0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2013
CBS tells us that an average of 35.3 million people watched the double overtime NFL Divisional Playoff Game between the Baltimore Ravens and Denver Broncos. That number is 3% higher from last year’s Saturday AFC Divisional game between Denver and New England on CBS. The numbers also translated into a fantastic 20.1 rating with a […]
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Let’s move to the quotage from CBS’ The NFL Today from Saturday afternoon which aired before the Baltimore-Denver double overtime classic game. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF WEEK ON JANUARY 12 BILL COWHER ADDRESSES HIS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/11/2013
All Times Eastern Saturday, January 12 Pregame & Studio Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. First on the Field — NFL Network, 10 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, noon The NFL Today — CBS, 3:30 p.m. The NFL Today Postgame — CBS, 7:30 p.m. Fox […]
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Men’s schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports Saturday, January 12 Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay — ESPN2, 10 a.m. College GameDay — ESPNU, 11 a.m. Big Ten Tip-Off Show — Big Ten Network, 11:30 a.m. Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 2 p.m. The Fab Five — ESPN, 5:30 p.m. Big Ten Finale […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/10/2013
On Tuesday, CBS formally announced what had been reported earlier, that it will stream Super Bowl XLVII live online. In addition, the Super Bowl halftime show will be streamed live for the first time. Last year, NBC did not have the rights to stream Madonna’s halftime performance online. This year, CBS will be able to […]
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This podcast featured three, count ’em, three guest segments, all coming courtesy of CBS Sports and CBS Sports Radio. Those segments were quite good. You can ignore the news of the week segment as I had a touch of the flu and sounded horrible. It’s not long though. Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2013
I was at the CBS Broadcast Center for the network’s Super Bowl Media Day. I got some of interviews which you will hear on the Sports Media Weekly podcast on Wednesday. But before we get to that, let us post a few press releases from CBS that were announced today. First, let me thank the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/7/2013
It’s been way too long since you’ve seen linkage on this site. This has been the main mission of Fang’s Bites since the beginning, but too often, I get roped into doing family stuff and it prevents me from getting on here until late. I hope to rectify that. So without further delay, here’s the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/6/2013
Here’s the schedule for the Divisional Round of the 2013 NFL Playoffs. I’ll also provide the announcing assignments where applicable. Saturday, January 12 4:30 p.m. CBS Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos — Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf/Solomon Wilcots 8 p.m. FOX Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers — Joe Buck/Troy Aikman/Erin Andrews/Pam Oliver Sunday, January 13 […]
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I think this will be the last quotage for the Sunday pregame shows. This is from CBS and The NFL Today. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WILD CARD WEEK ON JANUARY 6 QUICK HITS (On Ray Lewis) […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/5/2013
CBS has the early game on Wild Card Sunday, the Indianapolis Colts at the Baltimore Ravens. The game will air at 1 p.m. ET. The NFL Today will start it all at noon ET. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will call the game from Indianapolis. The NFL Today crew of James Brown, Bill Cowher, Boomer […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/4/2013
All Times Eastern Saturday, January 5 Pregame & Studio Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. First on the Field — NFL Network, 10 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 11 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, noon Football Night in America — NBC, 4 p.m. NFL GameDay Scoreboard — NFL Network, 7:30 p.m. […]
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Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, January 5 11 a.m. Pittsburgh at Rutgers — ESPN2 noon Virginia Tech at Maryland — ACC Network Seton Hall at Notre Dame — Big East Network Purdue at Michigan State — Big Ten Network Delaware at Old Dominion — Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Mid Atlantic/Philadelphia)/CSS Wake Forest at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/2/2013
It’s now time to hand out the hardware for the 6th Annual Fang’s Bites NFL TV Awards. On Christmas Day, I listed the nominees for this season’s awards. Now, we have the winners for the 2012 regular season. Best Play-by-Play: The nominees are Ian Eagle (CBS), Kevin Harlan (CBS), Al Michaels (NBC), Brad Nessler (NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2012
The 79th annual Sun Bowl will air on the CBS Television Network this afternoon. Georgia Tech will take on USC at 2 p.m. today. Uncle Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson will call the game with Tracy Wolfson manning the sidelines. This marks the 45th consecutive year that CBS has aired the game in El Paso, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/30/2012
Now, it’s time for CBS’ quotage from The NFL Today. Last one of the regular season. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 17 ON DECEMBER 30 GREG GUMBEL INTERVIEWS COLTS HEAD COACH CHUCK PAGANO THE NFL ON […]
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The National Football League has provided the schedules for the next two weekends of playoff action. NBC’s Wild Card Saturday doubleheader kicks off on January 5 with Cincinnati at Houston for the second year in a row. The nightcap in primetime will be Minnesota at Green Bay as those two teams meet for the second […]
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Technically played in 2013, but you get the idea. This was just announced by the National Football League. Saturday, January 5, 2013 Cincinnati at Houston — NBC, 4:30 p.m. (Dan Hicks/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan) Minnesota at Green Bay — NBC, 8 p.m. (Al Michaels/Cris Collinsworth/Michele Tafoya) Sunday, January 6, 2013 Indianapolis at Baltimore — CBS, 1 […]
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So it’s over? Well, the regular season will be after tonight. Once Sunday Night Football is over, it’ll be the playoffs starting next Saturday with the Wild Card round. Are there any blackouts this week? Yes, in Buffalo where Western New York won’t see the New York Jets-Bills game. That is the only blackout for […]
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Let’s move to the NFL Today on CBS. For the Week 17 edition, former host Greg Gumbel talks with Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano about his return to the sidelines after being diagnosed with leukemia in Week 3. As you’re well aware, Pagano had to step aside while offensive coordinator Bruce Arians become interim head […]
