0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/20/2012
NBC is back in the Thanksgiving Day NFL game with its purchase of the primetime game, an event that had been on NFL Network since 2006. At one time, the Thanksgiving Night game began NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football schedule, but that is no longer the case. Last year, NBC bought the rights to the […]
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On HBO’s Real Sports coming up tonight at 10 ET, the Emmy Award-winning sports newsmagazine will have three stories. One will focus on the horrific story involving the son of former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Rae Carruth, Chancellor, who survived the tragic shooting of his mother and has carried on despite having cerebral palsy. Another […]
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This Thursday, CBS will have the first of three Thanksgiving Day NFL games across the country. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will call the Houston Texans-Detroit Lions game at 12:35 p.m. It begins with a Thanksgiving Day edition of The NFL Today at noon ET hosted by James Brown with the usual cast of characters, […]
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After several down season, this year’s undefeated Notre Dame team has caught fire with the nation’s college football fans. As a result, NBC has seen its best ratings for seven home games, six played in South Bend, IN and another at Soldier Field in Chicago. For the seven games, NBC saw an average rating of […]
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Let’s do some linkage. I need to do this more than twice a week. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch looks at the potential replacements for Jon Gruden in the Monday Night Football booth should he decide to leave as rumored. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal has a plethora of subjects in his latest media column. […]
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Just announced by the National Football League, there won’t be any flexing of the schedule in Week 13. That means that NBC will air the Philadelphia-Dallas game in Arlington, TX as scheduled. There won’t be any changes in the afternoon windows either. And leaves four games in the late windows between CBS and Fox. CBS […]
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Just made official by YES Network and News Corp., the owner of Fox Sports Media Group, YES is selling a 49% stake in its network to News Corp. In addition, YES will retain the media rights to the New York Yankees through 2042. The stories that have surfaced about this purchase have stated that News […]
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College Basketball Men’s Cancun Classic, Cancun, Mexico Semifinals DePaul vs. Wichita — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. Western Kentucky vs. Iowa — CBS Sports Network, 9:30 p.m. Hall of Fame Classic, Kansas City, MO 3rd Place Game: Washington State vs. Texas A&M — ESPN3, 7 p.m. Championship Game: Kansas vs. Saint Louis — ESPNU, 9:30 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/19/2012
This being Thanksgiving Week, it means the NFL TV partners that have games on Turkey Day will begin to promote their broadcasts. This is the case for Fox which has the game in Arlington, TX this year. And it’s not just a run-of-the-mill Thanksgiving Day game, this is one with Dallas’ blood rival in the […]
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This Friday, NFL Network airs a one-hour interview special featuring host Rich Eisen and a whole host of guests from entertainment and the NFL. The main focus will be on actors who discuss their upcoming movie and TV projects. There will be familiar names like Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), John Slattery (Mad Men), Chris Tucker […]
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Just announced now by MLB Network, former NESN sideline reporter Heidi Watney will be joining the MLB-owned TV network in January. Since leaving NESN in 2011, she went to Time Warner Cable SportsNet to work as a sideline reporter for the Los Angeles Lakers, however, she was dropped before the season began. Watney will work […]
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Baseball World Baseball Classic Qualifier, Panama City, Panama Panama or Colombia vs. Brazil — MLB Network, 8 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Hall of Fame Classic, Kansas City, MO Semifinals Saint Louis vs. Texas A&M — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m. Kansas vs. Washington State — ESPN2, 10 p.m. Legends Classic, Brooklyn, NY Semifinals Indiana vs. Georgia — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/18/2012
With his on-air partner Hines Ward on the field celebrating the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bob Costas went back to his halftime commentary. This wasn’t as obnoxious as past diatribes. This was discussing how the 2012 really starts now. Ok, I guess the first 10 weeks didn’t count. Here’s the transcript. Bob Costas’ Halftime […]
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Let’s complete our Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Lots of stuff said on the hour plus program. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 11 “The owner said Andy Reid had to make the playoffs. They are not making the playoffs.” – Tony Dungy “Sounds like the definition […]
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Tonight, NBC will air the AFC North Division blood rivalry game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers. In advance of the game, Bob Costas will conduct three interviews on Football Night in America, aired from 7 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. ET. Bob will talk with Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs, Steelers quarterback Byron Leftwich […]
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While Saturday’s game between Ole Miss and LSU didn’t have the appeal of Alabama-LSU or Texas A&M-Alabama for CBS the two previous weeks, it still did better from the equivalent game from the year before. CBS says a barnburner that saw LSU come from behind and defeat Mississippi, 41-35 garnered an overnight rating of 2.4 […]
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Let’s finish up the early Sunday NFL pregame quotage with The NFL Today from CBS Sports. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 11 ON NOVEMBER 18 PHIL SIMMS DOESN’T FLIP-FLOP IN DEFINING ELITE Phil Simms on THE […]
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Let’s move to the quotage from Fox NFL Sunday. And no videos for you this week FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 11/18/12 Bradshaw: Cowboys Can’t Live in Past Glory Strahan: Giants Took Their Bye A Week Early Against Cincinnati Glazer Reports NFL Handed Out $283,000 in Fines This Week for Hits to the Head ————————————————————————————————— […]
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Let’s continue to do the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown. The show had to go without Mike Ditka who suffered a stroke on Friday, but apparently is out of the hospital now. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Week 11 ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Berman and analysts Cris […]
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The Sunday morning NFL pregame quotage is already coming in. NFL Network has sent this press release which has the quotes from its two pregame shows this morning. It has both “First on the Field” and “NFL GameDay Morning” notes and quotes from today. Check it all out. News and Sound Bites From Week 11 […]
