0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/6/2014
Over the last four months, there’s been talk that the National Football League wants to expand its ever-so-popular playoffs. he was told that the NFL wants to expand the playoffs by two teams. The NFL quickly countered that no such decision has been made and any change has to be made by the owners. Even […]
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These are a week late. I was hoping to have these up for Week 17, but so many things got in the way. Getting them up now. I vow to get the 8th Annual Awards posted by the New Year of 2015. That’s my hope anyway. Well, with another NFL season wrapping up, it’s time […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/5/2014
NBC’s final NFL Wild Card Saturday doubleheader went out with a big bang. The first time that two playoff games on the same day that had margins under two points gave NBC huge ratings. Kansas City-Indianapolis and New Orleans-Philadelphia gave the Peacock an average overnight rating of 18.7/32 which is up 9% from last year’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/3/2014
All Times Eastern Saturday, January 4 Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network, 10 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 11 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, noon Football Night in America — NBC, 4 p.m. NFL GameDay Scoreboard — NFL Network, 7:30 p.m. NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/2/2014
Ok, I’ll write the Awards tonight, but in the interim, here are the nominees for the seventh annual incarnation of my NFL TV Awards. The Pat Summerall Award for Best Play-by-Play: Kenny Albert (Fox), Kevin Burkhardt (Fox), Ian Eagle (CBS), Al Michaels (NBC), Brad Nessler (NFL Network), Mike Tirico (ESPN) Best Game Analyst: Cris Collinsworth […]
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This being the final year of the NFL TV contract before the new one kicks in before the next season, NBC will air its final Wild Card Saturday doubleheader. NBC has two good games on Saturday, Kansas City at Indianapolis in the 4:30 p.m. ET slot followed by New Orleans at Philadelphia in the 8 […]
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From NBC, Sunday Night Football finished as the number one primetime television show for the fall season. It remains to be seen if the series will be the number one show for the entire season as it has for the last two television years. For the full season, NBC averaged a 12.8 rating with a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2013
It’s time to look back at the Year in Sports Media. Once again, it was a rather busy year in covering sports media. Since beginning this site in 2007, covering sports media has grown to a 24/7 beat. It’s never enough to cull stories to 10. That’s why I have “The Big Dozen.” Why is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/30/2013
NBC is proud as a peacock today after the overnight ratings came in for the Sunday Night Football season finale between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys that decided the NFC East Division title. As Philadelphia won and the game wasn’t decided until the final moments, NBC saw an average overnight rating of 16.8 […]
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The game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings was supposed to be played earlier this year, but due to the lockout, it was scrapped, however, the NHL did keep the event intact so it could be played this season. So on January 1 at 1 p.m. ET at the venerable Michigan […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/29/2013
Ok, playoff schedule is in. NBC has a very good Wild Card doubleheader on Saturday, January 4. It will have Kansas City-Indianapolis in the early game with New Orleans at Philadelphia in the nightcap. CBS has the early game on Sunday, January 5 with San Diego at Cincinnati at 1 p.m. ET. Fox will have […]
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Time to finish our Sunday NFL pregame quotage for the regular season with NBC’s Football Night in America. We have one more post this evening and that will be the Wild Card Weekend playoff schedule. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 17 “Packers fans are going to remember that…you’re going to […]
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Tonight, NBC airs the NFC East Division play-in game as the Dallas Cowboys host the Philadelphia Eagles in Arlington, TX. Before the game, Football Night in America will review all of Sunday’s action plus preview tonight’s contest. Bob Costas has interviewed Eagles’ running back LeSean McCoy and Cowboys tight end Jason Witten in advance of […]
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For the third straight year, NBC’s Sunday Night Football airs the NFC East Division championship game involving the Dallas Cowboys. The Dallas Cowboys will host the Philadelphia Eagles in Arlington, TX. The winner will head to the playoffs and host a postseason game. The loser will go home and watch the playoffs on TV. Al […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/24/2013
NBCSN’s “12 Days of Premier League” continues this week with a full slate of games on Thursday, Boxing Day in the UK and again this weekend. Thursday’s fixtures will be highlighted by a tripleheader which includes Hull City hosting Manchester United and Arsenal taking on West Ham United. Then on Saturday, NBCSN and NBC combine […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/23/2013
Normally, these aren’t posted until Thursday or later as I wait for the official press releases from the networks, but as assignments began leaking out today through Twitter, we have all of the games and announcers for the double doubleheaders on CBS and Fox and of course, the Sunday Night Football game on NBC. Because […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/22/2013
Let’s finish the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with Football Night in America from NBC. Check it out, friends. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 16 “It puts even more pressure on you to win a Super Bowl.” – Harrison on Peyton Manning’s TD-pass record “We all assumed they were unbeatable at home […]
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Ok, we’ve had the Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys game pegged for the Week 17 Sunday Night Football primetime slot for a while and tonight it became official. The National Football League and the National Broadcasting Company that Eagles-Cowboys will be in primetime tonight. That game will be for the final NFL playoff spot and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/21/2013
All Times Eastern Blackout: Buffalo Sunday, December 22 NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket Channel Assignments Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network, 7 a.m. That Other Pregame Show — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Mike […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/19/2013
We’re continuing to get announcements from NBCUniversal about its coverage plans for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is a warm water port city in Russia which averages 50 degrees in the month of February. This announcement involves the amount of hours that will be devoted to the Winter Games both on television […]
