0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/13/2013
This from Fox Sports. For Game 1 of the American League Championship Series between Boston and Detroit which resulted in a 1-0 Tigers win and almost resulted in a no-hitter, Fox received a respectable 4.2/8 rating with an average audience of 6.8 million viewers. This is up 2% from last year’s Game 1 of the […]
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TBS is spinning its National League Championship Series ratings to 2011 when it last carried the NLCS. And when you do that, TBS can say its ratings are up. In fact, TBS is saying its two games of this year’s NLCS is averaging a 3.0 household rating and 4.7 million viewers. That’s up 50% and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/12/2013
With a 13 inning thriller, TBS saw increased ratings for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series as compared to when it last aired the NLCS in 2011. For the opening game of Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBS received an average household rating of 3.5 and an average viewership of 5.5 million. That’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/11/2013
With MLB’s Final Four complete, it’s now time for the League Championship Series schedule. Now in this round, Fox and TBS will split the LCS. Fox airs the American League Championship Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers. TBS will air the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/10/2013
Starting on Saturday, the American League Championship Series will begin in Boston. Fox Sports will air the series in its entirety as the Red Sox will take on either the Detroit Tigers or the Oakland Athletics. Joe Buck and Tim McCarver will call their final League Championship Series together. Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews will […]
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Starting on Friday, TBS’ coverage of the MLB Postseason continues with the National League Championship Series. TBS has two hallmark MLB franchises, the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers. These two teams last met in the NLCS in 1985 with Redbirds taking the series in six games. The series begins Friday night and will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/7/2013
Back with an overdue Week Ahead post. Lots of things happening in the Week Ahead so let’s not delay any further and get to what’s happening in the Sports Media over the next seven days. TELEVISION PBS Frontline The already controversial PBS Frontline documentary “League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis” airs in two parts […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/6/2013
With a full slate of League Division Series games on Monday, TBS has a tripleheader beginning at 3 p.m. with Game 4 of the National League Division Series between St. Louis at Pittsburgh, then Game 3 of the ALDS between Boston and Tampa Bay followed by Game 4 of Atlanta and Los Angeles. MLB Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/3/2013
This from Turner Sports, the MLB Wild Card Games averaged a 3.0 US HH rating and 4.7 million viewers. The games were played on separate days as opposed to being played on a Friday and the same day. The viewership is up 2% from last year’s Wild Card Games. Ratings peaked at a 3.5. Turner […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/2/2013
This week’s Sports Media Weekly podcast will be with Don Orsillo, the Boston Red Sox play-by-play man for NESN and who has been calling the MLB Postseason for TBS since 2007. Orsillo will call the Detroit-Oakland American League Division Series for TBS starting on Friday. As he was packing for Oakland, Don took a few […]
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In the second year of airing postseason baseball, MLB Network has announced it will carry Game 2 of the Pittsburgh-St. Louis series on Monday at 1 p.m. ET. The Holy Diminutive Bob Costas and Jim Kaat will call the game. Sam Ryan reports from the field. We have the press release from MLB Network. GAME […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/1/2013
Let’s provide the schedules for the League Division Series. We do know the start times for the first three days of the games. We’ll know more over the next few days but here’s what we have thus far. I’ll break it down by series and by date. TBS carries all League Division Games except for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/30/2013
So ESPN Radio has provided the announcing assignments for the MLB Postseason. ESPN Radio’s Sunday Night Baseball crew of Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton will be on the American League side at least for the Wild Card and the League Division Series. And 2/3 of the ESPN TV Sunday Night Baseball team, Dan Shulman and […]
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From Turner Sports, we learn the announcing assignments for the Wild Card Games and the League Division Series on TBS, formerly known as the Superstation. With the lead team of Ernie Johnson, Jr., Ron Darling and Cal Ripken calling the National League Championship Series this year, it’s only natural that they’ll also call the National […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/29/2013
Tampa Bay and Texas will need Game 163 to determine which team will face Cleveland on Wednesday in the American League Wild Card. Cleveland has clinched the top Wild Card spot. Texas and Tampa Bay ended up tied for the last playoff spot so the Rangers and Rays will play in the tiebreaker at the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/23/2013
Turner Sports has provided the announcers for the 2013 MLB Postseason. This marks the final year that TBS will have both Wild Card Games, all four MLB League Division Series and one League Championship series as next season, it will split the Wild Card with ESPN and the LDS with Fox Sports 1 and MLB […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/17/2013
Let’s take a look where Keith Olbermann has worked over the years. It’s a very interesting timeline. 1976 — Reporter for United Press International. 1979 — Joins UPI Radio. 1980 — Joins the RKO Radio Network. 1981 — Joins CNN Sports 1984 — Works at WCVB in Boston as the 11 p.m. sportscaster. 1985 — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/7/2013
Ok. I’ve owed you some Sports Media Thoughts for a long time and they’re way overdue. I’ll provide three today and hope to write another post before I head to a wedding this weekend. Needless to say, I won’t be updating much from the road. As usual, they come in bullet form, He’s polarizing. He’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/5/2013
We have the official word from Turner Sports on the main announcing teams for this year’s MLB Postseason coverage. The big news is that Keith Olbermann returns to sports television and has been named as the studio host. He replaces the very capable Matt Winer who hosted TBS’ studio for the previous two seasons. Keith […]
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This coming from the Hollywood Reporter and Marisa Guthrie, Keith Olbermann who’s been off television since 2012 due to his very public spat with Current TV and Al Gore, is returning to the sports arena. According to the Reporter, K.O. will be hosting TBS’ MLB Postseason coverage this October. He will work with analyst Dennis […]
