Back after having to fill in for someone. I’m back at work so I’ll give you some interesting tidbits I’ve come across.
First, there was a rumor that Tony Kornheiser was a candidate to replace Don Imus on WFAN/CBS Radio. Second, that was not only a rumor, but there was interest on both sides. Third, this never went far because Kornheiser works for ESPN. Fourth, Tony works for ESPN and would be competing against his own company. Neil Best of Newsday reported this on his blog today.
It’s official. This year’s NBA Finals are the lowest rated ever! Congrats, David Stern. Now what are you going to do about it besides saying multimedia platforms like YouTube and NBA.com are making up for it (not true)?
I was flipping channels last night and noticed that Versus was going to air the NHL Awards show so I switched over, but lo and behold, there was Mixed Martial Arts. I stayed for a few minutes thinking it might be a promo, but it kept going. Later, I found out that there was a fire in the CBC production truck and it prevented the satellite feed to Versus. The NHL can’t win these days.
Joe Davidson of the Sacramento Bee says despite the fact that NBC’s Johnny Miller is thought to be the best golf analyst by media writers, the fans’ choice is CBS’ Nick Faldo.
Paul Christian of the Rochester (MN) Post-Bulletin has more on NBC’s coverage of the US Open.
NBC Sports has won a major battle over next year’s Summer Olympics in Beijing. The International Olympic Committee has decided to hold the swimming finals at 10 a.m. Beijing time, which means 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT in the US. Yes, primetime in the contiguous US. Other TV networks around the world are seething and may take legal action. The Wall Street Journal has details.
I had this story in the morning links, but here’s another version. Jay Posner of the San Diego Union-Tribune files this story on Andy Masur picking up the play-by-play job for the University of San Diego basketball team.
Scott Pierce of the Deseret Morning News (UT) says the Big Ten and SEC Conferences will have more viewers for their channels when they launch than the mtn. which goes into its second year of operation.
That’s it for the links.
I’ll do primetime viewing choices next as there are 15 minutes left until primetime in the East as of this writing.
