0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/23/2010
Yes, we all know the classic Seinfeld episode, “The Strike” which introduced the holiday of Festivus. As this is December 23, it’s the day to celebrate Festivus and what better way to do so by taking out the proverbial Festivus Pole and start the Airing of Grievances. Since I’m writing a passage here, I really […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/21/2010
NBC Sports had a cast of thousands for today’s media conference call on the NHL Winter Classic. It included host Bob Costas, NBC Sports Executive Producer Sam Flood, announcing crew Mike Emrick, Ed Olcyzk and Mike Milbury. Let’s see what they had to say. HIGHLIGHTS OF NBC SPORTS’ 2011 NHL BRIDGESTONE WINTER CLASSIC CONFERENCE CALL […]
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Once again, NBC garners over 20 million viewers for Sunday Night Football and wins the primetime ratings. A surprisingly compelling game that went down to the wire held its audience and then some. The rating was 14.0 with a 23 share which is 27% over last year’s Week 15 game. To say Sunday Night Football […]
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Let’s do some linkage while I can. We’ll start with Michael Hiestand of USA Today who looks at the NFL ratings from Sunday. Kevin Allen of the Nation’s Newspaper takes a look at some of the players who got the HBO spotlight on 24/7 Penguins/Capitals to see how they’re doing since the show started airing. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/20/2010
Let’s do the Monday links. I can’t believe my work productivity since I stopped interacting on Twitter during the workday. I’m now ahead of my work after being a month and a half behind. Who knew? Anyway, let’s do the linkage. Leading off with the Sports Business Journal and a story from John Ourand that […]
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We have another press release from NBC Sports, this one dealing with the Sunday Night Football contest between Green Bay and New England. The game which went down to the wire was compelling and won the night for NBC with a very good 15.2 rating and a 24 share. This is 27% higher than last […]
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If you saw the Sunday Night Football postgame, Bob Costas made mention of this. We now have the official announcement from NBC Sports. Pro Football Talk which came on board with NBC Sports last year, has agreed to extend its partnership with the network and this will include a daily on-line show on NBCSports.com. Just […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/19/2010
Ok, we have a lot of quotage from NBC’s Football Night in America. I may put in a couple of videos to cut down on the scrolling because this is a long press release. It also includes Bob Costas’ maddening halftime commentary which gets increasingly so every week. Maybe I’m getting tired of Bob after […]
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Tonight on Football Night in America, we’ll see an interview with Green Bay’s Charles Woodson who still isn’t over the Tuck Rule game. In addition, Bob Costas talks live with NFL Commish Roger Goodell from Foxboro where NBC will air the Green Bay Packers taking on the New England Patriots. We have a transcript of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/17/2010
And we finish our NFL previews with NBC Sports and the marquee matchup of the Green Bay Packers taking on the New England Patriots in what could be a very stormy Foxboro, MA. TOM BRADY & FIRST-PLACE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS HOST GREEN BAY PACKERS ON “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” COVERAGE BEGINS WITH “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” […]
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All Times Eastern Coverage Maps courtesy of the 506.com Blackouts: Cincinnati, Oakland, Tampa-St. Petersburg NFL Today – CBS, noon 1 p.m.CBS Coverage MapBuffalo at Miami – Bill Macatee/Rich GannonCleveland at Cincinnati – Don Criqui/Steve BeuerleinHouston at Tennessee – Kevin Harlan/Solomon WilcotsJacksonville at Indianapolis – Greg Gumbel/Dan DierdorfKansas City at St. Louis – Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/15/2010
Ok, I’ve been accumulating links when I finally got ready to provide them for you and I have enough that it’s time to bring them to you now. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand goes into two sports specials which are Pittsburgh-heavy. Austin Karp at Sports Business Daily notes that for the more part, college football ratings […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/14/2010
NBC is rejoicing this holiday season over the ratings for Sunday night’s Philadelphia Eagles-Dallas Cowboys game. And I was not happy about this game not being flexed out of the primetime slot. Shows you what I know. It turned out to be a dandy. The rating was a 15.2 with a 24 share. Almost 26 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/13/2010
This just in from the National Broadcasting Company, overnight ratings for Sunday Night Football are the highest in series history. Take a look. BEST OVERNIGHT RATING IN “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” HISTORY; 16.5 FOR EAGLES-COWBOYS Best Sunday/Monday Primetime NFL Overnight in 12 Years SNF No. 1 Show on Sunday Night For 14th Straight Week SNF Powered […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/12/2010
We complete the pregame quotage with the stuff that was said on Football Night in America. It also includes a video of Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio discussing the situation with the New York Giants-Minnesota game moving to Detroit. Here it is. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 14 “Wasn’t he going […]
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Ok, been a crazy morning. Now that everything with New York Giants-Minnesota has been worked out, I can move on to other things. Let’s do your linkage. At ESPN.com, Greg Garber looks back at NBC’s experiment of an announcerless NFL game 30 years ago. Tim Graham at ESPN.com also has a story on the experiment. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2010
With another college football regular season over and we get ready for the Bowls, it’s time to judge the best and worst on TV in 2010. Some stellar work this season. There’s also been some bad work. Let’s do this. For comparison, you can take a look at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd edition of […]
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NBC has sent a release outlining its programming this weekend including golf, swimming and halfpipe. Take a look. THE SHARK SHOOTOUT ON NBC SPORTS THIS WEEKEND GRAEME MCDOWELL IS ONE OF 10 RYDER CUP PARTICIPANTS HEADLINING STRONG FIELD AT THE SHARK SHOOTOUT ON NBC SPORTS THIS WEEKEND NEW YORK – December 9, 2010 – Graeme […]
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Let’s do some linkage on this Saturday. Trying to provide you with a full week of linkage for the first time in a while. And look for reviews of Pony Excess, the last ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, and Lombardi, HBO’s documentary on the late coach. Here are the links. Mike Demenchuk of Multichannel News […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/10/2010
And we complete the Sunday NFL previews with NBC and it’s look at the primetime game between Philadelphia and Dallas. Take a look. MIKE VICK & FIRST-PLACE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES FACE DIVISION RIVALS DALLAS COWBOYS ON “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” COVERAGE BEGINS WITH “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” AT 7 PM ET “The Cowboys are a different team […]
