0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/2/2012
Tonight in advance of the Philadelphia Eagles-Dallas Cowboys game on Sunday Night Football, NBC’s Football Night in America will air a Bob Costas interview of linebacker DeMarcus Ware from the Cowboys. We have a partial transcript and it’s all below for you. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” PREVIEW – WEEK 13 BOB COSTAS INTERVIEWS COWBOYS LB […]
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Tough day today. Indeed it is. The NFL is dealing with the Jovan Belcher murder-suicide of his girlfriend that leaves a beautiful three month old girl without parents and the Kansas City Chiefs wondering how they will acknowledge him. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown acknowledged Kasandra Perkins, Belcher’s girlfriend asked viewers to remember her as well. […]
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In primetime, NBC airs the Philadelphia Eagles-Dallas Cowboys game live from the Jerry Jones World of Extravagance in Arlington, TX. NBC and the NFL chose to keep the game in the primetime slot despite Philadelphia’s pitiful record and Dallas’ shaky appearances on Sunday Night Football. The ratings for Cowboys games are usually through the roof […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/30/2012
All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, 11 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/28/2012
Thanks to having three games on Thanksgiving Day as well as Sunday in Week 12, the NFL had three of the most watched programs on television for the week ending Sunday, November 25. The most watched program was the Thanksgiving afternoon DC NFL Team-Dallas Cowboys game on Fox that generated an average of 28.7 million […]
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Two Thanksgiving Weekend games at the new Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey led to two blowouts on NBC, but they still generated viewership. With no real competition on Thanksgiving Night, NBC managed to draw the highest rated and most watched NFL game in primetime on the holiday. Of course, the previous games had been on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/27/2012
Let’s bring you some linkage. Two days in a row! This is something! Shameless plug department: I wrote Some Long Overdue Tuesday Sports Media Thoughts earlier this morning and make sure you give it a gander. Many thanks. Sam Gustin of Time writes that News Corp.’s purchase of a minority stake in YES could help […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/26/2012
It’s been a while since I’ve done linkage. I’ll provide some on this Cyber Monday. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says having Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship Game will bring in some monster ratings for ESPN. Chris Chase of USA Today’s Game On notes that the NFL had Rich Eisen and NFL Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/25/2012
Bob Costas talked about the Giants in his halftime commentary. Other subjects were broached as well. We have what was discussed below. And that is it. PACKERS-GIANTS HALFTIME COMMENTARY ON GIANTS Bob Costas: “It’s been said that momentum is among sports’ biggest mysteries. And, perhaps, no franchise in football has demonstrated how much, and how […]
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Let’s finish our Sunday NFL pregame show quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Lots of things said on this show as you can plainly see below. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 12 “If they play like this, they won’t win another game.” – Tony Dungy on the Steelers “This team […]
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Tonight on Football Night in America, Bob Costas will talk with Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb and New York Football Giants coach Tom Coughlin in advance of tonight’s Sunday Night Football game on NBC. Football Night in America airs at 7 p.m. ET on NBC. Take a look at the partial transcripts of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/24/2012
Well? Well what? We’re back for another viewing guide. Do you want to ask a proper question? Ok, who’s on bye this week? No one. We’re done with the byes for the season. We have a full slate of games from now on. Seriously? No more byes? Seriously. We’re done with the byes for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/23/2012
All Times Eastern Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 7:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, 11 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/22/2012
Kudos to NBC for being the only network to provide full quotage from today’s games. CBS did provide a couple of quotes, but overall, NBC came through with a full set of quotes for its Thanksgiving pregame show. Here are the quotes from Thursday night’s show. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – THANKSGIVING […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/21/2012
All Times Eastern Pregame and Studio Shows NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 10 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon Fox NFL Sunday — Fox, 4 p.m. NFL GameDay Scoreboard — NFL Network, 4 p.m. NFL Total Access — NFL Network, 7 p.m. Fox NFL Sunday Postgame — Fox, 7:30 p.m. Football Night in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/20/2012
NBC is back in the Thanksgiving Day NFL game with its purchase of the primetime game, an event that had been on NFL Network since 2006. At one time, the Thanksgiving Night game began NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football schedule, but that is no longer the case. Last year, NBC bought the rights to the […]
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After several down season, this year’s undefeated Notre Dame team has caught fire with the nation’s college football fans. As a result, NBC has seen its best ratings for seven home games, six played in South Bend, IN and another at Soldier Field in Chicago. For the seven games, NBC saw an average rating of […]
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Let’s do some linkage. I need to do this more than twice a week. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch looks at the potential replacements for Jon Gruden in the Monday Night Football booth should he decide to leave as rumored. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal has a plethora of subjects in his latest media column. […]
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Just announced by the National Football League, there won’t be any flexing of the schedule in Week 13. That means that NBC will air the Philadelphia-Dallas game in Arlington, TX as scheduled. There won’t be any changes in the afternoon windows either. And leaves four games in the late windows between CBS and Fox. CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/18/2012
With his on-air partner Hines Ward on the field celebrating the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bob Costas went back to his halftime commentary. This wasn’t as obnoxious as past diatribes. This was discussing how the 2012 really starts now. Ok, I guess the first 10 weeks didn’t count. Here’s the transcript. Bob Costas’ Halftime […]
