0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/6/2011
The trade among four networks that brought LSU-Alabama into primetime last night paid off big for CBS. After ESPN, Versus, CBS Sports Network and CBS all made concessions to get the #1 vs. #2 matchup into Saturday night, the hype and a close game that went into overtime gave CBS a huge win in the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/4/2011
Versus has a Pac-12 matchup Saturday night involving 20th ranked Arizona State. Here’s the Versus press release. VERSUS CONTINUES COLLEGE FOOTBALL COVERAGE THIS SATURDAY IN PRIMETIME WITH PAC-12 MATCH-UP FEATURING #20 ARIZONA STATE AT UCLA “UCLA is fighting for their life and the life of Head Coach Rick Neuheisel right now.” – Glenn Parker “Arizona […]
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CBS is promoting this matchup of #1 vs. #2 as “The Game of the Century”. The rare in-season matchup of the 1st and 2nd ranked teams in the Bowl Championship Series led to an even rare four-way trade among CBS, CBS Sports Network, ESPN and Versus to make this happen in primetime. To push this […]
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Ok, let’s get this done. Lots of linkage from yesterday and today. I need to catch up. Let’s go. Check out your Weekend Viewing Picks for the sports and entertainment programming for Saturday and Sunday. National Mike McCarthy of USA Today wonders if there’s a glass ceiling for women in sports television. Former Comcast SportsNet […]
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Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports College GameDay live from Tuscaloosa, AL — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ ESPN, 10 a.m. noon Louisville at West Virginia — Big East Network Big Ten Network Channel Finder Indiana at Ohio State — Big Ten Network Minnesota at Michigan State — Big Ten Network Michigan at Iowa — ESPN Syracuse […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/2/2011
Let’s provide some mid-week linkage for you. Sports Business Daily recaps how ESPN’s SportsCenter handled NBA highlights on what should have been the Opening Night of the regular season. SBD also looks at Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt’s agreement to sell the team at auction. Paul Thomasch with Reuters says MLB is looking to […]
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ESPN has provided its updated schedule to replace lost NBA games due to the lockout. Last month, it gave us a schedule for the first two weeks of the NBA season, but with the league cancelling games for the rest of November, ESPN has to plug some holes. For this week and next, expanded SportsCenters […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/31/2011
It’s already Week 10 of the college football season. Just four more weeks of games after Saturday. Kind of sad when you think of it. Games will be played from Tuesday through Saturday on the various ESPN platforms. With this weekend being the Breeders’ Cup, the focus for the Alleged Worldwide Leader is more on […]
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For the first time this season, ESPN’s College GameDay will air from a non-ESPN game, LSU-Alabama from Tuscaloosa, AL. For the first 9 weeks of the college football season, College GameDay went to sites all emanating from either an ESPN on ABC or ESPN primetime game. LSU-Alabama will air in primetime on CBS on Saturday. […]
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Let’s do some links on this Monday. Some good stuff to get to. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that CBS’ Bill Cowher may make broadcasting a true second career after shooting down another coaching rumor. At Fox Sports, Brian Lowry feels for the most part, Fox got the job done during the World Series. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/30/2011
Let’s some linkage on this Sunday. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News writes that the NBA lockout has forced the cancellation of the rest of its November games forcing ESPN, TNT, NBA TV and regional sports networks to fill huge programming holes. Michael Malone at Multichannel notes that some Hawaiian viewers lost part of Thursday’s Game […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/28/2011
Due to a crazy schedule for most of this week and then having a medical procedure done yesterday, I have not been able to blog like I’ve wanted to. Links have been scarce, but I’m available to do them now and hopefully, won’t be interrupted. Your Weekend Viewing Picks have your sports and entertainment programming […]
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Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports College GameDay live from Los Angeles, CA — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. noon Syracuse at Louisville — Big East Network Northwestern at Indiana — Big Ten Network Lehigh at Colgate — CBS Sports Network James Madison at Old Dominion — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic URI at UNH — Comcast […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/24/2011
Games are being played from Tuesday and the way through early Sunday morning on the ESPN family of networks. ESPN2 has a game on Tuesday, ESPN airs one game each from Wednesday through Friday. And of course, Saturday has a whole plethora of games. Among the highlights on Saturday, Michigan State taking on Nebraska on […]
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Ok, I won’t be in all day on Tuesday, although I will have my iPad and I’ll try to post any breaking news from a conference in Taunton, MA tomorrow. But while I’m in the office now, it’s time for some linkage. Starting with Sports Business Daily, we learn that Game 4 of the World […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/23/2011
In a trade with ESPN, CBS gets an extra SEC primetime this season. It already aired Alabama-Florida and normally is allowed one primetime game a year. But with LSU and Alabama ranked 1 and 2 respectively in college football, it would only be natural that CBS would want the game in primetime. As Michael Hiestand […]
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Let’s do some linkage on this Sunday morning. Some good stuff to get to. TVbytheNumbers says World Series Game 3 easily won the primetime ratings last night over college football and repeats on NBC. The Associated Press has an in-depth story on how Fox and Telemundo won the rights to the 2015-22 World Cups. Marisa […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/22/2011
CBS Sports Network has two games for Saturday. Here are the details. SMU-SOUTHERN MISS HIGHLIGHTS COLLEGE FOOTBALL ACTION ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK CBS Sports Network’s college football coverage continues with a doubleheader on Saturday, Oct. 22. The primetime match-up (8:00 PM, ET) features a Conference USA showdown between SMU and Southern Miss, who are both […]
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Week 8 in college football brings the SEC on CBS to Louisiana for the #1 LSU Tigers hosting the #19th ranked Auburn Tigers. Uncle Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Tracy Wolfson will be on-site in Baton Rouge, LA. CBS brings in former Rutgers University defensive tackle Eric LeGrand as a guest studio analyst for this […]
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On Saturday, NBC Sports airs the annual USC-Notre Dame game from the famed South Bend, IN campus in primetime. It headlines an NBC Sports Group college football tripleheader which begins with Versus airing an Ivy League matchup between Yale and Penn at noon ET followed by a Mountain West showdown between Boise State and Air […]
