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Fox NFL Quotage for Week 2 of the 2013 Season

Over to the quotage from Fox NFL Sunday today. Wondering when Fox will add the quotes from Fox NFL Kickoff which is aired the hour before on Fox Sports 1 and produced from the studio next to Fox NFL Sunday. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 9/15/13 Bradshaw: Brady In a Bad Situation in New England […]

Your Week 2 NFL Primer for the 2013 Season

What’s up? It’s Week 2 of the NFL. Games of the Week? Naturally, the Manning Bowl, Denver at New York Giants. It’s the third incarnation of the Manning Bowl and the first two were on NBC. This year, CBS gets it. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms call the game and they’ll be joined by Tracy […]

Fox Sports Previews Week 2 of the 2013 NFL Season

Here is the situation from Fox Sports on its coverage for Week 2 of the 2013 season. Lots of stuff going on. FOX SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS FOX NFL SUNDAY: Bradshaw and Duck Dynasty’s Robertson Reunite at Louisiana Tech NFL ON FOX WEEK 2 – RG3 & REDSKINS TRAVEL TO LAMBEAU FOR SHOWDOWN WITH AARON RODGERS & […]

NFL Viewing Picks for Week 2 of the 2013 Season

Thursday, September 12 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 — NFL Network, 6 p.m. NFL Total Access Postgame — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m. 8:25 […]

College Football Viewing Picks for September 12 — 14

Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports Announcing assignments courtesy Your Eye on The Sports Sky and Air Thursday, September 12 Studio & Pregame Shows CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 7 p.m. Fox College Thursday — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m. Inside College Football […]

NFL on Fox Posts Big Gains in Week 1 From 2012

Fox Sports is happy over its ratings for the opening week of the 2013 NFL season. Its six games spread over a 6½ hour period, Fox averaged a 12.9 rating and a 25 share. The NFL on Fox doubleheader also saw an average of 21.8 million viewers for the games. That’s 11% higher than last […]

The Week Ahead in Sports Media, September 9 — 15, 2013

Well, let’s take a look at what’s ahead in the sports media for the upcoming week. It’s another busy week and we’ll preview it for you right now. TELEVISION NFL Premieres The NFL continues to dominate the week. Monday has the annual Week 1 doubleheader on ESPN with Philadelphia taking on the DC NFL Team […]

NFL on Fox Quotage for Week 1 of the 2013 Season

Let’s move to Fox Sports and the quotage for its season premiere. The show aired live from Times Square in New York to mark the Super Bowl season on Fox. Check out what was said today. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 9/8/13 Bradshaw on the Raiders: They Have to Move that Franchise Back to LA […]

The NFL on Fox Announcing Assignments Game for Week 2 of the 2013 Season

Time for Week 2 of our wildly successful NFL on Fox Announcing Assignments Fantasy Game. Your response has been tremendous and we look forward to doing this for all 17 weeks of the regular season. For the winner at the end of the season, we will definitely have some swag. I have to finalize what […]

Your Primer for Week 1 of the 2013 NFL Season

You’re back! Yes, I’m back. And the primers are back too? Anything new on NFL TV this season? Yes. Where do you want to begin? How about pregames. No changes right? Au contraire! Many changes. First, there are two more Sunday pregame shows on your television this season. First, CBS Sports Network launches “That Other […]

NFL on Fox Previews Week 1 of the 2013 NFL Season

Ok, we move to the Fox Sports and its previews for the Opening Sunday of the season. Fox has the doubleheader this week and it will carry a full seven games. Fox NFL Sunday airs a special 90-minute edition live from Times Square in New York so it’s a home game for Michael Strahan who […]

NFL Viewing Picks for Week 1 of the 2013 Season

Sunday, September 8 NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame and Studio Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network 7 a.m. That Other Pregame Show (series premiere) — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fox NFL Kickoff — Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m. (this […]

College Football Viewing Picks for September 6 & 7, 2013

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing assignments courtesy of Your Eye on the Sports Sky and Air Friday, September 6 Studio and Pregame Shows CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPNU, 5 p.m. This Week in SEC Football — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m. BTN Football Report — Big Ten […]

The Week Ahead in Sports Media, September 2 — 8, 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 […]

Introducing the NFL on Fox Announcing Assignments Fantasy Game

Sometimes, you never know where a private Twitter conversation will take you. In August, Steve Bennett of the great Sports-Casters podcast and I were tossing around our thoughts on where the NFL on Fox announcing crews would be headed in Week 1. So we kicked it around and then thought that this would be a […]

Some Various Wednesday Sports Media Thoughts

My apologies on not updating the site as usual this week. Suffice to say that I’ve been away since last Saturday and unable to do my usual job. I’ll be back home on Friday and be back in my own bed, but know that I am keeping up to date on the latest sports media […]

Did Fox Really Hire Norm MacDonald for the US Open Starting in 2015????

This was reported during Fox Sports Live on Sunday night’s edition. It was more of “a mention and if you blinked, you missed it,” kind of thing. It was mentioned that comedian Norm MacDonald was hired by Fox Sports for the U.S. Open golf tournament starting in 2015. MacDonald is a big golf fan and […]

The Rare Thursday Linkage

Let’s do some linkage today. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch talks with ESPN’s Chris Fowler and looks at the first days of Fox Sports 1. Richard talks with new Fox Football Daily analyst Randy Moss. Paul Sanford at Sports Business Daily compares and contrasts Wednesday night’s edition of ESPN’s SportsCenter to Fox Sports 1’s Fox Sports […]

The Week Ahead in Sports Media, August 19 — 25, 2013

Once again, it’s another busy week. Lots of premieres of various studio programs begin this week as Fox Sports 1’s launch continues. In addition, there are plenty of live games as we speed towards the beginning of college football next week and the NFL in September. Let’s get started. TELEVISION We have a lot of […]

Fox Sports’ Live Schedule from August 16-21, 2013

I don’t have to tell you about this weekend for Fox Sports 1. We all know about it so no need to rehash everything. But the avalanche of e-mails from Fox regarding their programming, their on-air hires, their upcoming sports properties is getting overwhelming. I’m doing my best to cull through them and decide what […]

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