0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/23/2013
Saturday, March 23 Pregame & Studio Shows NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m. NCAA Tip-Off — TNT, 5 p.m. College GameDay Scoreboard — ESPN2, midnight Inside March Madness — TBS, midnight NCAA March Madness Bracket Breakdown — CBS Sports Network, 1 a.m. (Sunday) Men’s NCAA Tournament 3rd Round East Region Lexington, […]
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Ok, the tip times are in for the final day of the opening weekend of the 75th NCAA Tournament. CBS SPORTS AND TURNER SPORTS ANNOUNCE TIP TIMES AND MATCH-UPS FOR THIRD ROUND GAMES ON SUNDAY, MARCH 24 Turner Sports and CBS Sports announce tip times and match-ups for exclusive third round coverage of the 2013 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2013
This from CBS/Turner Sports. The final ratings are in for the first Thursday of the 2013 NCAA Tournament and they are good. This CBS/TBS/TNT/truTV combination combined for an overall 5.5 household rating with a 12 share. That is up 4% from 2012 and it’s the highest rating dating back to 1994 when CBS was in […]
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The CBS/Turner Sports partnership for the NCAA Tournament is working. Having all of the games available nationally and no regionalization has led to higher ratings for the first Thursday of the Big Dance. CBS/Turner says the Tournament garnered a 5.8 overnight rating and a 14 share for the 16 games played last night. That’s up […]
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We’re still getting used to the concept of the four NCAA Tournament play-in games. And while the NCAA tries to make it sound nice with “First Four™”, they still have a long way before they’re engrained into the national consciousness. However, truTV which airs the games can hang its hat on higher ratings from the […]
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CBS/Turner has sent out the tip times for Saturday. TURNER SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCE TIP TIMES AND MATCH-UPS FOR THIRD ROUND GAMES ON SATURDAY, MARCH 23 CBS Sports and Turner Sports announce tip times and match-ups for third round coverage of the 2013 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 23 (Noon-Midnight […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2013
CBS which includes CBS, CBS Sports Network and Showtime saw a total of 15 Sports Emmy nominations for 2012. Among the major nods include Jim Nantz for Play-by-Play, James Brown for Studio Host the NFL Today and Inside the NFL, Boomer Esiason in Studio Analyst, The Masters® Army-Navy for Live Sports Special, the NCAA Tournament […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2013
After a week away due to circumstances beyond my control, I’m back on the Sports Media Weekly podcast with Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal. There’s no Third Man In this week so Keith and I reviewed what has been a rather busy week in the sports media. We first began by looking at the […]
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Just received this from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the full press release of the nominations for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. NBC Sports Group received the most nominations with 58 followed by ESPN with 43 and Turner in third with 27. Bob Costas was nominated yet again for Outstanding Studio […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/18/2013
Haven’t done a sports media thoughts post in a while. Figured you’re owed one. Let’s do this in bullet form, of course. ESPN’s 30 for 30 series has been good since it started, but Sunday’s “Survive and Advance” documentary on the 1983 North Carolina State NCAA Championship team elevated it to something very special. Directed […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/17/2013
Ok, we have the tip times and the announcing assignments for the First Four™ and 2nd Round games of the NCAA Tournament. It’s all below. No need for me to say anything. You can see where your favorite teams are playing and who’s calling the game on either CBS, TBS, TNT or truTV. CBS SPORTS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/15/2013
Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments Courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, March 16 Pregame and Studio Shows College GameDay — ESPN, noon Big Ten Tip-Off Show — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m. College Basketball Live Scoreboard — ESPN, 5:30 p.m. Big Ten Finale ’12-’13 — Big Ten Network, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2013
Having the official NCAA Tournament Selection Show, CBS is going to have a very busy weekend leading to the Selection Show. CBS has a packed Saturday with the Conference USA Championship called by Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel, then the Big Ten Tournament semifinals with Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr in Chicago and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2013
This is a long release with lots of grids. I’ll keep this wraparound short and you can read this for yourself. TURNER SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCE 2013 NCAA® DIVISION I MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TELECAST SCHEDULE ALL GAMES TO BE BROADCAST NATIONALLY ACROSS CBS, TBS, TNT AND truTV For the third consecutive year, CBS Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/11/2013
This coming from the great John Ourand of Sports Business Journal/Sports Business Daily, it appears that Turner Sports will begin airing the NCAA Men’s Final Four™ and National Championship game starting next year, two years earlier than expected. When CBS and Turner combined to win the rights for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in 2010, […]
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On Sunday, CBS Sports airs the official NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show at 6 p.m. ET. It marks the 32nd consecutive year that the Tiffany Network will air the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Greg Gumbel will host and be joined by Greg Anthony, Doug Gottlieb and Seth Davis in New York. Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg […]
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Announced today by the CBS/Turner Sports consortium for the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the 75th incarnation of college basketball’s national championship, will be the men and women who will be in front of the camera this year. As usual, Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr will work the Final Four™ from Atlanta. Some changes from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/9/2013
I haven’t done a post like this in a very long time. Viewers take watching sports for granted. We watch the games in high definition or some cases, 3-D, get instant replays, we can rewind plays instantly on our DVR’s, know how far a team has to go in order to get a first down, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/8/2013
Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing Assignments Courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, March 9 Pregame and Studio Shows College GameDay live from Washington, DC — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. Big Ten Tip-Off Show — Big Ten Network, 11:30 a.m. Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/5/2013
The worst kept secret in sports media finally gets pushed from behind the curtain and will be officially unveiled to advertisers and the media on Tuesday. Fox Sports officials will be at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York to tell the world what the average fan will see on the new Fox Sports 1 […]
