0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/30/2012
Tonight in advance of the Sunday Night Football game between the New York Football Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles, NBC’s Bob Costas talks with the Giants’ Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora, then with Philadelphia’s Michael Vick. Here’s a preview through transcripts. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” PREVIEW – WEEK 4 BOB COSTAS INTERVIEWS EAGLES QB MICHAEL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/28/2012
All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the 506.com) Byes: Indianapolis, Pittsburgh 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 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/25/2012
Let’s go away from the replacement officials for this post and focus on the ratings for NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Sunday’s game between the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens saw a rating of 12.9 with a 21 share. That’s up 6% from last year. Average viewership was 21.3 million and that’s an increase of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/24/2012
I’ll do some quick linkage on this Monday. In USA Today, Michael Hiestand talks with NFL on Fox rules analyst Mike Pereira. In his extensive Monday Morning Quarterback column, Sports Illustrated’s Peter King remembers NFL Films’ Steve Sabol. John Ourand at Sports Business Journal notes that MLB will be increasing its haul from ESPN, Fox […]
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We have some tweets from both CBS and NBC in regards to their overnight ratings for NFL Week 3. For CBS, it saw its first ratings increase for the 2012 season as the late national window featuring Houston at Denver and Pittsburgh at Oakland brought in a 14.9/27, up significantly from the same period a […]
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I’m a bit late in writing on the impending MLB deals. But with a little perspective, I can provide you with a look at the new TV contracts, plus give you the winners and losers that provides MLB with increased rights fees from its three partners. Last week, Richard Sandomir of the New York Times […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/23/2012
Let’s conclude the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Lots of stuff including interviews with Baltimore’s Joe Flacco and New England’s Rob Gronkowski. As did the other pregame shows, FNIA paid tribute to the late Steve Sabol. We have the quotage below. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/22/2012
Let’s give you a few things to watch for in Week 3 in The League Where They Play for Play. Why are Time Warner Cable and Bright House subscribers a happy lot today? — That’s a silly question, chickie. If you really need to know,
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We have what should be a rather tasty matchup on Sunday night, the much hated 1-1 New England Patriots taking on the 1-1 much hated Baltimore Ravens. As America decides which team to hate the least for this game, NBC will have a marquee game as two of the more recognizable stars in the NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/21/2012
All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (from the506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN, 7:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. NFL Today — CBS, […]
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Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Tallahassee, FL — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon College Football Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m. College Football Today — CBS, 3 p.m. College Football Scoreboard — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/20/2012
This week, the PGA Tour ends its FedEx Cup playoff with The Tour Championship in Atlanta and the LPGA continues with the Navistar tournament. Golf Channel will have coverage of both tournaments. Golf Channel and NBC Sports will combine for The Tour Championship which will determine the PGA Tour’s Champion for 2012. Overall, the NBC […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/17/2012
We don’t have a press release, but various tweets from NBC Sports’ Public Relations department regarding the ratings for the Sunday Night Football game between the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers, dubbed as “Handshake II.” According to the Fast National ratings, NBC garnered a 12.9 and over 21 million viewers for the game. “Sunday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/16/2012
We conclude our Sunday NFL pregame show quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America which I had the opportunity to see for the first time this season. Check out what was said by Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Dan Patrick, Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison. It’s all below. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & […]
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Let’s now preview the interviews you’ll see on Football Night in America in advance of tonight’s Detroit-San Francisco game. Bob Costas will speak with players from both the Lions and the 49ers. In addition, Carolyn Manno from Comcast SportsNet New England will make her Football Night in America debut reporting from the New York Jets-Pittsburgh […]
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Let’s go over what’s coming up on the next NFL Sunday. Our NFL Week actually began on Thursday? — Yup. First of 13 Thursday Night Football games on NFL Network this season. So I won’t hear a disclaimer for “60 Minutes” on CBS at 7 p.m.? — Not when the Tiffany Network has the NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2012
All Times Eastern Week 2 NFL Coverage Maps (The506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN, 7:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon Fantasy Football Now — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/13/2012
Writing this in the wee hours of the morning after watching the series finale of Damages on DirecTV not once, but twice to try and figure if investing five seasons was worth it. I think it was, but to be honest, the entire series as a mindfuck. And I think the producers intentionally made it […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/12/2012
I’ll provide a few links on this Wednesday afternoon. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at CBS pushing its Sunday primetime lineup to 7:30 p.m. ET to accommodate the NFL. Michael Kruse of Grantland has a very good story catching up with former ESPN Radio host Nanci Donnellan aka “The Fabulous Sports Babe”. Ed Sherman […]
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This in from the National Football League, it declares another victory in the Week 1 ratings through its broadcast TV partners. The NFL says a total of 105.9 million people watched the NFL from last Wednesday’s Kickoff Game on NBC through the games on Sunday. It marks the third straight Kickoff Weekend that viewership topped […]
