0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2012
I’m going to provide a few links for you since they’ve been lacking here over the last few days. We begin with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deistch who talked with ESPN’s Brent Musburger who will call Monday’s BCS National Championship Game. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News talks with ESPN’s Chris Fowler about the BCS National Championship […]
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NBC’s Wild Card Saturday doubleheader was hurt by two games that became blowouts late, but they still drew very good numbers. The two game average brought in a 17.2/30 which NBC says is the 3rd highest overnight rating average since 1999. That’s down from last year’s two game average of 19.4/33. The Cincinnati-Houston game on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/7/2012
NBC has its quotage for its action-packed half-hour Football Night in America pregame show for today’s AFC-NFC Wild Card Saturday doubleheader. Lots of quotage. Check it out. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES AND QUOTES – WILD CARD SATURDAY SPECIAL EDITION NBA Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley hosts Saturday Night Live Tonight and Makes Guest Appearance Today on […]
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During the NFL postseason, the pregame quotage press releases become spotty, but I don’t fault the networks for this. Even with the different schedules and games scheduled at different times, NBC Sports still comes through with a preview of its interviews on Football Night in America for Wild Card Saturday. With two games today instead […]
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NBC Sports gets the first crack at the NFL Postseason with a Wild Card doubleheader today. NBC gets Cincinnati at Houston at 4:30 p.m. ET and then Detroit at New Orleans at 8 p.m. The NBC Notre Dame crew of Tom Hammond, Mike Mayock and Alex Flanagan will be in Houston while the regular Sunday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/6/2012
Saturday, January 7 WILD CARD WEEKEND NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, noon Football Night in America — NBC, 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Houston — NBC, Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan; Westwood One Radio, Howard David/Tony Boselli/Mark Malone 7:30 p.m. NFL GameDay Scoreboard — NFL Network 8 p.m. Detroit at New Orleans — NBC, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/5/2012
In the first of its three year deal with Major League Soccer, NBC Sports Group is going all out to prove that it can be the home of soccer. A total of 41 games will be aired on NBC/NBC Sports Network. All games will have wraparound pre and postgame programming. Of course, NBC Sports Network […]
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Time to hand out the 5th edition of the Fang’s Bites NFL TV Awards. On Christmas Day, I provided the list of nominees for this year’s edition. Now, with the regular season over, let’s hand out the hardware for the 2011-12 campaign. Best Play-by-Play: The Nominees are Marv Albert, CBS; Ian Eagle, CBS; Al Michaels, NBC; […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/4/2012
NBC can hang its hat on Sunday Night Football being the most watched primetime series of the season once again. This season, it averaged over 20 million viewers once again, 21.5 million to be exact. It was down from the previous season of 21.8 million which broke a record. Overall, 13 out of the 18 […]
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This from NBC Sports, we learn that last Sunday’s NFC East Division showdown between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants became the most watched game in the history of the Sunday Night Football series. And it was the most watched primetime game on any network dating back to 1996. The average audience for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/3/2012
This release from NBC Sports. Yesterday’s Winter Classic received the same 2.1 rating and 4 share as the 2010 game in Boston which was played in the afternoon. Last year’s game in Pittsburgh was played at night and had higher ratings and larger viewership. This year’s outdoor game saw 3.74 million viewers which is higher […]
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On this day when many of you head back to work after the lazy holiday season, let’s provide some links as we get into the New Year. I’m still saddened today by the passing of Turner Sports and PGA.com essayist Jim Huber. Reading the tributes on Twitter from those who knew him and those who […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/2/2012
With a play-in game with the winner heading to the playoffs and the loser going home, NBC received its highest overnight rating ever for the Sunday Night Football series. The Dallas Cowboys-New York Giants game received a 17.1 rating and a 27 share. That’s quite high. It’s 36% higher than last year’s St. Louis Rams-Seattle […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/1/2012
Let’s provide the one last thing I need to do for the end of 2011/beginning of 2012. I’ll provide my sports media predictions for 2012. But first, I’ll check my predictions from last year. Comcast takes over NBC and Starts to merge NBC Sports with Versus/Golf Channel and Comcast SportsNet affiliates Correct, but this was […]
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Let’s provide the NBC press release officially announcing its AFC-NFC Wild Card Saturday doubleheader. On Saturday, January 7, NBC will have Cincinnati at Houston at 4:30 p.m. ET followed by Detroit at New Orleans at 8 p.m. ET. Tom Hammond, Mike Mayock and Alex Flanagan will be in Houston. Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele […]
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Our final Sunday NFL pregame quotage comes from NBC’s Football Night in America. All that’s left for our Sunday is the NFL Wild Card Weekend Schedule with Networks, Bob Costas’ halftime commentary and our 2012 Predictions Post, in that order. Let’s take a look at what was said tonight. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & […]
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Tonight, NBC will air interviews from Bob Costas in advance of tonight’s Sunday Night Football NFC East Division play-in game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants. Bob will conduct both interviews. Tonight, he’ll talk with Cowboys tight end Jason Whitten and Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz. NBC provides us with the press […]
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The NHL has announced that it will move the Winter Classic to 3 p.m., just as it did with the NHL Winter Classic Alumni Game on Saturday. Due to weather concerns, the game has been pushed ahead two hours to give the ice optimum conditions. It marks the second time in two years that the […]
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I’ll provide a quick set of links for you on this New Year’s Day. Because 1/1/2012 falls on a Sunday, it doesn’t feel like a holiday. It’ll feel more like the holiday tomorrow with college football and the NHL Winter Classic. Let’s look at what we have for you. First, Rich Sands from TV Guide […]
