0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/27/2014
ESPN has plenty of things to discuss in Week 4. Sunday NFL Countdown will preview the games for three hours starting at 10 a.m. ET leading up to the games at 1 p.m. ESPN Radio will carry the Detroit Lions at New York Jets game. On Monday Night Football, ESPN will air the New England […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/25/2014
All Times Eastern Thursday, September 25 8:30 p.m. New York Giants at Washington — Bob Wischusen/Mike Mayock//Ross Tucker Sunday, September 28 1:00 p.m. Compass Media Oakland Raiders Radio Network Oakland vs. Miami, Wembley Stadium, London, England — Greg Papa/Tom Flores//Lincoln Kennedy Detroit at New York Jets — Mark Kestecher/Bill Polian//Ian Fitzsimmons Green Bay at Chicago […]
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All Times Eastern Thursday, September 25 Studio & Pregame Shows Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff live from Landover, MD — NFL Network, 6 p.m. Fantasy Football Live — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/21/2014
ESPN has Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Football plus a Sunday afternoon game on ESPN Radio. So the Alleged Worldwide Leader will be busy the over the next two days with NFL content. To give you and idea of what will be covered on Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown, Monday Night Football and of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/18/2014
All Times Eastern Thursday, September 18 8:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta — Ian Eagle/Mike Mayock//Derek Rackley Sunday, September 21 1 p.m. Dallas Cowboys Compass Media Radio Network Dallas at St. Louis — Kevin Ray/Danny White Oakland Raiders Compass Media Radio Network Oakland at New England — Greg Papa/Tom Flores//Lincoln Kennedy Indianapolis at Jacksonville — […]
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All Times Eastern Thursday, September 18 Pregame and Studio Shows Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff live from the Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA — NFL Network, 6 p.m. Fantasy […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/10/2014
All Times Eastern Thursday, September 11 Studio & Pregame Shows Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN2, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff: Thursday Night Football Preview (season premiere) — NFL Network, 6 p.m. NFL Thursday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/9/2014
The ESPN opening week Monday Night Football doubleheader did well for the network. The New York Giants at Detroit and San Diego at Arizona were the top two programs in primetime across cable and beat all broadcast offerings. The first game, Giants-Lions secured an 8.4 rating with 13.7 million viewers. New York received a combined […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2014
ESPN has a big weekend in store. It begins with Sunday NFL Countdown in a new studio that is located in the new 100 square mile wide Death Star Building (kidding about the square mileage … maybe not). The NFL programming including Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown will be produced in the new […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/3/2014
All Times Eastern Thursday, September 4 Studio & Pregame Shows Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3:30 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 4 p.m. NFL GameDay: Kickoff 2014 — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Kickoff 2014 — NBC/NFL Network, 7:30 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2014
Westwood One Radio announces that Kurt Warner will be the 2nd analyst for Monday Night Football. When Boomer Esiason is unable to call a game, Warner will join play-by-play man Kevin Harlan in the booth. Jim Gray remains the studio host for MNF on Westwood One. Warner replaces Dan Fouts who had been the secondary […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/19/2014
Monday night’s Cleveland at Washington NFL preseason game gave ESPN its highest ratings and biggest audience in five years. ESPN’s Monday Night Football garnered a 4.5 rating and an average 6.898 million viewers. It’s the highest-rated and biggest audience since a 2009 Houston Texans-Minnesota Vikings preseason game (5.2 rating and 7.918 million viewers). ESPN won […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/23/2014
We have the Monday Night Football schedule. ESPN’s opening week doubleheader will have the New York Football Giants taking on Detroit in the opener at 7 p.m. ET followed by San Diego at Arizona. New England gets one appearance against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 4. Dallas appears in Week 8 hosting the DC […]
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 1/2/2014
Ok, I’ll write the Awards tonight, but in the interim, here are the nominees for the seventh annual incarnation of my NFL TV Awards. The Pat Summerall Award for Best Play-by-Play: Kenny Albert (Fox), Kevin Burkhardt (Fox), Ian Eagle (CBS), Al Michaels (NBC), Brad Nessler (NFL Network), Mike Tirico (ESPN) Best Game Analyst: Cris Collinsworth […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/26/2013
ESPN has reason to be proud of the numbers for Monday Night Football. For the eighth consecutive season, MNF is the most-watched TV series on cable. And for 2013, Monday Night Football drew six of the largest cable TV audiences. The 17 game schedule averaged an 8.6 rating and just under 10 million viewers. For […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/21/2013
All Times Eastern Blackout: Buffalo Sunday, December 22 NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket Channel Assignments Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network, 7 a.m. That Other Pregame Show — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Mike […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/18/2013
Monday night’s Baltimore Ravens-Detroit Lions game won the cable primetime ratings with a 9.0 number. It averaged just over 14.15 million viewers. Baltimore saw a combined 40.2 rating (ESPN/WBAL) and Detroit garnered a 35.0 (ESPN/WXYZ). Let’s take a look at the ESPN statement. ESPN’s MNF: Ravens-Lions Telecast is Most-Watched Show on Monday Night Monday night’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/13/2013
Let’s do our NFL previews for Week 15. We’ll begin with ESPN which has it’s slew of pregame shows starting with NFL Matchup and spanning to Monday Night Countdown. Lots of stuff to review and you can take a look at what you’ll see on ESPN’s NFL pregame shows below. ESPN NFL Programming Update – […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2013
All Times Eastern Thursday, December 11 Studio and Pregame Shows Around the League Live — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. Football Night in America: Coach’s Clicker — NBCSN, 5 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff: Thursday Night […]
