0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/7/2012
College Basketball Men’s Florida at Kentucky — ESPN, 7 p.m. Iowa State at Oklahoma State — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Maryland at Clemson — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Providence at Villanova — Big East Network: Cox Sports RI/Cox Sports Television/CSS/MASN/SNY, 8 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas State — Big 12 Network, 8 p.m. Purdue at Ohio State […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2012
Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and yours truly are in for a special edition of the Sports Media Weekly podcast. We talk about the record ratings and viewership for Super Bowl XLVI. We go from discussing NBC’s production to the inaugural online streaming of the Big Game. Keith and I talked about the announcing […]
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One more record broken by Super Bowl XLVI. Nielsen says the Big Game between the New England Patriots and New York Giants broke the record for total viewership. A whopping 166.8 million viewers watched part or all of yesterday’s game shattering last year’s record of 162.9 million set in Super Bowl XLV. The NFL says […]
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From NBC Sports, we knew that Super Bowl XLVI had the potential to set a viewership record and it did just that, but just barely. The previous record of an average 111 million viewers was set last year with Super Bowl XLV on Fox between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers. This year for […]
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Super Bowl XLVI on NBC set a local overnight rating record with a 56.7 while New York received a 48.1 overnight, higher than the actual game. No official press release yet, when it comes, I’ll pass it along. UPDATE, 11:10 a.m.: As soon as I post this, the NBC press release arrives in the Fang’s […]
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Super Bowl XLVI gave viewers a thrill down to the last play, giving the New York Football Giants a 21-17 win over the New England Patriots, and the G-Men’s 4th Championship. In a telecast that should shatter an average and total viewership record, NBC did a fantastic job keeping the game as its focus, and […]
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College Basketball Men’s UConn at Louisville — ESPN, 7 p.m. Missouri at Oklahoma — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Texas at Texas A&M — ESPN, 9 p.m. Marquette at DePaul — ESPNU, 9 p.m. Women’s North Carolina at Duke — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Wisconsin at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma at Baylor — […]
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NBC has provided the postgame quotes from its NFL crew for Super Bowl XLVI. This will end the NFL season until we kick back in with the preseason in August and then the regular season opening game at the new Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey on Thursday, September 6 with the Super Bowl Champions New […]
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A+ Chrysler, Halftime Clint Eastwood A Act of Valor Budweiser, Prohibition Budweiser Through Time Coca-Cola Polar Bears, Settling In Coca-Cola, Polar Bears Ice Stumble Chevy Trucks Apocalypse Doritos, Dead Kitty Honda, Ferris Bueller Lucasfilm, Star Wars in 3-D MetLife, Cartoon Characters NFL Evolution Samsung, Galaxy B Acura, Jerry Seinfeld (would have been an A without […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/5/2012
If you’re a regular viewer of Late Show with David Letterman, you’ll know that Dave sends out stage manager Biff Henderson to do interview segments from various events including Super Bowl XLVI. As the Vince Lombardi Trophy was being carried by Hall of Famer Raymond Berry to the podium where the New York Giants were […]
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Honda, Ferris Bueller — A Act of Valor — A MetLife, Cartoon Characters — A Hyundai Genesis — C Bud Light, HereWeGo — B Kia Optima, Mr. Sandman — B Career Builder, Jokes — B Samsung, Galaxy — A Cadillac ATS — C History Channel, Swamp People — B Go Daddy — F (Go the […]
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Chrysler, Halftime Clint Eastwood — A+ Fiat Abarth — B Pepsi Max — D Toyota Camry, Reinvention — D Coca-Cola Polar Bears, Taking A Leak? — C Oikos Greek Yogurt, Head Butt — B Century 21 — C Acura, Jerry Seinfeld — B (would have been an A without Jay Leno) General Electric, Refrigerator — […]
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Budweiser, Prohibition — A Doritos, Dead Kitty — A Chevy, Graduation Present — F GE, Turbines for Budweiser — C Disney Pictures, John Carter — F TaxAct, peeing in the pool — B Illumination Entertainment: Lorax — C Volkswagen: Dog Strikes Back — B H&M David Beckham Body Wear — D Coca-Cola, Polar Bears Ice […]
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Bud Light Platinum — C Audi Headlights: Vampire Killer — B Pepsi with Elton John — D Hyundai Turbo Cheetah — B Bud Light Platinum — C minus M&M’s Brown — C Best Buy Tech Rock Stars — C Coca-Cola Polar Bears — A Chevy Trucks Apocalypse — A Bridgestone Technology — B Go Daddy.com […]
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Last night’s Feherty Live at the Super Bowl featured Tim Tebow, Fuzzy Zoeller and Joe Theismann. I didn’t see the show, but people were raving about it. We do have some quotage from the show and we have a look for you. HIGHLIGHTS FROM ‘FEHERTY LIVE’ AT SUPER BOWL XLVI FEATURING TIM TEBOW, JOE THEISMANN, […]
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NFL GameDay Morning went 8½ hours and as of this writing, is still going strong. We do have some quotage from earlier today and let’s get to it. News, Sound Bites & Video Clips From Super Bowl XLVI Edition of NFL GAMEDAY MORNING “If Tom Brady wins this game, it’s simple: he’s the greatest of […]
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Let’s do some Super Bowl Sunday links today. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says media analysts are predicting another record viewership for the Super Bowl. Mike says MSG Network remains off Time Warner Cable systems for the fifth consecutive week with no agreement in sight. Kate Fagan of espnW has a look at what Super […]
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If you’ve listened to the Super Bowl on Westwood One Radio in the past, you’ll know that it’s rarely aired the halftime concert, choosing to analyze the game with their studio crew. SiriusXM’s NFL Radio will air the Dial Global/Westwood One feed today, but will also air Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime show. The concert will […]
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Happy Super Sunday! The day has finally arrived. NFL Network has sent a revised rundown for today’s 8½ hour NFL GameDay Morning pregame show. Rich Eisen is your host. Melissa Stark will also be on hand. There will be a million analysts and reporters joining them. Here’s your rundown NFL NETWORK AT SUPER BOWL XLVI: […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/4/2012
David Feherty’s Golf Channel show will air from Indianapolis on Saturday. It was taped Friday in front of a live studio apartment. Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow will be a guest as will golfer Fuzzy Zoeller. Golf Channel gives us details of what the show will entail. TIM TEBOW JOINS ‘FEHERTY LIVE’ FROM THE SUPER […]
