0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/12/2013
With the NFL flexing the New England Patriots at Baltimore Ravens game out of primetime and into the national 4:25 p.m. ET window on CBS, it means the Tiffany Network now has eight games to air in Week 16. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will be heading to Baltimore to call Pats-Ravens, a rematch of […]
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Starting later this month and spanning six episodes through March, CBS Sports will air an original series focusing on some of the current and most successful college basketball coaches in the game. They include John Calipari of Kentucky, Billy Donovan of Florida, Tom Izzo of Michigan State and others. CBS college basketball analysts Greg Anthony, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2013
All Times Eastern Thursday, December 11 Studio and Pregame Shows Around the League Live — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. Football Night in America: Coach’s Clicker — NBCSN, 5 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff: Thursday Night […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/9/2013
The schedule is courtesy of Matt’s College Sports. I’ll add announcing assignments as they become availableAll announcing assignments have been updated. All times are Eastern. Here’s the grid. Saturday, December 21, 2013 Game Network Coverage Notes Announcers Time New Mexico Bowl Colorado St. vs. Washington St. ESPN/ESPN Radio University Stadium Albuquerque, NM ESPN: Mark Jones/Brock […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/8/2013
Now to CBS which will once again use a gimmick to hook viewers. As the Tiffany Network airs the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Tuesday, a VS model will make an appearance on The NFL Today to hype the show and to have her make silly game picks. Last year, CBS had Ms. Aldrich on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/7/2013
CBS will air the SEC Championship Game as usual today. But in a first, it will air the Mountain West Championship and not immediately following the SEC. You’ll get a rest in between the SEC Championship and Mountain West games. The SEC Championship will air live from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta at 4 p.m. […]
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Today begins CBS’ 33rd season of broadcasting college basketball to the American people. And in a nice coincidence for the state of Missouri, it’s a Tigers basketball-football doubleheader on CBS as Missouri hosts UCLA at 12:30 p.m. then the SEC Championship at 4 as the Tigers take on Auburn. For basketball, Kevin Harlan and Greg […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/6/2013
All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of 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 7 Hall of Fame Showcase, Springfield, MA BYU vs. UMass — CBS Sports Network, 1:30 p.m. (John Sadak/Pete Gillen) Gotham Classic, South Bend, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2013
The NFL gave us a game at 11:35 p.m. ET on a Sunday earlier this season. Next year, it will attempt a game at 9:30 a.m. ET. That game will be played in London. In what could be a harbinger of things to come, the NFL has scheduled the Detroit-Atlanta game on October 26, 2014 […]
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All Times Eastern Blackout: San Diego Thursday, December 5 Studio and Pregame Shows Around the League Live — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access: Thursday Night Football Preview — NFL Network, 6 p.m. NFL […]
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All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Thursday, December 5 Studio and Pregame Shows CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. ESPNU All Access: Auburn Football — ESPNU, 4 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 7 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/2/2013
The final Week 15 schedule is out and the National Broadcasting Company and the National Football League have jointly announced that there will be no primetime flex in Week 15. It means the originally scheduled game, Cincinnati at Pittsburgh will remain on Sunday Night Football and the game NBC was hoping for, Green Bay at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/1/2013
Now to the CBS tandem of pregame shows, That Other Pregame Show on cable and the NFL Today on broadcast. Lots of discussions on the shows today. Check out the quotage we have for you on this Sunday. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, […]
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Saturday’s Iron Bowl rivalry game between Alabama and Auburn drew very good numbers for the Columbia Broadcasting System. CBS saw an 8.6 overnight rating with an 18 share. That’s up a whopping 291% for last year’s Iron Bowl which resulted in a blowout and saw a low 2.2/5. Thankfully, a close game and a wild […]
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Let’s do a few thoughts today in this last day of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. First, some thoughts and prayers to the victims and families who were in the Metro North train derailment in the Bronx in New York. Four people lost their lives and scores more were injured. This holiday weekend won’t be the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/28/2013
We have a short blurb from CBS on a feature that ran on The NFL Today on Thanksgiving Day. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 13 ON THANKSGIVING DAY, NOVEMBER 28 THE NFL TODAY featured an emotional […]
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All Times Eastern Blackout: San Diego Thursday, November 28 Studio and Pregame Shows NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 10 a.m. Fox NFL Sunday Thanksgiving Day Special — Fox, 11:30 a.m. Fox NFL Postgame — Fox, 3:30 p.m. NFL GameDay Scoreboard — NFL Network, 3:30 p.m. The NFL Today — CBS, 4 p.m. Football Night […]
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All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing assignments courtesy of Your Eye on the Sports Sky and Air Thursday, November 28 Pregame Show Fox College Thursday — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m. 4 p.m. Stillman at Alabama State — ESPNU (Mark Neely/Jay Walker) 7:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Texas — Fox Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/25/2013
Now to the double quotage from the CBS entry. 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, BART SCOTT AND BRANDON TIERNEY FOR WEEK 12 ON NOVEMBER 24 “SEC ON CBS” […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/20/2013
All Times Eastern Byes: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Seattle Thursday, November 21 Studio and Pregame Shows Around the League Live — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff: Thursday Night Football Preview — NFL Network, […]
