0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/17/2008
I’ll give you some links tonight before I do a few other things. Starting with Michele Greppi of TVWeek, she writes that Fox will kick off Super Bowl Sunday at 9 a.m. with a three hour show produced by Fox News. Michael Malone of Broadcasting & Cable reports that Fox News anchor Shepard Smith will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/1/2007
We have enough for an update tonight. Let’s get to it. A few things from Neil Best of Newsday in his blog. First, Neil says for all of the Knicks games that Marv Albert has called, he’s never had to endure an effort in futility as the one on Thursday against the Celtics. Neil also […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/31/2007
A few links for you this afternoon. First, Phil Swann of the TV Predictions website reports that DirecTV has finally added the NHL Network in both High and Standard Definition as of today. It’s located at channel 215 if you’re wondering. Dish Network has added NBA TV in HD. Nice to have Jim Williams of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/8/2007
On this Columbus Day holiday, I do have some links. It’s nice to get up a little late and not have to worry about going to work on a Monday. Nice. But I’m actually home doing some work so where’s the justice? I also got an e-mail from Beau Estes from TBS Hot Corner. I […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/17/2007
Late Thursday, Entercom announced that it had entered with a partnership with Nassau Broadcasting to set up what? A regional sports network, the same thing reported by both David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch.com and the Boston Herald. Scott has the latest details in this crazy story. This certainly weakens the bargaining chip for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/7/2007
As my office air conditioning has gone down on a very hot and humid day, I give you the Tuesday links today. Let’s start with Susan Bickelhaupt of the Boston Globe who writes that her colleague, Bud Collins, has been hired by ESPN to work on its tennis coverage and will also be featured on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/12/2007
I’ll give you a few links here. Jim Williams in his Watch This! blog in the DC/Baltimore Examiner spins things differently from many media writers who keep saying “All Star Game ratings slide.” Williams quotes from MLB’s press release which states that Fox won the night on Tuesday. And Neil Best has a blog entry […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/11/2007
It appears that once again, the All Star Game won the night for Fox. The Sports Media Watch blog says the game easily defeated NBC’s premiere of “The Singing Bee” (no, I refuse to link to that show). It’s easy to say the game’s ratings dropped again from last year, but again, I say don’t […]
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Here are the fall premieres for Fox: Thursday, Aug. 308 pm/ET Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Saturday, Sept. 88 pm Cops9 pm America’s Most Wanted Thursday, Sept. 139 pm Kitchen Nightmares (series premiere) Friday, Sept. 149 pm Nashville (series premiere) Saturday, Sept. 1511 pm Mad TVMidnight Talkshow with Spike Feresten Monday, Sept. 178 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/18/2007
Back to work on Monday and one thing I noticed from the sports weekend. It seemed the networks did not want to compete with the U.S. Open on NBC. CBS Sports was mostly dark except for an America’s Cup recap late Sunday afternoon. ESPN decided not to feed ABC anything. No WNBA, no celebrity golf, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/19/2007
Well, the network upfronts are over and the fall schedules for all of the networks are in. Advertisers and assorted media got to see the shows that will premiere starting in August. ABC is taking the most risks by putting on 11 new series, but so is CBS which as Bill Carter of the New […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/17/2007
The last upfront was from Fox. This has been the winner of the 18-49 demographic for three seasons running thanks to American Idol. It tries to branch out from the umbrella of AI and introduced some older skewing programming including the promising “Back to You” which stars Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton. Virginia Heffernan of […]
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FOX PRIMETIME SCHEDULE: FALL 2007 (All Times ET/PT) MONDAY 8:00-9:00 PM Prison Break 9:00-10:00 PM K-Ville TUESDAY 8:00-9:00 PM New Amsterdam 9:00-10:00 PM House WEDNESDAY 8:00-8:30 PM Back To You 8:30-9:00 PM ’Til Death 9:00-10:00 PM Bones THURSDAY 8:00-9:00 PM Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? 9:00-10:00 PM Kitchen Nightmares FRIDAY 8:00-9:00 PM The […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Back after being away from a computer for most of the morning. Let’s go into sports and the upfronts. Fox and the CW go today. ESPN’s Suzy Kolber adds a new role to her resume. She’ll be host of the pre-race show, NASCAR Countdown. The sideline reporter for Monday Night Football will be double duty […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/16/2007
Fox has renewed 24 for at least two more seasons which means Jack Bauer will have two more bad days. The show has been dragging this season and the ratings have lagged as a result. For the first five seasons, the show was original and on the edge-of-your-seat good. This season has been just plain […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/14/2007
Detroit at Red Sox – NESN, 7 p.m.Buffalo at Ottawa – Game 3, NHL Eastern Conference Finals – Versus/CBC, 7 p.m.24 – Fox, 9 p.m.Real Sports – HBO, 10 p.m.
