0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2012
As my computer churns away with another silly Windows Update, it’s time for a few thoughts on the sports media. They are in bullet form as always. The signing of Jim Rome by CBS Sports is a big one. As CBS Sports Network attempts to expand from its regular diet of college sports, it nabs […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/11/2012
Broken by The Big Lead on Friday and
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/10/2012
Using cumulative numbers rather than average ratings, CBS is claiming a ratings victory for the NFL regular season over Fox and NBC. While this is technically true, this isn’t how the other networks see it. CBS says for the entire regular season, 161 million viewers watched at least 6 minutes of action on the network. […]
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The AFC Wild Card Playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos was not only the best game of the weekend, but it was also the most watched. In the Sunday 4:30 p.m. ET window and going into overtime, the game saw an amazing 24.0 rating with a 42 share. That’s up 40% […]
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I haven’t written a sports media thoughts post in quite some time. I owe you one do let’s do this without further delay. As always, they come in bullet form. Last night’s BCS National Championship Game between Alabama and LSU was another dull affair, just like their first game in the regular season. ESPN did […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/9/2012
Been busy again today, but I’ll try to post as many links here as possible. Don’t know if I can do a complete set, but I’ll see what I can do. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand hears from ESPN’s Brent Musburger who calls tonight’s BCS National Championship Game. Tom Weir of USA Today says Tim Tebow […]
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I have not received a press release from Fox as of yet and when that happens, you know that the numbers for yesterday’s Atlanta-New York Giants NFC Wild Card Playoff game were lower than expected. First, with a 24-2 result, people tuned out early. Second, the game was in the 1 p.m. Sunday timeslot meaning […]
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Thanks to an overtime game and the only game of the four NFL Wild Card Playoff Games to be close, plus it had the extremely attractive 4:30 p.m. ET timeslot to lead into primetime programming, CBS saw the highest ratings for a Wild Card game on any network dating back to 1988. CBS saw a […]
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The Sports Business Daily’s John Ourand has tweeted last night’s overnight rating for the Pittsburgh Steelers-Denver Broncos overtime thriller that saw the first use of the modified NFL playoff overtime system: Source: Tebow pulled in a 25.9 overnight, which would make it the best AFC Wildcard overnight since 1988. — John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ)
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2012
With the games now complete, we can provide the NFL Divisional Playoff schedule for next weekend. I’ll also provide the announcing teams. Fox is pretty much set in stone. CBS’ is not official, but based on past assignments and an educated guess, I can provide their assignments for next weekend. Saturday, January 14 4:30 p.m.: […]
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Well, we have quotage from CBS for this afternoon’s half-edition of the NFL Today. This is much appreciated. And we post it without further delay. 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 8 QUICK […]
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I’m going to provide a few links for you since they’ve been lacking here over the last few days. We begin with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deistch who talked with ESPN’s Brent Musburger who will call Monday’s BCS National Championship Game. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News talks with ESPN’s Chris Fowler about the BCS National Championship […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/7/2012
CBS ends the four game NFL Wild Card Weekend with its fourth consecutive week of Tim Tebow. The Pittsburgh Steelers will travel to Denver to take on the Broncos. Game time will be 4:30 p.m. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms call their fourth straight game involving Denver. CBS won’t have a sideline reporter as is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/6/2012
Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, January 7 11 a.m. College GameDay — ESPNU Florida at Tennessee — ESPN2 noon Virginia Tech at Wake Forest — ACC Network Georgetown at West Virginia — Big East Network/Cox Sports Television/MASN/SNY Duke at Georgia Tech — ESPNU Xavier at Fordham — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports […]
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Saturday, January 7 WILD CARD WEEKEND NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, noon Football Night in America — NBC, 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Houston — NBC, Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan; Westwood One Radio, Howard David/Tony Boselli/Mark Malone 7:30 p.m. NFL GameDay Scoreboard — NFL Network 8 p.m. Detroit at New Orleans — NBC, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/5/2012
Time to hand out the 5th edition of the Fang’s Bites NFL TV Awards. On Christmas Day, I provided the list of nominees for this year’s edition. Now, with the regular season over, let’s hand out the hardware for the 2011-12 campaign. Best Play-by-Play: The Nominees are Marv Albert, CBS; Ian Eagle, CBS; Al Michaels, NBC; […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/1/2012
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Let’s do the last NFL Today quotage for the NFL regular season. Some good stuff here. 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 JANUARY 1 QUICK HITS (On Pittsburgh playing Ben Roethlisberger) BILL COWHER: I would […]
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I’ll provide a quick set of links for you on this New Year’s Day. Because 1/1/2012 falls on a Sunday, it doesn’t feel like a holiday. It’ll feel more like the holiday tomorrow with college football and the NHL Winter Classic. Let’s look at what we have for you. First, Rich Sands from TV Guide […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2011
Time to provide you some links to close out 2011. Thanks for visiting the blog this year. I moved from my old Blogger site to a new server, only to get kicked off the new place because it couldn’t handle the traffic from you. But then I was able to find HostMonster in a pinch […]
