0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/17/2013
I haven’t done a sports media thoughts post in a very long while. I keep telling you life is getting into the way of my posting and this has been the case for the last two months. One of these days, it will clear up. Here are some quick thoughts for you on this Sunday. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/16/2013
All Times Eastern Saturday, November 15 CBE Classic Wright State at DePaul — Fox Sports Net-National, 2 p.m. (Jason Benetti/Kevin O’Neill) Colorado Mesa at BYU — BYUtv, 9:30 p.m. (Dave McCann/Blaine Fowler//Lauren Francom) 1 p.m. Ohio State at Marquette — Fox (Brian Anderson/Jim Jackson) 4 p.m. Marist at Providence — Fox Sports 2 (Scott Graham/Ron […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/14/2013
All Times Eastern Byes — Dallas, St. Louis Thursday, November 14 Studio and Pregame Shows Around the LiNIDeague Live — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff: Thursday Night Football Preview — NFL Network, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/13/2013
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy Your Eye on the Sports Sky and Air Thursday, November 14 Studio and Pregame Shows CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Fozotball Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m. Tailgate Fan: College Edition: LSU at Alabama — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m. College Football Live […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/10/2013
Fox NFL Sunday landed the interview of the 2013 season-to-date by landing Richie Incognito. Insider Jay Glazer through his MMA training connections was able to convince Incognito to talk about the bullying of Jonathan Martin and we got some interesting revelations. I’ll post the video of that interview plus reaction from the cast of Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/9/2013
If you’ve been watching the news, you’ll know that the Richie Incognito bullying story has transcended sports. Incognito has been suspended for bullying Miami Dolphins teammate Jonathan Martin. On Sunday, Incognito will appear on Fox NFL Sunday to speak with insider Jay Glazer. An excerpt of the interview will air tonight on Fox Sports Live […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/7/2013
The National Football League has sent out a press release proclaiming that viewers are watching professional football games at a record pace. Thus far, 18 NFL games rank as the most-watched TV shows this season. NBC’s Sunday Night Football accounts for 7 of the most-watched primetime programs on the networks. NFL games on the five […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/6/2013
All Times Eastern Byes: Cleveland, Kansas City, New England, New York Jets Thursday, November 7 Studio and Pregame Shows Around the League Live — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff: Thursday Night Football […]
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All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy of Your Eye on The Sports Sky and Air Wednesday, November 6 Studio and Pregame Shows CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Daily — ESPN2, 5 p.m. Tackling the Trends — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. ESPNU Film Room — ESPNU, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/3/2013
We move to Fox NFL Sunday and its quotage. It provided us with reports regarding Denver coach John Fox whose heart condition forced him to leave the team on Saturday and a very good feature by Laura Okmin on Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 11/3/13 Glazer Reports Latest News on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/1/2013
All Times Eastern Sunday, November 3 NFL Viewing Maps (the 506.com) Studio & Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network, 7 a.m. That Other Pregame Show — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Mike Francesa’s Football Sunday — YES, 9 a.m. […]
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All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on the Sports Sky and Air Studio & Pregame Shows College GameDay live from Tallahassee, FL — ESPN, 9 a.m. Fox College Saturday — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. College Football Whiparound […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/31/2013
Fox finally saw a double digit rating in the 2013 World Series. The series-clinching Game 6 delivered an 11.3 rating with an 18 share. That’s the highest ratings for a Fall Classic game dating back to Game 7 of the 2011 St. Louis-Texas World Series which drew an 11.2/18. The viewership for Game 6 drew […]
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As much as I’ve criticized Tim McCarver on this site, there is no doubt of his contributions to baseball and to the broadcast booth. And while 2013 marked his final year on Fox and his final World Series, there’s no doubt in my mind that we’ll see him back on TV in 2014 whether it’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/29/2013
In a game that drew another surprise ending, it finished under three hours, the first contest of the World Series to do so, Fox garnered an 8.9 rating with a 14 share. That’s up just one percent from the last Game 5 back in 2011 (8.8/14). This year’s Game 5 averaged 14.4 million viewers, just […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/28/2013
We have the Fox Sports World Series Game 4 announcement on the ratings. Interesting to note the local ratings. St Louis and Boston are first and second respectively as expected. Providence, Hartford and Kansas are next to round out the Top Five. Fox says it expects to win the broadcast primetime ratings for Sunday night […]
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One aspect of the 2013 World Series is that it has won every night for Fox. This is particularly true for Game 4 of the Fall Classic on Sunday which is a very competitive night on both broadcast and cable. The game drew a 9.4 rating with a 15 share and a series high 16 […]
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This just in from Fox Sports. We have the announcing roster for Big East basketball games on Fox, Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2. Over 100 games involving teams from the new Big East will be aired on the Fox Sports Media Group. Previously announced were Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery as the main […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/27/2013
This from Fox. It saw a 7.4 rating and 14 share for the bizarre Game 3 that saw St. Louis win on an obstruction ruling. Fox averaged 12.5 million viewers and it resulted in a primetime win for the network. It beats last year’s Game 3 which had a record low 6.1/11 and just 10.5 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/25/2013
This from Fox Sports, we learn that the World Series is drawing better numbers from last year. For Thursday night’s Game 2 that assured that the St. Louis-Boston series will go at least five games, Fox received an 8.3 rating and a 14 share. That is up 6% from last year. And the game averaged […]
