0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/23/2012
CBS sends us this press release regarding the overnight ratings for the AFC Championship Game. The Tiffany Network says the Baltimore Ravens-New England Patriots contest scored an amazing 29.1 overnight with a 51 share, the highest for the early afternoon window for the AFC Championship since 1994 between Kansas City and Buffalo on NBC. The […]
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NBC lost the Breeders Cup in 2005 to ESPN and this was after NBC had aired the inaugural set of races in 1984 and had remained a partner until 2005. Now after a six year absence, NBC Sports has regained the Breeders Cup and will use its cable partner, NBC Sports Network to air most […]
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We’re beginning to get word on the overnight rating for the AFC and NFC Championship Games on CBS and Fox, respectively. CNBC’s Darren Rovell tweets that the AFC Championship had its best viewership in almost two decades. [blackbirdpie url=” And Managing Editor of Sports Business Daily, Austin Karp says the NFC Championship drew a monster […]
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This press release came around midnight and I give credit to NBC for gathering the thoughts of its NFL announcers and analysts on the upcoming Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots and the New York Football Giants. Of course, NBC will air the game on February 5 starting in the vicinity of 6:30 […]
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College Basketball Men’s Hofstra at VCU — CSS/SNY/The Comcast Network, 7 p.m. Syracuse at Cincinnati — ESPN, 7 p.m. North Carolina A&T at Coppin State — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Texas A&M at Kansas — ESPN, 9 p.m. Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Prairie View A&M — ESPNU, 9 p.m. Women’s North Carolina A&T at Coppin State — […]
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Time for some sports media thoughts once again. I owe you some since I wasn’t able to do them after last Monday’s post. As always, they come in bullet form. Since I was out for most of the afternoon on Sunday, I missed the Pregame coverage and 3/4 of the AFC Championship Game, but I […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2012
Super Bowl XLVI, Indianapolis, IN Sunday, February 5, 2012 — New England Patriots (home team) vs. New York Giants — NBC/Dial Global Radio, 6:30 p.m. Announcers — NBC, Al Michaels/Cris Collinsworth/Michele Tafoya/Alex Flanagan; Dial Global Radio, Kevin Harlan/Boomer Esiason/James Lofton/Mark Malone Pregame — NBC, Hosts: Bob Costas and Dan Patrick/Analysts: Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison/Dial […]
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Let’s do the quotage from Sunday NFL Countdown which also included a segment on Penn State coach Joe Paterno. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Conference Championships ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Berman and analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson, and Keyshawn Johnson previewed the NFL’s Conference Championships with Suzy Kolber, Merril […]
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Unfortunately, my day was planned for me and I was out for most of the day until about 5:30 p.m. so I missed the Sunday NFL pregame shows. With NFL Network running a six hour pregame show today, we have more quotage in this press release. I missed all six hours although I did record […]
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Starting tonight, Big Ten Network will begin two days of programming devoted to the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. With Paterno’s passing correctly reported this morning instead of last night, Big Ten Network will air a special on the coach’s life tonight at 8, then there will be rebroadcasts of various milestones in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/21/2012
What a crazy Saturday in both sports and social media. An erroneous report of the death of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno set Twitter afire, but after denials from the family, people were quick to blame the social media service. However, it really wasn’t Twitter’s fault. Twitter reacts to breaking news. While it […]
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NFL Network begins its coverage called “Path to Primetime” with the live airing of two college football All-Star Games in consecutive weeks. Today, the NFL Network will show the longest running All-Star Game, the East-West Shrine Game starting with a pregame show at 3:30 p.m. then the game itself at 4 p.m. from St. Petersburg, […]
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Starting Sunday, the networks of NBC Sports will team up for four NHL games over a span of four days. NBC Sports will have its Game of the Week with the Washington Capitals at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday. Then NBC Sports Network comes in with its usual nightly NHL game between Monday and Wednesday. […]
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A busy day for CBS as it airs four college basketball games as part of a tripleheader. Four of the nation’s Top 25 teams will be in action. Here are the details from CBS. CBS SPORTS’ COLLEGE BASKETBALL TRIPLEHEADER HIGHLIGHTED BY NO. 2-RANKED KENTUCKY VS. ALABAMA AND NO. 7-RANKED KANSAS VS. TEXAS ON SATURDAY, JAN. 21 CBS […]
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After airing several taped English Premier League games during NFL season, Fox goes one better and airs Sunday’s Arsenal-Manchester United game live at 10:30 a.m. ET. And in two weeks, Fox will air Chelsea-Manchester United live as well. Rob Stone will make his Fox debut as the studio host. Eric Wynalda will be the main […]
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On Sunday, Fox Sports airs the NFC Championship live from Candlestick Park in San Francisco. The New York Giants which have never lost an NFC Championship take on the San Francisco 49ers. Coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET as the Fox NFL Sunday crew travel from their customary Los Angeles home to be live on-site […]
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This Sunday, CBS Sports kicks off Conference Championship Sunday with the AFC Championship live from Foxboro, MA as the Baltimore Ravens take on the New England Patriots. CBS will air NFL Championship Chase at 1 p.m. ET followed by a one-hour edition of The NFL Today. James Brown, Dan Marino, Bill Cowher, Shannon Sharpe and […]
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ESPN’s main Sunday NFL pregame show is Sunday NFL Countdown and it takes the air at noon ET on Sunday. It’ll have plenty of features leading up to the AFC Championship at 3 p.m. And of course, there’s NFL Matchup and NFL PrimeTime as well. Here’s what you’ll see on Sunday. ESPN NFL Content Highlights […]
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Let’s start the Sunday NFL pregame previews. NFL Network’s NFL GameDay Morning has a six hour, yes, six hour pregame show starting at 9 a.m. ET on Sunday. Normally a four hour show, GameDay Morning has expanded to six for the AFC and NFC Championship Games. Rich Eisen will host and be joined by regulars […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/20/2012
The last few Fridays, I haven’t been able to provide you with the megalinks. I have to do some today otherwise you’ll stop visiting me. We begin as always with the Weekend Viewing Picks and there are quite a few for this snowy weekend in Southern New England. Now to your links. National Michael Hiestand […]
