick off its week-long coverage of Super Bowl XLV. It all begins with Mike & Mike in the Morning on both ESPN2 and ESPN Radio. We have lots of stuff from ESPN in regards to its programming on Monday. ESPN and ESPN Radio Kickoff Super […]
