0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/1/2013
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on the Sports Sky and Air Studio & Pregame Shows College GameDay live from Tallahassee, FL — ESPN, 9 a.m. Fox College Saturday — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. College Football Whiparound […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/30/2013
We have this from NBC Sports. The Dan Patrick Show which airs on NBCSN from 9 a.m. — noon, ET will stream live on the NBC Sports Live Extra app starting today, October 30. The Dan Patrick Show which is owned by DirecTV and has a deal to air on NBCSN, is already streamed on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/29/2013
NBCOlympics.com has relaunched today, this being 100 days to the Opening Ceremony at Sochi, a warm water port city in Russia. The site looks much cleaner than it did when it was tooled for London. NBCOlympics.com will cover all 15 sports in the 2014 Winter Games and provide athlete bios, videos plus offer “TV Everywhere” […]
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This from NBC Sports. On Monday, the overnight ratings showed that the World Series beat Sunday Night Football 10.5-10.3. But when the final ratings were said and done, Sunday Night Football on NBC beat World Series Game 4 on Fox with a 9.8 rating and a 15 share. The Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/24/2013
All Times Eastern Byes: Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, San Diego, Tennessee Thursday, October 24 Studio and Pregame Shows Around the League Live — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff: Thursday Night Football Preview — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/23/2013
NBC has announced that three former Olympic figure skaters will join its broadcast team for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Johnny Weir who recently announced his retirement today will be an analyst for the Olympics as well as on NBC’s figure skating coverage leading up to Sochi. Tara Lipinski who won the gold medal in the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/21/2013
Starting on Tuesday, October 29, the networks of NBCUniversal will really get into the promotion for the 2014 Winter Olympics in the warm water port city of Sochi, Russia. And in the 8 p.m. ET/PT hour on October 29, the 20 networks and 65 websites of NBCUniversal will run what NBCUniversal is calling a promotional […]
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This from NBC, the overnight ratings are in for Sunday Night Football and with no competition from baseball or other sports, the Peacock generated big numbers for Denver-Indianapolis. As you’re well aware, it marked the return of Peyton Manning to Indy after leaving the Colts before last season. NBC had an overnight number of 17.3 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/20/2013
We finish the NFL Sunday pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America which looked at the day’s games from Week 7 and a preview of tonight’s Denver-Indy game. It included interviews with Peyton Manning of Denver and Andrew Luck of Indianapolis. It’s all below for you. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/17/2013
All Times Eastern Thursday, October 17 Studio and Pregame Shows Around the League Live — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff: Thursday Night Football Preview — NFL Network, 6 p.m. Prekick Show — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/16/2013
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports Announcing assignments courtesy Your Eye on the Sports Sky and Air Thursday, October 17 Studio and Pregame Shows CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 7 p.m. Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/15/2013
This from NBC. Sunday Night Football rules the roost once again. The game which pitted the DC NFL Team against Dallas received a 12.7 rating with a 20 share and an average viewership of 22.1 million. Yes, SNF was the top-rated primetime program in all of network and cable on Sunday. It outdrew the Walking […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/14/2013
Up until Sunday, Bob Costas had not done a halftime commentary this season, but that all changed in Week 6 as the DC NFL Team took on Dallas on Sunday Night Football. Now I have not been a supporter of Costas’ commentaries in the past and have gone so far to condemn them both here […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/13/2013
For tonight’s Football Night in America on NBC, Bob Costas interviews two players in advance of tonight’s Washington at Dallas game on Sunday Night Football. Bob talks with Dallas defensive end DeMarcus Ware and Washington wide receiver Pierre Garçon. We have partial transcripts below. BOB COSTAS INTERVIEWS DEMARCUS WARE AND PIERRE GARCON Football Night in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/12/2013
On Sunday, the old NFC East rivalry, Washington and Dallas is renewed in primetime in Texas. Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya will at Cowboys Stadium for the game. Bob Costas will also be in Arlington to host segments for Football Night in America and conduct interviews. Dan Patrick will do the highlights from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/11/2013
In a long-term deal, NBC has retained the Cup, the Ryder Cup that in a contract that keeps at least the weekend portion of the event on the Peacock through 2030. ESPN currently holds the cable rights for the first day of competition through 2014. For this deal, NBC will continue to air Days 2 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/10/2013
All Times Eastern Thursday, October 10 Studio and Pregame Shows Around the League Live — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff — NFL Network, 6 p.m. Thursday Night Football Pre-Kick Show — NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/7/2013
NBC is getting ready for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The NBC Sports Group will present 34½ hours of coverage of the US Olympic Trials featuring curling, speed skating, short track speed skating, ski jumping, Nordic Combined and women’s hockey. The coverage will be split between NBC and NBCSN. Curling will receive 15 hours […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/6/2013
Let’s complete the quotage for Week 5 of the NFL season with NBC’s Football Night in America. Here’s what was said on Sunday evening. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 5 “The Redskins nickname is offensive to Native Americans. In 2013, we need to get that name changed.” – Tony Dungy“He’s […]
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In advance of tonight’s Houston at San Francisco game on Sunday Night Football, Bob Costas talks with Texans QB Matt Schaub while Tony Dungy speaks with 49ers signal caller Colin Kaepernick. It all airs on NBC’s Football Night in America starting at 7 p.m. ET. Here are partial transcripts of the interviews. TONY DUNGY INTERVIEWS […]
