0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/17/2014
Tonight, four games in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, all Games 1 and three of them in the Western Conference. As with last night when NBC relied on a simulcast, it will do so again for one game. Both CNBC and NBCSN will have doubleheaders. CNBC starts it all with the New York Rangers at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/16/2014
Thanks to NBC Sports public relations for forwarding this to me earlier today. Couldn’t post earlier, but doing it now. You have all of the announcing crews for all of the games from Thursday, April 17 through Sunday, April 20. Notice that Pierre McGuire works every day. He starts tonight in Pittsburgh with Doc Emrick, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
I’ll do my best to post these daily as they come in. The Stanley Cup Playoffs begin tonight starting one of the best postseasons in sports. CNBC and NBCSN will be involved with three games tonight. It begins with Montreal at Tampa Bay on CNBC at 7 p.m. ET. This will be a CBC simulcast […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/15/2014
As it did last year, NBC is partnering with a bakery to do a promotion for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Last May, NBC announced a partnership with Crumbs Bakery and the “Stanley Cupcakes” which looked absolutely heavenly and delicious. This year, the partnership is with Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Bakery. Instead of the “Stanley Cupcakes,” […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/14/2014
Ok, NBC Sports Group has released its coverage plans for the Conference Quarterfinals. NBCSN will air the bulk of the action. CNBC and NHL Network will also pick up games during the first round. First round games will be aired nationally on CNBC, NBCSN and NHL Network except in the home markets where the local […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
The regular season is over. The playoffs are here and some of the most compelling action you’ll see will begin Wednesday. All eight of the playoff series are listed below with US and Canadian networks. In the first round, the US local regional sports networks have exclusivity except when games are picked up by NBC. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/9/2014
The National Football League has released the preseason game schedule for August 2014. We expect the regular season to be announced sometime next week. In the meantime, this will hold us over. CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC will each televise two preseason games. This is a break from the past when ESPN would air four […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/2/2014
For the third straight year, every NHL Stanley Cup postseason game will be aired nationally across the platforms of the NBC Sports Group. Utilizing NBC, NBCSN, CNBC and NHL Network as well as streaming on the NBC Sports Live Extra app, fans will be able to watch every single playoff game from the first round […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
After working at Sports Illustrated then joining Disney to work at ESPN from 2004-2011 and ABC News’ Good Morning America from 2011-2014, Josh Elliott now moves to Comcast’s NBCUniversal for a totally new chapter of his career. He moves to NBC Sports where he will be a host on the National Football League, Olympics and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/31/2014
In a move that jolted two highly competitive arenas, morning television and sports media, Josh Elliott is leaving ABC’s Good Morning America which he helped vault into the number one slot over NBC’s Today and will be joining NBC Sports. The New York Times’ Bill Carter reports that Elliott will be used across NBC Sports’ […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2014
The nominees are out. A few interesting developments for this year’s Emmys. In the play-by-play category, Al Michaels is noticeably absent. Marv Albert, Mike Breen, Joe Buck, Bob Costas (?) and Mike Emrick are nominees. I guess the Academy decided to put Bob in this category in addition to his customary Studio Host nomination. For […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/25/2014
This was originally reported back in January when NBC and ESPN were talking about trading the rights to the first day of the 2014 Ryder Cup in exchange for Michelle Beadle. That’s right. As reported by Geoff Shackelford, Beadle was the final piece of the puzzle. So NBC got the first day of this year’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/4/2014
Starting this Friday, NBC Sports Group and the United States Olympic Committee will present 52 hours of the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. Several familiar names from NBC’s XXII Winter Olympic Games coverage will be on the roster including Carolyn Manno, Todd Harris, Steve Schlanger, Lewis Johnson and Dave Strader will be hosting or calling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/27/2014
Also announced this week, NBC Sports has signed a new 10 year agreement with Churchill Downs Group to keep the Kentucky Derby and its affiliated race, the Kentucky Oaks in the fold through 2025. NBC has been the home of the Kentucky Derby since 2001. It guarantees that NBC will be the home of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/24/2014
The Closing Ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Olympics ended down from Vancouver, but just about even with Turin. Even so, the rating continues the downward trend for Sochi. It registered an 8.7 rating with a 13 share. The Closing Ceremony for Vancouver had a 12.1/19 while Turin posted an 8.9/13. Viewership for Sochi’s Close was […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/23/2014
From NBC Sports, the Olympic ratings press releases are now highlighting what NBCSN is doing and giving small blurbs about NBC Olympic primetime which have been dropping to the lowest ratings in a very long time. In fact, Paulsen at Sports Media Watch notes that Sochi now has three of the four lowest rated nights […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/22/2014
So we’ve finally reached the end of the 2014 Winter Olympics. The last medals to be handed out will be the four-man bobsled which will be aired live on NBCSN at 4 a.m. ET, the men’s hockey gold medal to either Canada or Sweden and that game will be seen live on NBC starting with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
It appears that Bob Costas has retired from hosting the Closing Ceremony. While he hosted the Vancouver Closing Ceremony, Costas has mainly allowed Dan Hicks and Mary Carillo do the heavy lifting while he’s been in the studio. The Holy Diminutive One will be back in the studio once again for Sochi. At the Fisht […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
NBCSN saw a record rating for a hockey game as the USA-Canada men’s semifinal registered a 2.7 rating with an 8 share. It beat the previous record which was USA-Russia last week. Now USA-Canada has outpaced all Stanley Cup Playoff games and Stanley Cup Final games on NBCSN. The viewership for USA-Canada was 3.9 million. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
In tonight’s Olympic primetime coverage on NBC, the popular daytime figure skating announcing team of Terry Gannon, Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir move to the evening hours. They’ll be calling the figure skating exhibition gala that allows the medalists to let their hair down so to speak and give performances that aren’t normally seen during […]
