0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/19/2011
Let’s do you some links on this Monday, a get back to work day for many of you. Starting with John Ourand of Sports Business Journal, he writes that ESPN is now shooting back at critics who say the network will pass its huge Monday Night Football deal down to cable subscribers. Sports Business Journal […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/18/2011
We move to quotage from the NFL Today on CBS. Not as long as NFL GameDay, but the NFL Today is only an hour compared to four for NFL GameDay. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER, BOOMER ESIASON AND KRIS JENKINS FOR […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/17/2011
A beautiful fall-like Saturday in Southern New England. Already been out today and it’s so nice outside. I hope you enjoy your weekend if you don’t have to work. Some linkage for you. John Eggerton from Broadcasting & Cable writes that the NFL Films documentary on Bill Belichick scored very well for NFL Network. Timothy […]
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The highest rated college football package from the last two seasons has been the SEC on CBS. The mostly late Saturday afternoon series continues to do well for the Tiffany Network and it brings back Uncle Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Tracy “The Wolf” Wolfson. It also marks the return of College Football Today with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/16/2011
Let’s go over what CBS Sports has to say about this week. We have what you’ll see on The NFL Today where Kris Jenkins will make his debut as a contributing analyst. Then after that, we have quotage from analysts Phil Simms and Dan Fouts about the games they’ll be covering in what will be […]
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Let’s do some linkage. The Weekend Viewing Picks give you everything to you need for your viewing pleasure. Let’s do this. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that primetime is the right time for college football. Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Daily reports that ESPN has sold out its ad inventory for its new […]
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TV Coverage Maps NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon 1 p.m. CBS Baltimore at Tennessee — Bill Macatee/Steve Tasker Cleveland at Indianapolis — Marv Albert/Rich Gannon Jacksonville at New York Jets — Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Kansas City at Detroit — Don Criqui/Randy Cross Oakland at Buffalo — […]
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Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports College GameDay live from Tallahassee, Florida — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. noon Auburn at Clemson — ABC Big Ten Network Channel Finder Eastern Michigan at Michigan — Big Ten Network Southeast Missouri State at Purdue — Big Ten Network Penn State at Temple — ESPN Pittsburgh at Iowa […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2011
Let’s do some links on this Wednesday. It’s going to be busy for me later on and I’ll be away from internet access for a bit this afternoon so I’m going to the links now. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at the circuitous path NFL Network RedZone host Scott Hanson took to getting to getting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/13/2011
Because I was a jobsite for most of the morning and into the early afternoon, I wasn’t able to supply links today. I’ll get to them now. Austin Karp leads the Sports Business Daily team in looking at the overnight ratings for the Monday Night Football doubleheader on ESPN. Eric Fisher of Sports Business Journal […]
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Yes, according to CBS, Gary Danielson will interacting with fans on a new mobile media bus that will be equipped with WiFi, Satellite TV and plenty of gadgets where he can engage people. Now I don’t know if this will be like the Maddencruiser that John Madden utilized to get to and from NFL games. […]
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The four set marathon men’s final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal ended up with a 2.6 rating with a 6 share. That’s up from last year’s 2.2/6 when Djokovic and Nadal met as well. However, last year’s coverage ended up being delayed and sent to ESPN2 after rain forced coverage from CBS. CBS’ coverage […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/12/2011
Good news for CBS regarding the U.S. Open Women’s Final. It literally doubled its audience from the year before, going to a 4.2 overnight rating with an 8 share, exactly 100% better than last year’s coverage on late Sunday afternoon for the Men’s Final which was filled with rain delay coverage. Comparing this year’s Women’s […]
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Time for some links. I expect press releases galore today announcing NFL ratings news so before they come fast and furious, I’ll do some linkage. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says the NFL and its TV partners handled their 9/11 tributes yesterday as best as they could. Scott Woolley at Forbes.com writes that cable operators are […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/11/2011
Let’s move to the NFL Today on CBS and a couple of videos to go along with the notes and quotes. Let’s give you what we have from CBS Sports. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 1 […]
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CBS has the Women’s Finals between Samantha Stosur and Serena Williams today following its NFL regional coverage. And on Monday, CBS carries the Men’s Final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Both are schedule to hit the air at 4 p.m. ET. Now on Monday, some local CBS affiliates may not carry the match and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/9/2011
We have this update from CBS Sports regarding their U.S. Open coverage on Saturday. The men’s semifinals will go as scheduled and be aired starting at noon Eastern. However with the rain delays this week, the men’s and women’s finals were pushed back a day. Women’s finals will air Sunday at 4 p.m. ET on […]
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On Sunday, CBS has just five games, all at 1 p.m. Eastern as it will go to the Women’s Final of the U.S. Open at 4 p.m. CBS will commemorate 9/11 with a story from Lesley Visser as she talks with former New England Patriots offensive lineman Joe Andruzzi whose three brothers, all New York […]
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NFL Coverage Maps NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fox NFL Sunday — Fox, noon 1 p.m. CBS Buffalo at Kansas City — Marv Albert/Rich Gannon Cincinnati at Cleveland — Kevin Harlan/Solomon Wilcots Indianapolis at Houston — Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Pittsburgh at Baltimore — Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Tennessee at Jacksonville — Ian Eagle/Dan […]
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Due to the craziness from the bad weather up and down the East Coast, the U.S. Open has experienced weather delays up the wazoo. The finals have been pushed back a day as a result. Today would have been the women’s Semifinals on CBS, but instead, it’s the men’s quarterfinals and two Americans, Andy Roddick […]
