0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/28/2011
This from CBS/Turner. The NCAA Tournament TV Collaborative is touting the overall tournament ratings which are up from last year. So far, the total average viewership is 9.4 million this year on the CBS/Turner networks as compared to 8.5 million last year. The ratings are 6.0 with a 13 share which are up 11% from […]
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The CBS/Turner collaboration is crowing about the overall total NCAA Tournament ratings through the Elite 8 which are quite good. Overall, the average has totaled 6.8 with a 14 share which is up 15% from the average from a year ago. But then, the press release states Sunday’s overnight rating received a combined average 8.5/17 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/27/2011
Here we are. We’re down to the Final Four®. We now have the tip times for Saturday in Houston. THIS JUST IN… …from CBS Sports and Turner Sports CBS Sports’ exclusive coverage of the 2011 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Final Four® on Saturday, April 2 (6:00-11:00 PM, ET) tips-off with Butler taking on VCU […]
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CBS’ two games which were extremely compelling and went down to the wire received a 6.2 rating with a 13 share. That’s even with last year. The average viewership was 9.9 million viewers which is the highest average since 2005. Overall, the tournament is averaging 5.9/13 which is the highest average since 2005. We have […]
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Let’s provide some links on this Sunday. Original plans to go to work have been scrapped leaving me free to do links which is good for you. I certainly hope you had a chance to read my Sunday thoughts which I hope to make a weekly feature here at Fang’s Bites. Here are the links. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2011
Just received from CBS/Turner, the last split telecasts of the NCAA Tournament took place on Friday and once again, the ratings and viewership were up from last year. Altogether, the nighttime doubleheader of the Southwest Regional and the East Regional semifinals took in a 7.0 rating with a 14 share on CBS/TBS, up 13% from […]
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Unfortunately, I was not able to do the Friday megalinks as I was traveling in between two offices and had to hit a couple of places in between. And when I got home, I wasn’t in the mood to do links. But I may incorporate some Friday stories here in the links. Let’s take a […]
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Another night in the NCAA Tournament and another rise in the overall overnight ratings. Last night got off to a bad start with two blowouts (North Carolina-Marquette and Kansas-Richmond), but the late window really ramped up with two compelling games (Kentucky-Ohio State and VCU-Florida State). Thanks to games that went down to the wire in […]
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Ok, we have your tip times for Sunday as we had two stellar games in the late evening session to determine the last two entries into the Elite 8, the Regional Finals. CBS has both games starting at 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time. Here are the tip times with announcing assignments. I hope Marv Albert’s voice […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/25/2011
Turner Sports brings in Clemson coach Brownell this weekend. THIS JUST IN… …from Turner Sports and CBS Sports: Clemson University head coach Brad Brownell joins CBS Sports’ and Turner Sports’ coverage of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, serving as a guest analyst in the Atlanta studio. Brownell will work truTV’s hour-long Infiniti NCAA […]
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This just in from CBS/Turner Sports. The ratings for the start of the NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinals turn out to be very good once again for the CBS/Turner Sports consortium. With CBS and TBS airing the Sweet Sixteen games from New Orleans and Anaheim, the final total average ratings turned out to be 7.6 with […]
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Another night at the NCAA Tournament, this one for the Sweet Sixteen and again, having multiple platforms for the games, this time CBS and TBS gave the overall ratings another boost last night. Overall, the two networks received an average overnight rating of 8.6 with a 14 share. It means that these are the highest […]
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We have the official tip times for Saturday’s Regional Final action now that Butler-Florida and UConn-Arizona have been determined. This is directly from CBS Sports. SATURDAY, MARCH 26 REGIONAL FINALS (4:30-9:00 PM, ET) 4:30PM – CBS: New Orleans: Florida vs. Butler, Gus Johnson/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller//Marty Snider 7:05PM – CBS: Anaheim: Connecticut vs. Arizona, Verne Lundquist/Bill […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/24/2011
This day has been a headspinner as there was too much commotion at my Massachusetts office and the minute I step into the Rhode Island office, there was too much commotion. It’s the type of day where college basketball needs to reign supreme and thankfully, the NCAA Tournament is back in action. In case you’re […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/23/2011
Being surprised earlier today by a sudden trip to a jobsite threw me off today so I’m late getting to the linkage, but it’ll be here. Let’s go. First, Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute pens the first column as the ESPN Ombudsman. She and two other Poynter Institute faculty will write monthly columns, sometimes […]
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I’m not a fan of bringing current coaches into an already crowded studio, but I understand that they can provide a perspective that the analysts cannot. However, as in the case of Rick Pitino with three analysts last weekend, it can lead to some not-so-great television. I’d rather have Greg Anthony, Kenny Smith and Charles […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2011
Let’s do some linkage while I still can on this Tuesday. Lots of stuff to get to provided I don’t get interrupted. Mike McCarthy of USA Today writes about Louisville coach Rick Pitino making the media rounds this week. I may have linked to this so if I have already, I apologize. Nate Davis of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2011
Just in from Turner Sports, the success of March Madness on Demand is staggering. People have found it at NCAA.com in droves. Traffic is up considerably from last year when we thought it was a big success. Visits have jumped 47% from last year with a total of 26.7 million hits from the start of […]
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Just received this from CBS/Turner in regards to the final ratings and viewership numbers for Sunday’s third round NCAA Tournament games. CBS/TBS/TNT/truTV had a combined average rating of 6.6 with a 14 share. That’s 16% higher than last year when the games on CBS received a 5.7/13. Average viewership for the games was 10.5 million […]
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Getting a late start on the Monday links. Part of it was due to the Masters thesis I wrote on the NCAA Tournament earlier today. Let’s do the links for you. From USA Today’s Michael Hiestand, we have him saying that having the NCAA’s National Director of Officiating on to explain controversial calls only added […]
