0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/5/2016
The announcement is out. With a month to go until the Opening Ceremony, NBC has released the list of the record 170 combined play-by-play and color commentators for the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some of the usual suspects are back, Bob Costas as NBC Primetime host, Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2015
O.k, CBS/Turner has released the tip times for the next round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship before all of the games are finished. Either the staffers there have become extremely efficient or they all want to go to bed at a decent hour. I have a feeling this is a combination of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2015
All Times Eastern Saturday, March 21 Men’s NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship 3rd Round Studio and Pregame Shows NCAA Tip-Off — TNT, 5 p.m. NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m. NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m. Inside March Madness — TBS, midnight College GameDay — ESPN2, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2015
Ok, we get the tip times for the Round of 32 action on Sunday, March 22 as CBS and Turner don’t want to wait until the Providence-Dayton game is over as the PR people want to sleep at a decent hour. CBS has a tripleheader on Sunday starting at 12:10 p.m. ET with the tasty […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/15/2015
CBS and Turner Sports have released the tip times and the announcing assignments for the 2015 NCAA Tournament. The “First Four” or play-in games from the four teams deemed as numbers 65 through 68 for the tournament will play in Dayton, OH. These games on Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18 will air on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/5/2015
This year brings a lot of upheaval for the CBS/Turner team for this year’s NCAA Tournament. With Greg Anthony suspended, Steve Kerr in the NBA, Bill Raftery and Grant Hill named to the “A” team with Jim Nantz, analysts and reporters have to be shuffled and that’s exactly what CBS/Turner has done. It also means […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/27/2015
All Times Eastern Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Men’s announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Women’s announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, February 28 Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay live from Wichita, KS — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. Fox College […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/9/2015
Marv Albert is heading back to NBC to call boxing for the network. Albert had two separate stints with NBC, the first serving several roles including a local anchor for WNBC-TV, calling boxing, college basketball, NBA and the NFL, and hosting MLB and horse racing for NBC Sports. After the scandal that led to his […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/12/2014
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing Assignments courtesy Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, December 13 Men’s 11 a.m. USC Upstate at Maryland — Big Ten Network (Tom Werme/Dan Bonner) noon North Carolina at Kentucky — CBS (Marv Albert/Greg Anthony) Wichita State at Detroit — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Mark Adams) […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2014
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, December 6 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 2 p.m. Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 4:15 p.m. noon USC Upstate at Georgia Tech […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/16/2014
Starting Monday, TNT will be the exclusive home of the 2014 NBA Western Conference Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs. TNT’s studio and game crews will be live from Oklahoma City and San Antonio throughout the series. TNT will air a one-hour NBA Tip-Off show before each game at 8 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2014
As we move into the NBA Playoffs Conference Semifinal Round, TNT began things with a doubleheader on Monday. It will continue with twinbills on Tuesday and Wednesday and then again with a single game on Sunday Sunday and another doubleheader on Monday. It’ll give way to ESPN/ESPN2/ABC on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoon. You’ll […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/3/2014
You can’t get any better than having three Games 7 on one network like today. The NBA’s Network of Record, TNT has all three Conference Quarterfinal Games 7 starting at 5:30 p.m. ET and action will last through early Sunday morning on the East Coast. It all begins with Atlanta at Indiana followed by Memphis […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2014
As the 2014 NBA Playoffs get set to begin this weekend, TNT prepares once again to be the league’s Network of Record as it airs more than 40 playoff games from the first round all the way to the Western Conference Finals. TNT begins with three games this Sunday with Dallas at San Antonio at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/29/2014
Ok, CBS has set the times for Sunday’s Regional Finals. It plays out as you might expect. The East Regional Final featuring UConn vs. Michigan State at Madison Square Garden in New York to be called by Uncle Verne Lundquist, Bill Raftery and Allie LaForce will air at 2:20 p.m. ET. Then the Midwest Regional […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/28/2014
All Times Eastern Saturday, March 29 Men’s Studio & Pregame Shows Best of College Basketball 2014 — CBS, 2 p.m. NCAA March Madness 260 — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m. NCAA Tip-Off — TBS, 5 p.m. Inside March Madness — TBS, 11 p.m.NCAA March Madness Bracket Breakdown — CBS Sports Network, midnight College GameDay — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
We have the schedule for the Saturday Regional Finals. Both will air on TBS. The South Regional Final between Florida and Dayton will air at 6:09 p.m. ET Then the West Regional Final with Wisconsin taking on Arizona is scheduled for 8:49 p.m. Here is the CBS/Turner press release. TURNER SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCE […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2014
The nominees are out. A few interesting developments for this year’s Emmys. In the play-by-play category, Al Michaels is noticeably absent. Marv Albert, Mike Breen, Joe Buck, Bob Costas (?) and Mike Emrick are nominees. I guess the Academy decided to put Bob in this category in addition to his customary Studio Host nomination. For […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/23/2014
CBS/Turner Sports has released the tip times and announcers for the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 on Thursday, March 27 and Friday, March 28. With TBS airing two regional finals on Saturday and CBS the other two on Sunday, the announcers are split along network lines. Marv Albert, Steve Kerr and Craig Sager have been assigned […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2014
All Times Eastern Saturday, March 22 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m. NCAA Tip-Off — TNT, 5 p.m. NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m. Inside March Madness — TBS, midnight College GameDay — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday) NCAA March Madness Bracket Breakdown […]
