0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/28/2010
Yesterday ended up being quite busy and I think today will as well, but at least I can provide you with the linkage that was lacking on Wednesday. Here we go. Sean Leahy at USA Today notes that the NFL’s skyrocketing ratings are putting pressure on the league in its collecting bargaining with the Players […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/26/2010
NBC has just announced that Sunday’s Vikings-Packers game has become the most watched Sunday Night Football game ever. We’re talking 27.5 million viewers and an astounding rating of 15.4/25 share. Instead of me crunching these numbers, let’s give you the press release. This is pretty big. VIKINGS VS. PACKERS IS MOST-WATCHED “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” BROADCAST […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/25/2010
According to NBC, last night’s Minnesota-Green Bay garnered the best overnight ratings for an October primetime game on network TV in 12 years. And last night’s overnight ended at 16.0 with a 25 share. In addition, the home markets of Minneapolis-St. Paul and Milwaukee got over a 50.0 rating which means over half of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/24/2010
And this will complete our quotage from the Sunday pregame shows. We have some video from the show as well. Let’s provide the quotage and video. FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 7 “He lowered his aim and he made a good aggressive play.” – “Football Night’s” Rodney Harrison on Brandon Meriweather […]
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Tonight, NBC’s Football Night in America will have interviews with Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress and Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Bob Costas conducted both interviews and we have previews of both inquisitions below. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” PREVIEW – WEEK 7 BOB COSTAS INTERVIEWS AARON RODGERS & BRAD CHILDRESS “I applaud the NFL.” – […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/22/2010
This weekend, NBC and Universal Sports will team up to air the World Gymnastics Championships. Coverage has already begun on Universal Sports and will continue on NBC on Saturday. Universal will have primetime coverage tonight and tomorrow, but none of this coverage will be live. The event is happening in the Netherlands and can be […]
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And we complete our NFL portion of the day with NBC’s Football Night in America previewing its primeitme game, Minnesota at Green Bay. At the beginning of the season, it seemed that this was going be Must See TV, but with the Vikings disappointing and with a below .500 record, this is just a pedestrian […]
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All Times Eastern NFL Coverage Maps Courtesy of the506.com Blackouts: Tampa Bay Byes: Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, New York Jets Fox NFL Sunday – Fox, noon 1 p.m.CBS Coverage MapBuffalo at Baltimore – Don Criqui/Steve BeuerleinCincinnati at Atlanta – Gus Johnson/Steve TaskerCleveland at New Orleans – Kevin Harlan/Solomon WilcotsJacksonville at Kansas City – Bill Macatee/Rich GannonPittsburgh […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/19/2010
In a season that has been just about dismal for NBC programming-wise, one bright spot has been Sunday Night Football which has been drawing in the ratings for the Peacock. Other areas like the 10 p.m. timeslot has been next to pitiful and Jay Leno’s Show of Hacks has not recovered from last year’s debacle […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/18/2010
Against the National League Championship Series Game 2 on Fox, NBC’s Sunday Night Football did very well. In fact, Indianapolis-Washington’s overnight rating of 13.2 beat San Francisco-Philadelphia’s 6.5. According to NBC, this was the widest margin of a primetime NFL game over an LCS game in more than a decade. Certainly some good numbers. And […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/17/2010
We now wrap up our quotage from the Sunday NFL pregame shows with Football Night in America and lots of stuff from the show. Let’s take a look at what transpired this evening. FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 6 “You have to suspend guys.” – “Football Night’s” Rodney Harrison on rash […]
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For tonight’s Indianapolis-Washington matchup, Bob Costas conducted several interviews including one with DC NFL team coach Mike Shanahan and two members of the Colts’ defense. We have transcripts so you can read along as the interview airs during Football Night in America on NBC. Take a gander at what we have for you. “FOOTBALL NIGHT […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/15/2010
I don’t know how NBC is going to approach this game. I thought cupcakes were scheduled at the beginning of the season, but I guess this game was a Charlie Weis special. So we have NBC stuck with this game and televising it at the special time of 2:30 p.m. East. Here’s the press release […]
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NBC has a matchup involving Indianapolis at Washington. This might be a blowout for the Colts although quarterback Peyton Manning hasn’t looked liked Peyton Manning so far this season. We’ll see if he can get the magic back in his first primetime game of 2010. This is what the Football Night in America and Sunday […]
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All Times Eastern TV Coverage Maps Courtesy of The506.com Blackouts: Tampa-St. Petersburg Byes: Arizona, Buffalo, Carolina, Cincinnati The NFL Today – noon 1 p.m.CBS Coverage MapBaltimore at New England – Jim Nantz/Phil SimmsCleveland at Pittsburgh – Kevin Harlan/Solomon WilcotsKansas City at Houston – Gus Johnson/Steve TaskerMiami at Green Bay – Ian Eagle/Dan FoutsSan Diego at […]
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Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV College Gameday live in Madison, Wisconsin – ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. noonMaryland at Clemson – ACC Network Pittsburgh at Syracuse – Big East Network Illinois at Michigan State – Big Ten Network North Carolina State at East Carolina – CBS College Sports Columbia at Penn – […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/12/2010
We have the ratings for Sunday Night Football and while Philadelphia-San Francisco was the lowest viewed game of the series for this season, it still managed to win the primetime ratings and beat all comers. The viewership was 16.9 million, well below the average of 21.8 million viewers, but still good enough to win the […]
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Already, I’ve been all over Kent County in Rhode Island for no good particular reason so I’m hoping I can stay in one place for a bit to give you linkage. Let’s begin with Michael Hiestand of USA Today who looks at the TV ratings from the weekend. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his Media […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/11/2010
Columbus Day is a holiday for some of you. If I’m in Massachusetts, my office has it as a holiday as the work we do is dependent on unions and they take the day off. If I’m in Rhode Island, we don’t have it off and since this is where I am today, I’m working. […]
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We have this release from NBC telling us how Sunday Night Football beat the MLB Division League Series by 200%, but again, it’s apples and oranges. One’s on network TV, the other’s on cable and while it’s almost a level playing field, you still can’t make the comparison. Anyway, Eagles-49ers beat all comers last night. […]
