0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/28/2012
All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, […]
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Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, December 29 Studio Shows ACC Basketball Pre Season Tip-Off Show — ACC Network, check your local listings 75 Years of March Madness: Behind the Mic — CBS, 2 p.m. 75 Years of March Madness: A Coach’s Perspective — CBS, 3 p.m. Big Ten Finale ’12-’13 — Big […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/25/2012
Merry Christmas! Happy to provide you with the nominees for this year’s NFL TV Awards. Last year’s nominees ended up this way. And later, this was the result for the 2011 season. Let’s take a look at the nominees in each category. Best Play-by-Play: Ian Eagle (CBS), Kevin Harlan (CBS), Al Michaels (NBC), Brad Nessler […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/23/2012
We finally have the NFL Week 17 schedule. I was expecting to have it by halftime of the San Francisco-Washington game, but it did not come until a few minutes before 11 p.m. ET. As Week 16’s games were decided and the playoff implications for next week were being hashed out, it was becoming clear […]
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Now to The NFL Today which discussed plenty of things including former Detroit Lions offensive lineman Lomas Brown admitting he got his former teammate, Scott Mitchell hurt to get him out of a game. And there’s link to a video in which analyst Bill Cowher talks with his former QB Ben Roethlisburger. Lots of stuff […]
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Busy day today. Yes, without a Thursday night game and the Monday night game played on Saturday, we’re left with just Sunday games today and next week. We have 11 games in the 1 p.m. ET window, three games in the late windows and one primetime game. Why so many early games? Luck of the […]
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Now to CBS. In this preview, we have analyst Phil Simms discussing the game he’ll call with Jim Nantz on Sunday which is the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh game at Heinz Field in Steel City. Check it out below. THE NFL ON CBS: WEEK 16 (SUNDAY, DEC. 23) AUDIBLES WITH “NFL ON CBS” LEAD ANALYST PHIL SIMMS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/22/2012
Today, CBS airs a top ten college basketball matchup between the Kansas Jayhawks and The Ohio State Buckeyes live from Columbus, OH. Tim Brando will call the game and be joined by this week’s Sports Media Weekly podcast guest, Clark Kellogg plus Greg Anthony. CBS unleashes Doug Gottlieb and Seth Davis in the studio for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/21/2012
All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) Saturday, December 22 Studio & Pregame Shows Monday Night Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m. NFL Total Access — NFL Network, 7 p.m. NFL Total Access: Postgame — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. ESPN Atlanta at Detroit — Mike Tirico/Jon Gruden/Lisa Salters Sunday, December 23 Studio & Pregame […]
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Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, December 22 Gotham Classic, New York, NY Syracuse vs. Temple — ESPN2, noon Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, HI Quarterfinals Indiana State vs. Mississippi — ESPNU, 4 p.m. San Diego State vs. San Francisco — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m. Arizona vs. Tennessee State — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m. Miami (FL) […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/20/2012
As the linkage has been lacking, I’m going to try a new feature. In addition to an occasional sports media thoughts post, I’m going to attempt to make this a regular feature. This will incorporate some linkage and some thoughts. Think of it like Peter Gammons’ baseball notes column, but not as extensive. As I […]
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Today is another action-packed podcast. Two guests. A CBS theme and lots of stuff. Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I did a brief news segment. We began by talking about Rob Parker of ESPN apologizing for his incendiary comments on last week’s First Take regarding DC NFL Team quarterback Robert Griffin III. We […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/19/2012
The National Football League has announced that all three of NBC’s postseason games, the AFC-NFC Wild Card Playoff Doubleheader and the Pro Bowl on January 27 in Hawaii will be streamed online at NBCSports.com and NFL.com. And for the second straight year, the Super Bowl will also be streamed online. CBS has the rights to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/17/2012
Thanks to a close game that went to overtime in its late national window, CBS saw its highest ratings of the season. The window that featured the Pittsburgh Steelers-Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs-Oakland Raiders received the highest numbers for CBS since last year’s New England-Denver game that had Tim Tebow playing. The overnight numbers […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/16/2012
Onto The NFL Today on CBS which brings us its quotage for Week 15. The show spent its entire four minute “A” block on the Newtown, CT tragedy and a good part of its “B” block on the Josh Brent story. Here’s the quotage. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH […]
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Another heavy Sunday, isn’t it? Yes, our hearts go out to Newtown, CT. On this NFL Sunday, there will be moments of silence at all stadia today. The New York Giants will have a decal with the Newtown logo on their helmets tonight. So blackouts? Are there any? San Diego. Chargers fans won’t see their […]
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Let’s bring you CBS’ preview for Week 15. Phil Simms talks about the Pittsburgh-Dallas game which he and Jim Nantz will call in the 4:25 p.m. ET window today. THE NFL ON CBS: WEEK 15 (SUNDAY, DEC. 16) AUDIBLES WITH “NFL ON CBS” LEAD ANALYST PHIL SIMMS The CBS Television Network, home of Super Bowl […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/14/2012
All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the 506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — […]
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Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, December 15 Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival, Brooklyn, NY Fordham vs. Princeton — YES, 2:30 p.m. St. John’s vs. St. Francis — YES, 5 p.m. Michigan vs. West Virginia — ESPN, 8 p.m. Crossroads Classic, Indianapolis, IN Butler vs. Indiana — CBS, 2 p.m. Notre Dame vs. Purdue […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/13/2012
Usually, I write the sports media thoughts in bed on the iPad, but as I have some free time and I don’t want to lose my trains of thought. As usual, they come in bullet form. Finally, ESPN has decided to dial back its Tim Tebow obsession. In my last sports media thoughts post, I […]
