0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/14/2012
And we conclude the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with Football Night in America. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 6 “My headline is the 6-0 Atlanta Falcons are finding different ways to win. It’s looking like home field advantage. The NFC is going through Atlanta.” – Tony Dungy on the Falcons “The […]
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NBC has Green Bay taking on Houston on Sunday Night Football. The Packers still reeling from the Monday Night Football loss to Seattle and last Sunday’s game in Indianapolis will try to get back on track against the Houston Texans. Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya will be on hand at Reliant Stadium to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/12/2012
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, […]
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Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from South Bend, IN — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon College Football Uncut-Auburn — CBS, 2 p.m. College Football Uncut-South Carolina — CBS, 2:30 p.m. Fox College […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/10/2012
Let’s do some links now. Austin Karp at Sports Business Daily says the MLB TV partners saw record low ratings this season. Sports lllustrated’s Richard Deitsch reviews ESPN2’s first foray into pro hockey since losing the NHL in 2005. Michael Hiestand of USA Today notes that Bob Costas is back calling postseason baseball for the […]
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As we speed into the last quarter of 2012 and prepare for what’s ahead in 2013, there is one thing that is on the horizon for US sports fans and that is the expected appearance of a new all-sports cable channel. No, it’s not NBC Sports Network, although its trials and tribulations this fall will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/8/2012
Ok, time for some links on this Columbus Day holiday for some of you. Michael Hiestand of USA Today has a bunch of news and notes in his Monday sports media column including a recap of the NFL Today interview with scab NFL referee Lance Easley. Tim Baysinger of Broadcasting & Cable says the first-ever […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/7/2012
We haven’t had a “Get off my lawn” commentary from Bob Costas since Week 1 when he lectured Cleveland Browns fans on Art Modell. This week, Bob is back on the soapbox to discuss Andrew Luck engineering an Indianapolis Colts comeback win over the Green Bay Packers. Here, Bob waxes poetic on Luck and tries […]
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We conclude the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Lots of stuff packed into the show tonight. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 5 “This is the Matt Ryan that we didn’t see last year, coming back from these types of mistakes.” – Rodney Harrison on Ryan’s success […]
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Tonight, NBC will air interviews that Bob Costas conducted with San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates and New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees in anticipation of Sunday Night Football’s matchup between the Chargers and Saints. Bob asks Brees about requesting suspended coach Sean Payton to watch his potential record breaking game in which has […]
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Back in May when the NFL gave this matchup to NBC, it looked like a potential Super Bowl preview. Well, San Diego has held up its end of the bargain with a 3-0 record, but after the NFL gutted the New Orleans Saints due to Bountygate, the Saints are facing a potential 0-5 record. NBC […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/5/2012
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, […]
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Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Columbia, SC — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon College Football Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m. College Football […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/4/2012
Let’s do a few links for you. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the local MLB TV ratings. Mike Ozanian from Forbes explains what the new national MLB TV deals mean for the upcoming bids for the Los Angeles Dodgers TV rights. Georg Szalai of the Hollywood Reporter has an NBC Sports executive defending […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/2/2012
Let’s do a few links on this Tuesday. Edmund Lee of Bloomberg analyzes the new MLB TV deals with Fox and Turner. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says with some playoff spots decided, ESPN has dropped plans for a duel MLB doubleheaders on Wednesday. Jacqueline Palank of the Wall Street Journal reviews ESPN’s 30 for […]
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In this day of MLB announcements, we get this press release from NBC Sports in regards the ratings for Sunday Night Football. Let’s say this. The numbers are quite good. NBC says it received a 14.1 final rating with a 22 share for the New York Giants-Philadelphia Eagles game that went down right to the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/1/2012
This from NBC Sports. With a dramatic Ryder Cup that aired throughout Sunday afternoon, then a Sunday Night Football game that went down to the wire, NBC had quite a big viewership. Overnight ratings showed that NBC registered very good numbers for Sunday Night Football, a 15.6 for the New York Giants-Philadelphia Eagles contest. In […]
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I’m going to make a concerted effort to do linkage regularly again. It’s the reason why I started Fang’s Bites back in 2007 and I was able to do the links daily, even on weekends. But lately, my schedule has been so busy that the site has become a press release dump and I want […]
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Received the overnights for Sunday’s action from the final day of the Ryder Cup. With the United States collapsing underneath a European steamroller, NBC saw a 71% hike this year from the last Ryder Cup which took place in Europe two years ago. Overall, the rating was a 4.1 with a 9 share against NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/30/2012
We will wrap up the Sunday NFL pregame show quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. As usual, Bob Costas tries to be snarky and it fails. You’ll see what I mean below. Take a look. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 4 “To me, they look like the most complete team […]
