0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/19/2011
Here is Golf Channel’s original programming this week. This includes another installment in Big Break Indian Wells and the premiere of Feherty, David Feherty’s new interview program. Coming up on Golf Channel…June 20-26 ‘Feherty’ Special Series Premiere Monday, 10 p.m. ET Feherty Sits Down with U.S. Open Champion McIlroy on Monday’s Golf Central Jimmy Roberts […]
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Ok, time for this year’s NHL TV Awards. There’s a lot to get to. Starting this year, I will add Jack Edwards moments in this year’s Awards because there’s only one Jack Edwards and to be honest, he’s added a lot to the blogosphere this year. Let’s get going on these. Not enough time to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2011
Here’s the final NHL “History Will Be Made” promo for the postseason. This is the Boston Bruins Stanley Cup Champions promo featuring plenty of great moments from the playoffs. For Bruins fans, it doesn’t get any better than this. Had fun over the postseason watching the games. Can’t get better when you’re team goes all […]
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Saturday, June 18 Boxing Boxing After Dark: Canelo Alvarez vs. Ryan Rhodes — HBO, 10:30 p.m. College Baseball College World Series, Omaha, NE Vanderbilt vs. North Carolina — ESPN, 2 p.m. Texas vs. Florida — ESPN, 7 p.m. Golf Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 11 a.m. U.S. Open, 3rd round — NBC, […]
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Arena Football Orlando at Tampa Bay — NFL Network, 8 p.m. Golf Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 6 a.m. U.S. Open, 2nd round — ESPN, 10 a.m./NBC, 3 p.m./ESPN, 5 p.m. Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. MLB Interleague New York Yankees at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network/YES/Comcast […]
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At the end of every Stanley Cup Final, CBC wraps up its coverage by putting together one of the best montages you’ll ever see, piecing together some of the best moments of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Call it their version of “One Shining Moment” only without the song. This year, it’s more meaningful to me […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/16/2011
A combined 18.3 million people in Canada and the United States watched Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final that gave the Cup to the Boston Bruins. Both the CBC and NBC saw increased viewership for Game 7. CBC set four ratings records throughout the series. NBC saw good viewership in Games 1 and 7 […]
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The final and deciding game of the NHL Stanley Cup Final resulted with a record rating for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. It becomes the most watched NHL game on CBC, just ranking below the 2002 Olympic gold medal men’s hockey game in Salt Lake City. An average viewership of 8.76 million watched Boston defeat […]
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We have the final numbers from last night’s Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final which ended up as a 4-0 Championship win for the Boston Bruins over the Vancouver Canucks. The game ended with a 4.8 rating and an 8 share for NBC. The viewership ended at 8.54 million. Viewership peaked at 5.9/10 […]
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Even though I didn’t links on Wednesday, it feels I haven’t done them in ages. You’re owed a chunk of them. Here goes. Nathan Vardi of Forbes reports that ESPN basketball writer Chris Sheridan is suing New York Post basketball chameleon Peter Vecsey for libel. Interesting. Thanks to The Big Lead for the link. David […]
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CBS Sports sent this announcement about a new agreement with the Big Ten Conference for basketball games. It starts with the upcoming season and will last through the 2016-17 season, so it’s a six year agreement. This includes the semifinals and finals of the Big Ten Tournament which CBS has had the rights to since […]
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Last night’s Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final really did well for NBC. Boston’s 4-0 win over Vancouver received a 5.7 with a 10 share tying the record overnight set in 2003 between Anaheim and New Jersey. When you look at the local ratings, they’re even more astounding with Boston the highest rating […]
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If you’re not familiar with the name of Edward R. Murrow, Google him and you’ll find out he was one of the first superstar TV investigative reports, actually, he would be the first. His reporting helped to bring down Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy in the midst of his Communist witch hunt in the 1950’s. The […]
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So after a week off, Joe Buck has returned to Fox Saturday Baseball which means he’ll have worked a total of 8 out of a possible 12 games thus far. I think this is the same pace as last season. In any event, Fox has only two Interleague games this weekend, Yankees at Cubs and […]
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Cycling Tour de Suisse, Stage 5 — Versus, 7 p.m. Golf U.S. Open, 1st round — ESPN, 10 a.m./NBC, 3 p.m./ESPN, 5 p.m. Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. MLB American League Baltimore at Toronto — MLB Network/MASN/Rogers Sportsnet, 12:30 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/15/2011
Using both the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks feeds, fans can listen to the final game of the 2010-11 NHL season tonight. Sirius XM carries the game as part of the NHL Home Ice coverage of the Stanley Cup Final. Canucks-Bruins Stanley Cup Final Airs Nationwide Tonight on SiriusXM Listeners get access to both Vancouver […]
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After being on for a very short month in September 2009 during a dispute with Versus, then being dropped, Universal Sports will finally get full-time carriage on DirecTV. Starting in August, Universal will get a free preview for all subscribers, then move to its Sports tier and eventually going to other packages in October. Universal […]
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Let’s go over what’s going to be on NFL Network and NFL.com this week. NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROGRAMMING NOTES (6/15 – 6/21) STEELERS WR HINES WARD SERVES AS GUEST ANALYST ON NFL TOTAL ACCESS TONIGHT AT 7:00 PM ET The Top 100: Players of 2011 Continues With Players No. 30-21 on Sunday, June 19 […]
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Golf Channel has already begun its coverage of The U.S. Open from the Congressional Country Club at Bethesda, MD. NBC will begin its four round coverage starting on Thursday, then the network will really begin its coverage in earnest with a total of 12 hours airing across the country. And locally, you have Comcast SportsNet […]
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ESPN has announced that the Longhorn Network, the official cable network of the University of Texas athletics, will launch on August 26 of this year. In addition, several shows have already been announced including “Texas GameDay” which would be the local edition of ESPN’s College GameDay. Other interesting stuff has been unveiled which you can […]
