I was hoping today would be quiet, but instead, the Hank Williams, Jr. story is released and all hell breaks loose. What can you do? Anyway, let’s do some links while I can. With Hank Williams, Jr. being the stop...
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06Oct
Category: Hockey Night in Canada
It seems just like yesterday when the Boston Bruins returned to their rightful place as Stanley Cup Champions. Ok, that’s an overstatement, but it seems like such a short time in between seasons and it is. The 2011-12 NHL season...
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Due to being at jobsites for the last few days, I haven’t been able post links like I’ve wanted to. I apologize for that. I have tried to be diligent in updating as much as I can. I have quite...
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Let’s do some linkage. The Weekend Viewing Picks give you everything to you need for your viewing pleasure. Let’s do this. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that primetime is the right time for college football. Tripp Mickle of...
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24Aug
The last couple of days have been tough to provide links as I was out of the office. Glad to be back linking again, although you never know if I’ll be called away again. I’ll try to do what I...
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I’ve been to Newton, MA and back, South Kingstown, RI and back and all over my hometown of North Kingstown, RI and all of this today. It’s time to do the megalinks and get them all done in one sitting....
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On CBC, fans will have access to as many as 109 regular season games. This includes a season opening doubleheader on Thursday, October 6 involving Montreal at Toronto and Pittsburgh at Vancouver. CBC will also have extensive coverage of All-Star...
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23Jun
Let’s provide a few links on this Thursday. Another rainy day in Southern New England. What joy. R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel News reports that HBO Pay Per View has signed Floyd Mayweather to his next fight in September. Anthony...
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At the end of every Stanley Cup Final, CBC wraps up its coverage by putting together one of the best montages you’ll ever see, piecing together some of the best moments of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Call it their version...
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The final and deciding game of the NHL Stanley Cup Final resulted with a record rating for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. It becomes the most watched NHL game on CBC, just ranking below the 2002 Olympic gold medal men’s...
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation set yet another viewership record for the Stanley Cup Final, garnering an average viewership of 6.6 million people for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, breaking the previous record from Friday night which had an...
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Saturday’s Game 2 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final equaled last Wednesday’s record viewership for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. Last Wednesday, an average of 5.6 million viewers watched part or all of Game 1. The same numbers were seen...
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Not only did NBC get good ratings for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final between Boston and Vancouver, CBC saw record viewership in Canada for Hockey Night in Canada, making it the most watched NHL in the network’s history....
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CBC announces that the Western Conference Finals were the most watched watched third round postseason games on the network. Canada’s public television network had an average audience of just over 3 million viewers with the series clinching Game 5 garnering...
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CBC couldn’t be more pleased to have Vancouver in the Stanley Cup Final and also getting the Boston Bruins which have a following in the country as well. This should do quite well for CBC considering that an average of...
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The series-clinching game that put Vancouver into the NHL Stanley Cup Final brought an average audience of just over four million Canadians to their TV sets on Tuesday. CBC is quite happy over the numbers and provides this press release...
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With a Canadian team in the 2nd round in the NHL playoffs, CBC saw record ratings for the Western Conference Semifinal series between Vancouver and Nashville. The network saw an average audience of just under 3 million for the entire...
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Let’s bring you two press releases, both from the NHL’s Canadian TV partners. This one comes from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, also known as CBC as the network prepares to go all out for the Western Conference Final between Vancouver...
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CBC will have coverage of two series in the NHL Conference Semifinal round. It’ll naturally pick up the Vancouver-Nashville series and its main team of Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson will be up top with Glenn Healey sitting in between...
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Here’s a press release from CBC on the stellar viewership it had for Bruins-Montreal and Blackhawks-Vancouver. CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA DRAWS 3.82 MILLION VIEWERS TO VANCOUVER/CHICAGO GAME SEVEN Classic overtime game ranks as second largest Stanley Cup Round One...
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We have the latest press release from CBC Sports on its schedule for the first round of the NHL Playoffs. CBC will have four series including both involving Canadian teams, Boston vs. Montreal and Vancouver vs. Chicago. We have the...
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Ok, time to get cracking on the linkage. Haven’t done any since Thursday and the weekend was busy for me as I was out of the house for most of Saturday and Sunday so it didn’t make for conducive blogging...
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I’m blogging from an anti-Asian bar in East Providence, RI. Just in from CBC. Don Cherry will return for at least one more season of Coach’s Corner on Hockey Night in Canada on CBC. CBC ANNOUNCES RENEWAL OF DON CHERRY...
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For the second time ever, Canada gets an outdoor game. Back in 2003, the first Heritage Classic took place in Edmonton and was a phenomenal success. It took until 2008 to bring the outdoor game back, but the Winter Classic...
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CBC’s annual Hockey Day in Canada is set for this Saturday. One of hockey’s greatest days with three games involving all six Canadian teams on one day. CBC will have the entire broadcast and it will be live from Whitehorse...
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Waiting for Versus’ press release on this, but in the meantime, I have what Canada will be watching through CBC during NHL All-Star Weekend. CBC airs the Super Skills Competition on Saturday, then the All-Star Game itself on Sunday in...
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11Dec
Let’s do some linkage on this Saturday. Trying to provide you with a full week of linkage for the first time in a while. And look for reviews of Pony Excess, the last ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, and Lombardi,...
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At least early for me. Hoping to get these done to free myself for the evening. Lots of stuff to get to. Your Weekend Viewing Picks give you sports and entertainment viewing suggestions. Let’s do your links now. National USA...
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Ok, let’s do the links that I started earlier today. I’ll finish them up. Let’s do it. Milton Kent of Fanhouse feels ESPN did not do Arizona Cardinals QB Derek Anderson any favors by showing him laughing on the sideline....
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The first of two Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts in 3-D comes not this Saturday, but next Saturday when Montreal takes on Toronto at the Air Canada Centre. Plenty of hype for the first 3-D telecast by the CBC on...
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