0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/19/2014
Ok, we’re reaching to the final days of the Sochi Olympic Games. On Thursday, there’s the ladies free skate in figure skating. It will be aired live in its entirety on NBCSN starting at 10 a.m. and be shown later in truncated form on NBC. Another highlight on Thursday is the women’s hockey gold medal […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2014
For Wednesday, we begin to head into the home stretch of the 2014 Winter Olympics. The quarterfinals in men’s hockey will take place throughout Wednesday morning and into the early afternoon. Sweden vs. Slovenia and Finland vs. Russia will air on NBCSN at 3 a.m. ET and 7:30 a.m. ET, respectively. Then Canada vs. Latvia […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/17/2014
NBCSN will air a hockey tripleheader of single elimination games beginning at 3 a.m. ET with Slovenia-Austria, then Russia vs. Norway at 7:30 a.m. and then Czech Republic vs. Slovenia at noon. MSNBC will carry Switzerland vs. Latvia also at noon ET. U.S. skiing medal hopeful Mikaela Shiffrin of Vermont makes her Olympic debut in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/16/2014
Now we’re into the final week of the 2014 Sochi Games. First, Bob Costas returns to his traditional hosting post after being out for six days. He’ll host both Olympic Primetime and Late Night. Bob Costas returned to NBC Olympics studios at IBC in Sochi 2day to prep 2 resume hosting duties Monday night (Feb17) […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/15/2014
On Sunday, there are a lot of things going on at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The US men’s hockey team doesn’t have much time to celebrate its win over Russia as it has to play against Slovenia. NBCSN has the game at 7:30 a.m. ET with pregame starting at 7:15. Lindsey Jacobellis is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/13/2014
On Friday, there are a few glamor sports at the Sochi Olympics with medals on the line on Friday. That includes men’s figure skating, the men’s super combined in alpine skiing, women’s skeleton, men’s ski jumping at the large hill as well as curling and hockey. Once again, NBCSN will air 12 hours of coverage […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/12/2014
On Thursday, men’s hockey gets into high gear as both Team Canada, Team Russia and Team USA will all be in action. In addition, men’s figure skating begins as Russia’s Yevgeny Plushenko starts his farewell to Olympic competition in the short program. Team USA hopes to build its resume in men’s curling vs. Great Britain […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/11/2014
On Wednesday, several sports will hand out medals in Sochi. The women’s downhill at Rosa Khutor will take place early and the U.S.A.’s most decorated female skier, Julia Mancuso will be on the slopes in hopes of winning another medal. She won bronze in the Super Combined on Monday. Speed skater Shani Davis hopes to […]
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NBC has provided the ratings for Monday’s Olympic primetime program. The Peacock saw a 10 percent decline from Vancouver on the first Monday of the Olympics. Last night’s ratings saw a 12.8 number and a 20 share for the tape delayed coverage compared to Vancouver’s 14.2/22 for mostly live programming. Compared to Turin in 2006, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/10/2014
Medals will be handed out in cross country skiing, women’s ski jumping, women’s luge, plus curling and women’s hockey continues. And let us not forget that the halfpipe will be taking place on Tuesday and that means that American Shaun White will go for an unprecedented third gold medal in that sport. Also the pairs […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/9/2014
The 2014 Sochi Games really kick in on Monday as the curling competition begins in earnest. Both the USA men’s and women’s teams will be in action. In addition, CNBC and USA Network begin their coverage of the Olympics with their daily shows. USA Network airs the U.S. women taking on Switzerland live at 5 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2014
Now that the XXII Olympic Winter Games are here, it’s time to provide you a quick viewing primer on which the networks that will carry the events. You know that NBC will carry Olympic programming over a span of 18 nights beginning on Thursday, February 6 and lasting until Sunday, February 23. But what about […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/3/2014
As we transition from the Super Bowl to the Winter Olympics, we note that NBCUniversal will go all out to ensure you know that’s it’s covering the games. As it did with the 2012 Summer Games in London, NBCU will utilize its various resources to promote the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Sochi is a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/19/2013
We’re continuing to get announcements from NBCUniversal about its coverage plans for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is a warm water port city in Russia which averages 50 degrees in the month of February. This announcement involves the amount of hours that will be devoted to the Winter Games both on television […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/7/2013
This from earlier in the week, NBCUniversal has announced over 120 hours of curling and ice hockey during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Sochi, which is a warm water port city and averages a temperature of 50°F in February, will be the site of the Games of the XXII Winter Olympic Games. NBC […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/31/2013
Let’s do some linkage for you today. Austin Karp at Sports Business Daily notes that ESPN’s ratings in July dropped double digits in primetime. ESPN Ombudsman Robert Lipsyte talks about the poor timeslot for the Nine for IX documentary series, moving Outside the Lines, the ESPY’s and the return of Keith Olbermann. Richard Deitsch of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/29/2013
In the first year of its three-year contract with the English Premier League, NBC Sports Group has announced the first three months of its 2013-14 schedule. Overall, 130 matches will be available either on TV or online. There will be 69 available on television through NBC, NBC Sports Network, CNBC, Telemundo and mun2. The remaining […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/25/2013
From NBC Sports Group, the Stanley Cup Final clinching game on Monday gave NBC an average of 8.16 million viewers as the Chicago Blackhawks came from behind and defeated the Boston Bruins, 3-2. The game drew a 4.7 rating which is up 52% from last year’s Game 6 which pitted the Los Angeles Kings against […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/12/2013
NBC certainly has reason to be proud as a peacock over its ratings for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, particularly the Conference Final round. Despite airing nine games out of a possible 14 as both the Eastern and Western Conference Finals went short, NBC and NBC Sports Network averaged just under 2.65 million viewers, the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/14/2013
We have the NHL on NBC announcing teams for the Stanley Cup Conference Semifinal Round through next Thursday, May 23. Check it out in the grid below. Tues., May 14 7:30 p.m. Ottawa (7) @ Pittsburgh (1) NBCSN Dave Strader, Brian Engblom 10 p.m. San Jose (6) @ Los Angeles (5) NBCSN John Forslund, […]
