0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/15/2013
In advance of tonight’s San Fransisco-Seattle game on Sunday Night Football, NBC’s Bob Costas speaks with the 49ers’ wide receiver Anquan Boldin and Seahawks defensive back Richard Sherman. We have a partial transcript of the interviews that will be aired on Football Night in America which begins at 7 p.m. ET on the National Broadcasting […]
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What’s up? It’s Week 2 of the NFL. Games of the Week? Naturally, the Manning Bowl, Denver at New York Giants. It’s the third incarnation of the Manning Bowl and the first two were on NBC. This year, CBS gets it. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms call the game and they’ll be joined by Tracy […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2013
And we finish our Sunday NFL previews with NBC Sports. The Sunday Night Football game this week will be in the Great Northwest between the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks. Here’s what NBC is saying. COLIN KAEPERNICK AND DEFENDING NFC CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS TRAVEL TO SEATTLE TO TAKE ON RUSSELL WILSON AND […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/12/2013
Thursday, September 12 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. NFL Total Access Postgame — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m. 8:25 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/10/2013
There’s a reason why NBC bought back into the NFL and you’re seeing it with the numbers that the network is receiving especially for the first two games of its 2013 schedule. Both the season opening game last Thursday and the season premiere of Sunday Night Football garnered over 25 million viewers. The Sunday Night […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/8/2013
Well, let’s take a look at what’s ahead in the sports media for the upcoming week. It’s another busy week and we’ll preview it for you right now. TELEVISION NFL Premieres The NFL continues to dominate the week. Monday has the annual Week 1 doubleheader on ESPN with Philadelphia taking on the DC NFL Team […]
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Let’s close out the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Some good quotage here. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 1 “I’m concerned that defensive coaches are going to say, ‘We’re going to have to go low.’” – Tony Dungy on helmet hits “Today proved that they’re […]
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Tonight in advance of the New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys game, Bob Costas speaks to the quarterbacks for both teams, Eli Manning and Tony Romo, respectively. We have a partial transcript of what you’ll see during tonight’s Football Night in America show on NBC. BOB COSTAS INTERVIEWS ELI MANNING AND TONY ROMO Football Night in America […]
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You’re back! Yes, I’m back. And the primers are back too? Anything new on NFL TV this season? Yes. Where do you want to begin? How about pregames. No changes right? Au contraire! Many changes. First, there are two more Sunday pregame shows on your television this season. First, CBS Sports Network launches “That Other […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/7/2013
February 2014 will begin a new contract for NBC with the International Olympic Committee. And with today’s election of Tokyo as the host of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, the four sites that fall under the new deal have been determined and finalized. When NBC bid on this package of Games, only the hosts 2014 […]
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We have the final numbers from the Thursday night NFL season opener that saw Denver laying a 40 burger on the defending Super Bowl Champions Baltimore Ravens. NBC saw a 5% increase in viewership for Thursday’s season as compared to last year which was played on a Wednesday due to a conflict with the Democratic […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2013
We have the overnight ratings for the 2013 NFL Kickoff Game on NBC. For the fourth straight year, it topped the 16 plateau with a 16.2 overnight number on Thursday. The share for the game was a 29. Due to a weather delay at the outset, the game’s number was helped as the game was […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/5/2013
Our first set of NFL pregame quotage comes from NBC for tonight’s Kickoff Game. You had Bob Costas, Dan Patrick, Tony Dungy, Scott Pioli, Peter King, Mike Florio and Cris Collinsworth on-hand. Take a look at some of the notes and quotes from tonight. NOTES & QUOTES FROM NFL KICKOFF 2013 “You can’t replace 17 […]
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Sunday, September 8 NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame and Studio Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network 7 a.m. That Other Pregame Show (series premiere) — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fox NFL Kickoff — Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m. (this […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2013
Lots of things happening in sports media this week. The NFL returns in the next seven days. College Football goes into its second week. Baseball heads into its final month of the regular season. Soccer goes into World Cup qualifying. The PGA Tour takes the week off and we bid adieu to Fox Soccer. TELEVISION […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/28/2013
Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy Eye on Sky and Air Sports Thursday, August 29 Studio and Pregame Shows CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 3 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 5 p.m. ESPNU College Football Preview — ESPNU, 5 p.m. BTN Live — Big Ten Network, […]
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My apologies on not updating the site as usual this week. Suffice to say that I’ve been away since last Saturday and unable to do my usual job. I’ll be back home on Friday and be back in my own bed, but know that I am keeping up to date on the latest sports media […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/25/2013
We’ve survived the first full week of Fox Sports One and the premiere of new shows. We have another premiere this week, but this one on ESPN2. In addition, we get the first full week of college football as the new season begins in earnest on Thursday. Not only that, the U.S. Open gets underway […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/21/2013
This in from NBC Sports Group, NBCSN will air a live pregame show from Notre Dame home games starting this season. This also includes designated home games at sites away from Notre Dame. This year, the designated off-site home game is at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX (I know it has a new name, but […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/19/2013
Some quick numbers from NBC Sports on the debut of the English Premier League on Saturday. First, NBC received the highest overnight rating for an opening weekend match, 0.8 for Swansea City vs. Manchester United. Second, Washington, DC was the highest of all markets with a very good 2.2 for the contest. Third, the three […]
