0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/7/2012
I was hoping to do links on Monday featuring reviews of the Super Bowl and the ads, but real life got in the way. Plus, a link from SI.com to my Biff Henderson post temporarily knocked my site down. Much appreciated to Jimmy Traina and Hot Clicks for the link. The links begin with Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2012
One more record broken by Super Bowl XLVI. Nielsen says the Big Game between the New England Patriots and New York Giants broke the record for total viewership. A whopping 166.8 million viewers watched part or all of yesterday’s game shattering last year’s record of 162.9 million set in Super Bowl XLV. The NFL says […]
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From NBC Sports, we knew that Super Bowl XLVI had the potential to set a viewership record and it did just that, but just barely. The previous record of an average 111 million viewers was set last year with Super Bowl XLV on Fox between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers. This year for […]
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Super Bowl XLVI on NBC set a local overnight rating record with a 56.7 while New York received a 48.1 overnight, higher than the actual game. No official press release yet, when it comes, I’ll pass it along. UPDATE, 11:10 a.m.: As soon as I post this, the NBC press release arrives in the Fang’s […]
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Super Bowl XLVI gave viewers a thrill down to the last play, giving the New York Football Giants a 21-17 win over the New England Patriots, and the G-Men’s 4th Championship. In a telecast that should shatter an average and total viewership record, NBC did a fantastic job keeping the game as its focus, and […]
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NBC has provided the postgame quotes from its NFL crew for Super Bowl XLVI. This will end the NFL season until we kick back in with the preseason in August and then the regular season opening game at the new Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey on Thursday, September 6 with the Super Bowl Champions New […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/5/2012
Let’s do some Super Bowl Sunday links today. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says media analysts are predicting another record viewership for the Super Bowl. Mike says MSG Network remains off Time Warner Cable systems for the fifth consecutive week with no agreement in sight. Kate Fagan of espnW has a look at what Super […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/3/2012
Let’s do some linkage on this Super Bowl Weekend. The Weekend Viewing Picks have my sports and entertainment suggestions. Time for your links. As you can imagine, many of the stories will deal with Sunday’s Super Bowl. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today talks with NBC’s Bob Costas about his past experiences in hosing a […]
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All Times Eastern NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. Road to the Super Bowl — NBC, noon Super Bowl XLVI Pregame — NBC, 1 p.m. SportsNet Central Extra: Super Bowl Pregame — Comcast SportsNet New England, 3 p.m. Super Bowl Pre-Kick Show — NBC, 6 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/2/2012
Let’s do our linkage now. Lots of good stories. First, Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch speaks with NBC’s NFL crew on what we’ll see on Super Bowl Sunday. Richard’s latest Media Circus podcast is up and his guest this week is NBC’s Cris Collinsworth who will call Sunday’s game with Al Michaels. Good on Jason McIntyre […]
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Some of the following elements and features were unveiled during a NBC Sports media conference call that took place on Wednesday. We have the official press release now. We know that Bob Costas will interview halftime performer Madonna and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Dan Patrick will interview New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/1/2012
So NBC Sports held its second media conference call in as many days, this one involving its studio crew from Football Night in America. Analysts Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison held court along with NBC Sports and NBC Sports Network Executive Producer Sam Flood. We have the partial transcript of the media conference call below. […]
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It seems like last week we rang in the New Year. Now, we’re one month into 2012. Didn’t take long. Let’s do some linkage. Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today, we learn that NBC has quite a bit in store for its six hour Super Bowl pregame show. Also in USA Today, Michael Coppinger […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/31/2012
On Tuesday, NBC Sports’ Sunday Night Football crew, both on-camera and off discussed their thoughts on the upcoming game between the New England Patriots and New York Football Giants. Included in the conference call were NBC Sports Group Fearless Leader Mark Lazarus, producer Fred Gaudelli, host Bob Costas, play-by-play man Al Michaels, analyst Cris Collinsworth […]
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Since late last night, I’ve been culling linkage for today. Let’s get to them. Terry Lefton and Daniel Kaplan at Sports Business Journal discuss how Indianapolis hotels are gouging customers for Super Bowl Week. Anick Jesdanun of the Associated Press reviews NBC’s online presentation of the Super Bowl for this Sunday. Sergio Non of USA […]
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NBCUniversal has sent this video with the Football Night in America crew of Dan Patrick, Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison talking about their favorite Super Bowl memories and some of their favorite Big Game traditions before the game. It runs 3:08. And that will do it.
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People complain about the Pro Bowl and say they won’t watch, but when the numbers come out, especially in the last few years, the ratings show that people do indeed watch the game. According to Nielsen and the following joint press release from NBC and the National Football League, an average of 12.5 million people […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2012
I don’t know why they’re mighty, but they’re here. Let’s get to them. USA Today’s Mike McCarthy looks at Super Bowl Media Day which will be covered from all angles on both ESPN and NFL Network. Preston Bounds from Sports Business Daily lists the top 11 most marketable NFL players. Your humble blogger is quoted […]
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NBC kicks off its Super Bowl coverage on Sunday with the NFL Films-produced special, “Road to the Super Bowl” starting at noon ET. The show will review the 2011 season and show viewers how the New England Patriots and New York Giants ended up in Indianapolis for Super Bowl XLVII. NFL Films has culled through […]
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Just a quick post here. I’ll give you links sometime around mid-afternoon. From John Ourand of Sports Business Journal/Sports Business Daily, we learn the overnight ratings of the two big events from Sunday, the NFL Pro Bowl and the NHL All-Star Game. John tells us that yesterday’s Pro Bowl on NBC registered a 7.9 overnight […]
