0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/15/2012
We have the overnight numbers from yesterday’s NFL Divisional Playoff action and while both CBS and Fox are crowing, one has to think the Tiffany Network has to be a bit disappointed in having a blowout and not surpassing Fox’s ratings. While the primetime game between the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots finished as […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2012
As we are in the middle of an NFL Divisional Playoff weekend, time for a few sports media thoughts. As usual, they come in bullet form. I listened to and also watched Bonnie Bernstein subbing for Dan Patrick on Thursday and Friday. If it was an audition for her to host her own radio show, […]
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Fox Sports will air two games this weekend, both at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Fox has New Orleans at San Francisco on Saturday and on Sunday, what will probably be the best game of the four playoff contests this weekend, the New York Football Giants taking on the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2012
Saturday, January 14 NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, noon Fox NFL Sunday — Fox, 3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers — Fox, Kenny Albert/Daryl Johnston/Tony Siragusa; Dial Global Sports, Kevin Kugler/Mark Malone/Scott Kaplan 7:30 p.m. The NFL Today — CBS NFL GameDay Scoreboard — NFL Network 8 p.m. Denver […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/9/2012
Fox has given us a press release about Sunday’s Atlanta-New York Giants game. According to Fox, the game received a 17.3 rating with a 36 share. Fox says that’s up 1% from last year’s 1 p.m. Wild Card game which pitted Baltimore against Kansas City on CBS. In addition, the game saw an average of […]
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I have not received a press release from Fox as of yet and when that happens, you know that the numbers for yesterday’s Atlanta-New York Giants NFC Wild Card Playoff game were lower than expected. First, with a 24-2 result, people tuned out early. Second, the game was in the 1 p.m. Sunday timeslot meaning […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2012
With the games now complete, we can provide the NFL Divisional Playoff schedule for next weekend. I’ll also provide the announcing teams. Fox is pretty much set in stone. CBS’ is not official, but based on past assignments and an educated guess, I can provide their assignments for next weekend. Saturday, January 14 4:30 p.m.: […]
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I’m going to provide a few links for you since they’ve been lacking here over the last few days. We begin with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deistch who talked with ESPN’s Brent Musburger who will call Monday’s BCS National Championship Game. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News talks with ESPN’s Chris Fowler about the BCS National Championship […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/7/2012
On Sunday, Fox Sports will air its one NFL Wild Card playoff game on Sunday with the Atlanta Falcons taking on the New York Giants at the New Meadowlands. Game time will 1 p.m. Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver will be on hand in East Rutherford, NJ to call the game. There will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/6/2012
Saturday, January 7 WILD CARD WEEKEND NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, noon Football Night in America — NBC, 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Houston — NBC, Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan; Westwood One Radio, Howard David/Tony Boselli/Mark Malone 7:30 p.m. NFL GameDay Scoreboard — NFL Network 8 p.m. Detroit at New Orleans — NBC, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/5/2012
Time to hand out the 5th edition of the Fang’s Bites NFL TV Awards. On Christmas Day, I provided the list of nominees for this year’s edition. Now, with the regular season over, let’s hand out the hardware for the 2011-12 campaign. Best Play-by-Play: The Nominees are Marv Albert, CBS; Ian Eagle, CBS; Al Michaels, NBC; […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/4/2012
We get this press release from the Pac-12 Conference regarding this fall’s conference schedule. For the first time, all games will be nationally televised, either through ESPN, Fox, FX or the soon-to-be-created Pac-12 Networks. Overall, 44 games will be split among the ESPN Family of Networks, Fox and FX. The Pac-12 Networks will air 34 […]
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Fox Sports is certainly crowing about the just-completed 2011-12 NFL regular season where it saw the third consecutive year of increased ratings. This season, the NFL on Fox saw average ratings of 12.0 with a 24 share, up 2% from 2010’s 11.8/24. Fox averaged 20.1 million viewers tying its season high of 2010 for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/3/2012
Announced today, Fox Sports says former ESPN soccer announcer, sideline reporter and bowling play-by-play man Rob Stone comes over to host soccer on Fox Sports Media Group platforms. Rob begins with the Fox mothership on January 22 when he hosts the English Premier League game between Arsenal and Manchester United live on the same day […]
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On this day when many of you head back to work after the lazy holiday season, let’s provide some links as we get into the New Year. I’m still saddened today by the passing of Turner Sports and PGA.com essayist Jim Huber. Reading the tributes on Twitter from those who knew him and those who […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/1/2012
Let’s provide the one last thing I need to do for the end of 2011/beginning of 2012. I’ll provide my sports media predictions for 2012. But first, I’ll check my predictions from last year. Comcast takes over NBC and Starts to merge NBC Sports with Versus/Golf Channel and Comcast SportsNet affiliates Correct, but this was […]
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Let’s continue the Sunday NFL pregame quotage posts and we move to Fox Sports and Fox NFL Sunday. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 1/1/12 Glazer Reports that Giants Win Against Jets Saved Coughlin’s Job & Turner Out in San Diego Long: Cam Newton Helped RG3 Move Up in NFL Draft Johnson: Cowboys or Giants Can […]
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In the first segment of Fox NFL Sunday, Fox Sports Media Group President David Hill voiced a touching tribute to FSMG Executive Vice President of Production and Executive Producer Doug Sellars. He was only 50 years old. Sellars, as mentioned in the previous post, began his career at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, starting with Hockey […]
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You may not have heard of Doug Sellars, but the man has had a storied career at CBC and at Fox, heading up production on some of North America’s most famous sports television series. Sellars passed away on Friday. Fox plans to pay tribute to him today on its NFL broadcasts. CBC where he first […]
