0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/3/2013
We end the quotage posts with NBC’s Football Night in America. Check it out. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 9 “Drew Brees today was truly rattled.” – Rodney Harrison on Jets defense “Make a foot running the ball, please!” – Dungy on Chargers “There is some void of leadership somewhere […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/30/2013
We have this from NBC Sports. The Dan Patrick Show which airs on NBCSN from 9 a.m. — noon, ET will stream live on the NBC Sports Live Extra app starting today, October 30. The Dan Patrick Show which is owned by DirecTV and has a deal to air on NBCSN, is already streamed on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/20/2013
We finish the NFL Sunday pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America which looked at the day’s games from Week 7 and a preview of tonight’s Denver-Indy game. It included interviews with Peyton Manning of Denver and Andrew Luck of Indianapolis. It’s all below for you. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/6/2013
Let’s complete the quotage for Week 5 of the NFL season with NBC’s Football Night in America. Here’s what was said on Sunday evening. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 5 “The Redskins nickname is offensive to Native Americans. In 2013, we need to get that name changed.” – Tony Dungy“He’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/22/2013
And with the Chicago Bears taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers, NBC has its preview of the premier primetime game of the week. Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya will be at Heinz Field for the game. Bob Costas will be at the game to host Football Night in America and he’ll be joined by […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2013
Lots of things happening in sports media this week. The NFL returns in the next seven days. College Football goes into its second week. Baseball heads into its final month of the regular season. Soccer goes into World Cup qualifying. The PGA Tour takes the week off and we bid adieu to Fox Soccer. TELEVISION […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/17/2013
Let’s take a look where Keith Olbermann has worked over the years. It’s a very interesting timeline. 1976 — Reporter for United Press International. 1979 — Joins UPI Radio. 1980 — Joins the RKO Radio Network. 1981 — Joins CNN Sports 1984 — Works at WCVB in Boston as the 11 p.m. sportscaster. 1985 — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/8/2013
I received this from NBC Sports Network today touting its viewership in the first quarter of 2013. The release states that viewing of the network is up 14% across the board as compared to this time last year. Thanks to live NHL programming for most of the quarter, NBCSN has seen a 14% rise in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2013
NBC received a total of 58 nominations for the 34th annual Sports Emmy Awards. The NBC Sports Group consisting of NBC, NBC Sports Network, Golf Channel, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC and NBCOlympics.com received the most nominations of any sports media group over ESPN, Fox Sports Media Group, CBS and Turner Sports. Of course, NBC is coming […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2013
Just received this from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the full press release of the nominations for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. NBC Sports Group received the most nominations with 58 followed by ESPN with 43 and Turner in third with 27. Bob Costas was nominated yet again for Outstanding Studio […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2013
It may not have the Big Game this year, but that is not stopping the NBC Sports Group from having live programming during Super Bowl Week in New Orleans. Thanks to the Dan Patrick Show and the launch of its new Michelle Beadle-driven show, “The Crossover,” NBC Sports Network will have a live presence in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/3/2013
It used to be the only way you could watch “The Box Score,” the wrap-up show for The Dan Patrick Show was online. Then DirecTV picked up it to compliment its airing of the DP show. Now starting on Monday, January 7, NBC Sports Network will begin airing the show. The half-hour program which airs […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/25/2012
Merry Christmas! Happy to provide you with the nominees for this year’s NFL TV Awards. Last year’s nominees ended up this way. And later, this was the result for the 2011 season. Let’s take a look at the nominees in each category. Best Play-by-Play: Ian Eagle (CBS), Kevin Harlan (CBS), Al Michaels (NBC), Brad Nessler […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/4/2012
Let’s do some Tuesday links. Lots of stuff to get to. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that Bob Costas is receiving his share of criticism for his anti-gun commentary during halftime of Sunday Night Football. Busted Coverage has video of Bob Costas telling Dan Patrick that he’s not backing off on his anti-gun comments. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/2/2012
I was wondering when I was going to receive the quotage for NBC’s Football Night in America. Usually, it comes earlier, but for whatever reason, it came later than usual. That’s ok. As long as it comes into the Fang’s Bites inbox before I turn in, it’s all good. A lot of content in Sunday’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/18/2012
Let’s complete our Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Lots of stuff said on the hour plus program. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 11 “The owner said Andy Reid had to make the playoffs. They are not making the playoffs.” – Tony Dungy “Sounds like the definition […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/4/2012
This in from NBC Sports Group, the official announcement of Dan Patrick Show moving to NBC Sports Network on Monday. The show will air in its entirety, live from 9 a.m. until noon ET. A “Best of” one-hour version will air at 4 p.m. ET. DirecTV which owns both the TV and radio version of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/29/2012
After numerous false starts, Dan Patrick finally made the long-awaited announcement on where the the TV portion of his radio show will be aired. Yes, it’s been confirmed by Dan himself that the show will be airing live every morning on NBC Sports Network from 9 a.m. – noon ET starting next Monday, November 5. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/27/2012
Time for some long overdue sports media thoughts. They’re all in bullet form. And the thoughts have to do with NBC Sports/NBC Sports Network. NBC Sports Network will finally get its man on Monday when it picks up the TV portion of the Dan Patrick Show and its accompanying show, The Box Score. Since the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/26/2012
The worst-kept secret on where the TV portion of The Dan Patrick Show will air on Monday, will finally be made during halftime of Sunday Night Football. This has been drawn out, but it’s a great way to build up the suspense. Dan will finally say that the show will move to NBC Sports Network […]
