0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/18/2015
To the notebook: NEWS The big sports media news from Wednesday came from a feature on HBO in this week’s Hollywood Reporter. In discussing the new era of HBO with its HBO Now over the top service was a line that the network is looking at luring soon-to-be ex-ESPN’er Bill Simmons. On June 21, HBO […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2015
Ok, let’s do this. NEWS The 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Final ended up being the second most-watched series on record just below the most-watched 2013 SCF between Boston and Chicago. This year’s series averaged 5.551 million viewers which is just off from 2013 which averaged 5.753 million. For Game 6 on Monday, the series-clincher for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/10/2015
Oh, bloody hell, it’s been a while since I’ve done a sports media notebook. We have quite a few things to provide so in lieu of me explaining why you haven’t seen one in months, let’s just get to the news, linkage and other stuff. NEWS A couple of things to lead with this morning. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/21/2015
For the second straight season, CBS and NFL Network will team up for Thursday Night Football. CBS will produce all of the games and air the first seven games of the schedule from Weeks 2 through 8 and then return for Week 13. NFL Network will pick up from Weeks 9 through 11, take two […]
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CBS Sports has announced a 104-game NFL Sunday afternoon regular season schedule. It includes the NFL on CBS’ first Week 1 doubleheader since 2000. From 2001-14, CBS had to cede the Week 1 late game to Fox due to its coverage of the U.S. Open. Now with the tennis over at ESPN, CBS no longer […]
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So the NFL schedule has been announced. It’s a 256-game schedule spread over 17 weeks. A few new things from last year. CBS gets the Week 1 doubleheader for the first time since 2000. From 2001 until last year, CBS had conceded the Week 1 late game to Fox due to its coverage of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/7/2015
CBS ends 34 years of consecutively airing the NCAA Division I Men’s Championship Game on a high note. After last year’s game between UConn and Kentucky which averaged a 12.5/20 final rating/share, this year’s contest pitting Duke and Wisconsin saw a rise of 28% to 16.0/28. Viewership also saw a big jump as Duke-Wisconsin averaged […]
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The overnight ratings are in and the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship between Duke and Wisconsin turned out well for CBS. For those who thought the game would not attract big numbers without Kentucky were wrong. Duke-Wisconsin attracted a big 17.7/27 overnight rating/share which is 33% better than last year’s UConn-Kentucky contest which could […]
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Usually I post this within a half-hour of the National Championship game, but because I have a bitter taste over Duke winning, my enthusiasm for posting is a bit subdued. With this ending the 34-year streak for CBS airing the NCAA Championship dating back to 1982 (TBS airs the Final Four and National Championship next […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/3/2015
All Times Eastern Saturday, April 4 Studio and Pregame Shows At the Final Four — TBS, 3 p.m. College GameDay live from Indianapolis, IN — ESPN, 3:30 p.m. The Final Four Show — TBS, 4 p.m. BTN Tip-Off Show 2015: Final Four Pregame — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m. Best of College Basketball — CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/23/2015
Observers may have criticized the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee over seedings and various teams getting into the Big Dance, but the games and matchups that resulted from the First Four to the Round of 32 has generated record ratings for the CBS/Turner broadcast consortium. For the first week on CBS, TBS, TNT and the much-maligned […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2015
O.k, CBS/Turner has released the tip times for the next round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship before all of the games are finished. Either the staffers there have become extremely efficient or they all want to go to bed at a decent hour. I have a feeling this is a combination of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2015
All Times Eastern Saturday, March 21 Men’s NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship 3rd Round Studio and Pregame Shows NCAA Tip-Off — TNT, 5 p.m. NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m. NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m. Inside March Madness — TBS, midnight College GameDay — ESPN2, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2015
Ok, we get the tip times for the Round of 32 action on Sunday, March 22 as CBS and Turner don’t want to wait until the Providence-Dayton game is over as the PR people want to sleep at a decent hour. CBS has a tripleheader on Sunday starting at 12:10 p.m. ET with the tasty […]
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Yes, there’s the First Four™, but that’s really the appetizer for the real action of the NCAA Tournament which began on Thursday with 16 games. By having 5 one-point games, two 14 seeds advancing and five Texas teams going 0-for-Thursday, CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV had a tremendous day of the 2015 Tournament. Fans had […]
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The tip times for Saturday, March 21 are in. CBS has a quadrupleheader beginning at 12:10 p.m. ET with UCLA taking on UAB, then Kentucky vs. Cincinnati, Arizona vs. Ohio State and Utah vs. Georgetown. TNT begins the Turner Sports coverage with Xavier vs. Georgia State at 6:10 p.m. and TBS follows an hour later […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/15/2015
CBS and Turner Sports have released the tip times and the announcing assignments for the 2015 NCAA Tournament. The “First Four” or play-in games from the four teams deemed as numbers 65 through 68 for the tournament will play in Dayton, OH. These games on Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18 will air on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2015
All Times Eastern Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Men’s announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Women’s schedule and announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, March 14 Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay — ESPNU, 11 a.m. College GameDay — ESPN, noon BTN […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/7/2015
All Times Eastern Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Men’s announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Women’s schedule and announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, March 7 Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay live from Chapel Hill, NC — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/5/2015
This year brings a lot of upheaval for the CBS/Turner team for this year’s NCAA Tournament. With Greg Anthony suspended, Steve Kerr in the NBA, Bill Raftery and Grant Hill named to the “A” team with Jim Nantz, analysts and reporters have to be shuffled and that’s exactly what CBS/Turner has done. It also means […]
