0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/27/2016
With Turner Sports airing the Final Four® for the third straight year, we get the “Team Stream” concept a.k.a. the “Homer calls.” It means that TBS will have the main call with Jim Nantz, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery and Tracy Wolfson while TNT and truTV will have the homer calls for the four teams in […]
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 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2015
Time for another edition of the notebook. Let’s do this. NEWS NBC Sports has announced it will pick up radio coverage of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Over the past few years, radio coverage of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes has been piecemeal with various syndicators producing the races. Now, NBC which has […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2015
We did the news segment in the first part. Let’s do the linkage and News You Can Use here. LINKAGE Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch talks with Phil and Chris Simms about being television analysts after their playing careers. Deitsch has a preview of what NBC has in store for its Super Bowl XLIX production. Reuters […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/20/2015
Let’s open the notebook after a busy weekend. Took Monday off after the Greg Anthony news and an interview I conducted with CBS’ Tracy Wolfson which I’ll provide in the links. First the news: NEWS The ratings and viewership for the NFL Conference Championship games are in. While both games drew over 40 million viewers, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2014
This is what networks hope for when they sign the NFL, big viewership numbers. And for the season premiere of Thursday Night Football simulcast on CBS and NFL Network, the numbers are good. An average 20.8 million viewers watched Pittsburgh at Baltimore. And if you want the breakdown, you shall receive it. An estimated 17.4 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/16/2014
Starting Monday, TNT will be the exclusive home of the 2014 NBA Western Conference Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs. TNT’s studio and game crews will be live from Oklahoma City and San Antonio throughout the series. TNT will air a one-hour NBA Tip-Off show before each game at 8 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2014
As we move into the NBA Playoffs Conference Semifinal Round, TNT began things with a doubleheader on Monday. It will continue with twinbills on Tuesday and Wednesday and then again with a single game on Sunday Sunday and another doubleheader on Monday. It’ll give way to ESPN/ESPN2/ABC on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoon. You’ll […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/3/2014
You can’t get any better than having three Games 7 on one network like today. The NBA’s Network of Record, TNT has all three Conference Quarterfinal Games 7 starting at 5:30 p.m. ET and action will last through early Sunday morning on the East Coast. It all begins with Atlanta at Indiana followed by Memphis […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2014
As the 2014 NBA Playoffs get set to begin this weekend, TNT prepares once again to be the league’s Network of Record as it airs more than 40 playoff games from the first round all the way to the Western Conference Finals. TNT begins with three games this Sunday with Dallas at San Antonio at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/1/2014
As we know, Turner Sports will air the 2014 men’s Final Four™ in Arlington, TX. TBS will have the national feed with TNT and truTV airing localized feeds for UConn, Florida, Kentucky and Wisconsin. TBS will have Jim Nantz, Greg Anthony and Steve Kerr will call the game while Tracy Wolfson will report from courtside. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/29/2014
Ok, CBS has set the times for Sunday’s Regional Finals. It plays out as you might expect. The East Regional Final featuring UConn vs. Michigan State at Madison Square Garden in New York to be called by Uncle Verne Lundquist, Bill Raftery and Allie LaForce will air at 2:20 p.m. ET. Then the Midwest Regional […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/28/2014
We have the schedule for the Saturday Regional Finals. Both will air on TBS. The South Regional Final between Florida and Dayton will air at 6:09 p.m. ET Then the West Regional Final with Wisconsin taking on Arizona is scheduled for 8:49 p.m. Here is the CBS/Turner press release. TURNER SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCE […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/23/2014
CBS/Turner Sports has released the tip times and announcers for the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 on Thursday, March 27 and Friday, March 28. With TBS airing two regional finals on Saturday and CBS the other two on Sunday, the announcers are split along network lines. Marv Albert, Steve Kerr and Craig Sager have been assigned […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/27/2014
I’m late on this. I’m doing my best to catch up over the next couple of days. Earlier this week, CBS Sports and Turner Sports made public their announcing teams for the 2014 NCAA Tournament. There are some changes from last year. As previously announced, Greg Anthony joins the “A” team with Jim Nantz and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2014
TNT, the NBA’s Network of Record dating back to the 1990’s, will be on the case Thursday with the announcement of the All-Star Game starting lineups. The announcement will be made during a one-hour edition of NBA Tip-Off at 7 p.m. ET just before its weekly Thursday night doubleheader. Starting at 8 p.m. ET, TNT […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/15/2014
And let’s end our early morning posting with TNT’s Thursday Night NBA doubledip which will have New York at Indiana in the early game and Oklahoma City at Houston in the late game. NBA Action Continues on TNT Thursday, Jan. 16, with Doubleheader Action – Knicks vs. Pacers & Thunder vs. Rockets The NBA on TNT […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2014
After taking a week off for the New Year, the NBA on TNT is back on Thursday with another doubleheader featuring the New York Knicks and Miami Heat in the first game and the Oklahoma City Thunder taking on Denver in the nightcap. As usual, Inside the NBA caps off your night. The NBA on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/18/2013
Now time for a look at TNT’s Thursday doubleheader which is dominated with three Western Conference teams. The details of the twi-night twinbill are below. NBA on TNT Action Continues with Doubleheader Coverage – Bulls vs. Thunder & Spurs vs. Warriors – Thursday, Dec. 19 The NBA on TNT will continue Thursday, Dec. 19, with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/12/2013
Starting at 8 p.m. ET, TNT will air another NBA twi-night doubleheader. It begins with the Los Angeles Clippers taking on the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center. That’s followed by the Houston Rockets up in the Great Northwest taking on the Portland Trail Blazers. TNT’s announcing crews will be led by Kevin Harlan and […]
