College Basketball Men’s Providence at St. John’s — Big East Network/Cox Sports RI/MASN/MSG Plus, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Notre Dame — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Winthrop at Georgia — CSS, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m....
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Thanks to an increased audience thanks to agreements with many major cable providers (except for Cablevision and Time Warner, I know), NFL Network saw its highest viewership ever for Thursday Night Football. The eight game package saw an average viewership...
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We have two press releases, one from TNT and the other from ESPN/ABC regarding their ratings for a rare NBA Opening Day on Christmas. TNT had the very first game of the season, the Boston Celtics visiting the New York...
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From the NFL, we learn that after the Chicago Bears’ loss to Green Bay last night, their next game against Minnesota will stay at 1 p.m. ET. The only game still to be determined is Carolina-New Orleans. If the Saints...
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Against weak network competition and the NBA on cable, the Chicago Bears-Green Bay Packers Sunday Night Football game on NBC did very well in the ratings. The game received a 12.6 rating with a 25 share. The rating is down...
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26Dec
Boxing Best of 2011: Pascal vs. Hopkins II — HBO, 11 p.m. Best of 2011: Khan vs. Peterson — HBO, midnight Best of 2011: Berto vs. Ortiz — HBO, 1 a.m. (Tuesday) College Football Independence Bowl, Shreveport, LA Missouri vs....
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After Week 17, I’ll hand out the winners of the 5th Annual Fang’s Bites Awards. Usually, I just list those who won plus the honorable mentions. You never see the candidates whom I think are eligible each year. Well, it’s...
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I’m currently writing an original post for you, but before I post that, I will provide you with the quotage from tonight’s Football Night in America from NBC. Not much quotage as NBC ran a couple of features to fill...
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Wasn’t it great to have a full slate of afternoon NFL games on a Saturday? I enjoyed watching the NFL on Christmas Eve and with the games today plus playoff scenarios becoming clearer, the Sunday Night Football game for Week...
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Let’s go to CBS and the NFL Today quotage for this Saturday. Check it out. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 16...
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Let’s do the Saturday NFL pregame quotage. We begin as usual with NFL GameDay Morning from NFL Network. Get ready to scroll for a while as this is over 3,000 words once again. News and Sound Bites From Week 16...
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With the Chicago Bears’ downfall since Jay Cutler got hurt, tomorrow’s Chicago Bears-Green Bay Packers game takes a lower amount of significance. But since it’s the only NFL game on Christmas Day, it’ll get a big audience. Al Michaels, Cris...
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We now go to the NFL on Fox which previews Week 16 plus the announcing assignments and regional splits for today. Check them out. FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES NFC East Playoff Hopes on the Line This Saturday on...
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We have the NFL on CBS announcing assignments through Week 17, but they’re quite incomplete. Week 17 has “TBD” working every game and obviously, this person will be quite busy. I don’t know how CBS plans to transport “TBD” to...
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24Dec
Let’s move to CBS and its preview of NFL Week 16. We have analysts Dan Dierdorf and Solomon Wilcots talking about the games they’ll cover plus the issues hitting the NFL this week. THE NFL ON CBS: WEEK 16 (SATURDAY,...
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Time to do our NFL previews for Week 16. Here’s ESPN’s content previews for its shows. ESPN NFL Content Highlights – Week 16 Chris Berman and Tom Jackson to Host Special NFL Primetime on Christmas Eve Chris Berman and Tom...
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23Dec
Saturday, December 24 College Football Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu, HI Nevada vs. Southern Mississippi — ESPN, 8 p.m. ESPN Sports Saturday ABC — 4 p.m. Golf World Long Drive Championship — ESPN, 1 p.m. PGA Tour Year in Review — NBC,...
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NFL TV Coverage Maps (the506.com) Blackouts: Buffalo, Cincinnati NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fox NFL Sunday — Fox, noon 1 p.m. CBS Cleveland at Baltimore — Spero Dedes/Rich Gannon Denver at Buffalo — Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Jacksonville...
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College Basketball Men’s Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, HI Consolation Round Clemson vs. Southern Illinois — ESPNU, 3 p.m. ESPNU, 1:30 a.m. (Saturday) Semifinals UTEP vs. Kansas State — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m. ESPN2, 11 p.m. Las Vegas Classic, Las Vegas, NV...
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I’ve been all over the place. I think I’m busier on unemployment than when I was working. It’s cut into my blogging time. Thanks for your patience during this time. I’ll provide a few links for you. With the Bill...
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This particular podcast with yours truly and Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal was a two man discussion on the Year in Review in Sports Media. The issues discussed are culled from my Big Dozen Sports Media Stories of 2012...
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Just received this from NHL Network and it’s an announcement about the unveiling of a new logo which is pretty sharp, a new nightly 10 p.m. ET show hosted by former NESN Bruins studio host Kathryn Tappen, and a new...
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College Basketball Men’s Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, HI Quarterfinals UTEP vs. Clemson — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m. Kansas State vs. Southern Illinois — ESPNU, 5 p.m. Long Beach State vs. Xavier — ESPNU, 11 p.m. Auburn vs. Hawaii — ESPN, 1:30...
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Let’s provide the NFL Network schedule through next Tuesday. Check out the programming and other features. This is a long press release so get ready to scroll. NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROGRAMMING NOTES (12/21 – 12/27) AFC SOUTH CHAMPION HOUSTON...
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Earlier this year, ESPN took over an entire city block in Fort Worth for its Super Bowl XLV headquarters. For Super Bowl XLVI, ESPN has chosen Pan American Plaza in Indianapolis as its base for the entire week leading up...
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One of the few things on which I could tolerate Chris Berman was NFL Primetime which he hosted from 1987 through 2005. He did the NFL highlights well and he gets to return to his old stomping grounds on Christmas...
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To say that the NFL dominated the ratings in Week 15 would be like saying humans need oxygen. But to look at the numbers and see that all 30 of the NFL markets saw their local games top their ratings,...
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It won’t be actual games since CBS will have a full slate on Christmas Eve, but if you’re jonesing for football on Sunday and you can’t wait until Bears-Packers on NBC at 8:30 p.m. ET, CBS has a small fix...
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Monday night’s Pittsburgh at San Francisco game, complete with two electrical power failures at Candlestick Park, garnered good ratings for ESPN. The game received a 10.1 rating beating all programs on both broadcast & cable, plus it averaged 16.7 million...
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Coming later this month, NHL Network will air the annual IIHF Junior Championships from Edmonton and Calgary. This is an event I have grown to enjoy very much over the last few years. NHL Network has gone from simulcasting TSN...
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