0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/2/2014
This coming from the outstanding men and women at CBS Sports. We have the announcing assignments for the American Football Conference side of the NFL Playoffs, all of which will air on CBS. Starting this weekend, Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will be working the bulk of the games, calling three out of four games […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2013
It’s time to look back at the Year in Sports Media. Once again, it was a rather busy year in covering sports media. Since beginning this site in 2007, covering sports media has grown to a 24/7 beat. It’s never enough to cull stories to 10. That’s why I have “The Big Dozen.” Why is […]
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CBS’ last college football game of the season airs today when the Tiffany Network broadcasts the Sun Bowl live from El Paso, TX. Uncle Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson will call UCLA taking on Virginia Tech when the game kicks off at 2 p.m. ET today. CBS Sports Network’s Allie LaForce will be on the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/29/2013
Ok, playoff schedule is in. NBC has a very good Wild Card doubleheader on Saturday, January 4. It will have Kansas City-Indianapolis in the early game with New Orleans at Philadelphia in the nightcap. CBS has the early game on Sunday, January 5 with San Diego at Cincinnati at 1 p.m. ET. Fox will have […]
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Now let’s move to CBS which its own pair of pregame shows, one on cable and the other on broadcast. You know where they air if you’re a regular visitor to this site. You don’t come here for the motherly advice. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/28/2013
All Times Eastern Men’s schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports Women’s schedule courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, December 28 Studio and Pregame Shows NCAA Men of March: Rick Pitino — CBS, 1 p.m. NCAA Men of March: John Calipari — CBS, 1:30 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/27/2013
CBS transitions from college football to college basketball on weekends. On Saturday, the Tiffany Network devotes its entire afternoon lineup to college basketball with two games. The first game will be a Big East-ACC battle as former Big East rivals Villanova and Syracuse play at the Carrier Dome in Central New York at 2 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/23/2013
Normally, these aren’t posted until Thursday or later as I wait for the official press releases from the networks, but as assignments began leaking out today through Twitter, we have all of the games and announcers for the double doubleheaders on CBS and Fox and of course, the Sunday Night Football game on NBC. Because […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/22/2013
Ok, we’ve had the Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys game pegged for the Week 17 Sunday Night Football primetime slot for a while and tonight it became official. The National Football League and the National Broadcasting Company that Eagles-Cowboys will be in primetime tonight. That game will be for the final NFL playoff spot and […]
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We move to CBS and its pregame shows, “That Other Pregame Show” on CBS Sports Network and the NFL Today. It’s all below. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON AND “THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW” WITH ADAM SCHEIN, AMY TRASK, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/21/2013
All Times Eastern Blackout: Buffalo Sunday, December 22 NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket Channel Assignments Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network, 7 a.m. That Other Pregame Show — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Mike […]
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All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Women’s Schedule & Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, December 21 Men’s Braggin’ Rights, St. Louis, MO Missouri vs. Illinois — ESPN2, 5;30 p.m. (Dave O’Brien/Jimmy Dykes) Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival, Brooklyn, NY Michigan vs. Stanford — Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/16/2013
The fact that this is the 7th time that these awards have been handed out shows that your humble blogger has been doing this for a long time. With that said, it’s time to look at the best and worst in college football broadcasting in 2013. There’s been a lot of moments to consider. Let’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/15/2013
The 114th Army-Navy game received a decent rating for CBS. Putting the game away from the conference championships and on its own day has worked. The annual Armed Forces game received a 4.2 rating and a 9 share. It’s up 2% from last year’s game. ARMY-NAVY MARCHES ON WITH HIGHEST RATING IN 14 YEARS CBS […]
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Let’s move to CBS and its quotage from both of its shows, That Other Pregame Show and The NFL Today. Check it out below. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON AND “THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW” WITH ADAM SCHEIN, AMY […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/14/2013
CBS is back on the college basketball scene today with a game between top-ranked Arizona and 25th ranked Michigan at Ann Arbor, MI. In a complete upset, Jim Nantz comes out of the woodwork to call this game with Greg Anthony. Nantz will then head to Miami to call the Patriots-Dolphins game tomorrow. Today’s game […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/13/2013
All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Women’s Schedule and Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, December 14 Men’s All-College Classic, Oklahoma City, OK Louisiana Tech vs. Oklahoma State — ESPNU, 2 p.m. (Dave Armstrong/Bryndon Manzer) Crossroads […]
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Now we move to CBS’ slate of Sunday NFL pregame shows plus a preview of the games on the Tiffany Network on Sunday. We have quotes from Phil Simms who with Jim Nantz will call the New England at Miami game at 1 p.m. ET and from Dan Dierdorf who will be partnered with Greg […]
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Saturday ends the college football regular season as Army takes on Navy for the 114th time. The game takes place at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. CBS will carry the game live at 3 p.m. Uncle Verne Lundquist will call the game with Gary Danielson. Tracy Wolfson will be the sideline reporter. College Football Today […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/12/2013
For the 5th straight year, the SEC on CBS is the highest-rated regular season college football package on sports television. The games averaged a 4.5 rating with a 10 share. In addition, three SEC on CBS games were the highest-rated college football contests of the 2013 season. Nice bookends for CBS as the SEC Championship […]
