0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/19/2011
This just in from the NBC Sports Group. As The Group undertakes a new 10 year contract with the National Hockey League, NBC gives its announcing lineup for the NHL on both the NBC mothership and Versus/NBC Sports Network. We find that the main team will be Mike “Doc” Emrick, Ed Olcyzk and Pierre McGuire. […]
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The overnight ratings for Sunday primetime are in. NBC’s Sunday Night Football airing a thrilling game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons won the night rather handily, garnering a 15.7 overnight rating and a 25 share. According to NBC, that’s up 3% from last year’s Manning Bowl II matchup between the Indianapolis Colts and […]
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NBC is the only network that sends NFL halftime quotes and this came after I had shut down the computer last night. So why not post this now? This includes the exchanges between Dan Patrick, Rodney Harrison and Tony Dungy and Bob Costas’ goofy essay. Let’s take a look. “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” HALFTIME ON PACKERS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/18/2011
Let’s do the final Sunday NFL pregame show quotage and it comes from NBC’s Football Night in America. Plenty of good stuff from the gang. And the quotage is posted below. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 2 “I didn’t expect a veteran team like Baltimore to come out and have that […]
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Before tonight’s primetime NFL game between Philadelphia and Atlanta, NBC’s Football Night in America features a Bob Costas interview with Eagles quarterback Michael Vick. As you’re aware, Vick played in Atlanta before being convicted on federal charges of dog fighting. Costas and Vick don’t discuss that issue at least in the excerpt we have here, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/16/2011
Casually announced on his nationally syndicated radio show this morning during a conversation with his staffers known as “The Danettes”, Dan Patrick said that he will be a host on NBC’s Summer Olympics coverage in London. Patrick was discussing Olympic coverage and then transitioned to say that he would be a host along with Bob […]
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Let’s do some linkage. The Weekend Viewing Picks give you everything to you need for your viewing pleasure. Let’s do this. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that primetime is the right time for college football. Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Daily reports that ESPN has sold out its ad inventory for its new […]
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TV Coverage Maps NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon 1 p.m. CBS Baltimore at Tennessee — Bill Macatee/Steve Tasker Cleveland at Indianapolis — Marv Albert/Rich Gannon Jacksonville at New York Jets — Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Kansas City at Detroit — Don Criqui/Randy Cross Oakland at Buffalo — […]
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Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports College GameDay live from Tallahassee, Florida — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. noon Auburn at Clemson — ABC Big Ten Network Channel Finder Eastern Michigan at Michigan — Big Ten Network Southeast Missouri State at Purdue — Big Ten Network Penn State at Temple — ESPN Pittsburgh at Iowa […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2011
This was announced last Thursday by Bob Costas during the NFL Kickoff 2011 pre-game show on NBC, but finally made official today. Dan Patrick will be the host of NFL Turning Point on Versus which premieres on Thursday at 10 p.m. ET. The show will be co-produced by NBC Sports and NFL Films. When Thursday […]
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Let’s do some links on this Wednesday. It’s going to be busy for me later on and I’ll be away from internet access for a bit this afternoon so I’m going to the links now. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at the circuitous path NFL Network RedZone host Scott Hanson took to getting to getting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/13/2011
Because I was a jobsite for most of the morning and into the early afternoon, I wasn’t able to supply links today. I’ll get to them now. Austin Karp leads the Sports Business Daily team in looking at the overnight ratings for the Monday Night Football doubleheader on ESPN. Eric Fisher of Sports Business Journal […]
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This in this morning from NBC Sports. We learn that almost 26 million people watched the season premiere of Sunday Night Football between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets. To be exact, NBC says 25.8 million people viewed Sunday’s game which is 2% higher from last year’s season premiere involving the Cowboys and DC […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/12/2011
Time for some links. I expect press releases galore today announcing NFL ratings news so before they come fast and furious, I’ll do some linkage. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says the NFL and its TV partners handled their 9/11 tributes yesterday as best as they could. Scott Woolley at Forbes.com writes that cable operators are […]
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NBC may not have the greatest primetime ratings for its scripted and reality shows, but when it comes to football, it’s practically on top of the heap. The Peacocks are crowing about the overnight ratings for both the NFL regular season opener on Thursday between New Orleans and Green Bay as well as the Sunday […]
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The overnight ratings are trickling in for the NFL and they are good. Actually not good, but really good. We’re finding out through Twitter about the ratings so I’ll post them here for you. First, Fox Sports PR man Lou D’Ermilio tweeted that the 4:15 p.m. ET window which had four games and led by […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/11/2011
Let’s provide the last quotage of the day this one from NBC’s Football Night in America. And I also include Bob Costas’ crazy halftime commentary. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 1 “It was offense, defense and special teams that got outplayed, not just the quarterback position.” –- Tony Dungy on the […]
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And one more Sunday NFL pregame show press release, but this is previewing NBC’s Football Night in America show at 7 p.m. ET. The highlight show-pregame mix will have interviews with the head coaches of the Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets in advance of tonight’s Cowboys-Jets game on Sunday Night Football. Let’s take a […]
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I wasn’t able to link yesterday due to some personal commitments. I’ll be doing some today. Mike McCarthy of USA Today says ESPN yanked teams with anti-Semitic names from its fantasy football leagues. Daniel Riley of GQ speaks with the best baseball announcer of all-time, Vin Scully about his greatest calls. John Eggerton of Broadcasting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/9/2011
The numbers are in from Nielsen and an estimated 27.2 million viewers saw part or all of the NFL regular season opener between New Orleans and Green Bay on NBC last night. That’s down slightly from last year’s regular season opener between Minnesota and Green Bay which garnered 27.5 million viewers. The final rating ended […]
