0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/13/2014
Officially announced by CBS Sports and NFL Network, we now know the official Thursday Night Football pregame show panel. The host will be James Brown and he’ll be joined by CBS’ Bill Cowher and NFL Network’s Deion Sanders. They’ll hit the air at 7:30 p.m. ET and go until kickoff at 8:25 p.m. CBS/NFL Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/12/2014
This from ESPN. A May three-day NFL Draft did wonders for the Alleged Worldwide Leader. Over a span between Thursday, May 8 through Saturday, May 10, ESPN garnered an average of a 2.7 rating and an average viewership of 4.121 million for this year’s Draft. The rating is the highest dating back to 1993 when […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/10/2014
The NFL Draft is a phenomenon that keeps growing to the point that it’s Godzilla stomping on Tokyo buildings and breathing fire on fully gassed-up cars for fun. On Thursday, the first round of the NFL Draft on ESPN and NFL Network absolutely crushed the NBA Playoffs on ESPN2 and the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/8/2014
I don’t pay attention to mock drafts and neither should you, but if there’s one to pay attention, it’s usually Mike Mayock’s. He did his Mock Draft on NFL Network Wednesday night. The fine people at the National Football League public relations office sent over the Mayock Mock and we have it for you in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2014
This is what it looks like, the new Thursday Night Football logo with both CBS and NFL Network on the shield. You’ll be seeing this leading up to the kickoff of the new season and beyond. Here’s the logo without it being cut off as it is above.
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/5/2014
The National Football League has released times and dates for the 2014 preseason. This is in addition to the national games that were already announced. We know the very first preseason game is the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, OH on Sunday, August 3 between the New York Giants and Buffalo Bills on NBC. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/2/2014
In a 2,131-word press release, ESPN will tell us about its coverage plans for the 2014 National Football League Draft which again takes place in Radio City Music Hall in New York. It all begins on Thursday, May 8 with Day One and the first round hosted by Chris Berman and he’ll be joined by […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/23/2014
We wrap up the night with the NFL on Fox slate for 2014-15. Fox is scheduled to air 97 games this season, but could increase with flexed games into the 4:25 p.m. window. The flex begins in Week 5 and can only done twice by shifting an afternoon game into primetime through Week 10, but […]
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In addition to its eight-game Thursday Night Football schedule, CBS has a full schedule of Sunday afternoon games. CBS has a 106-game schedule and for the first time since it had the NFC package ending in 1993-94, the Tiffany Network will be able to air full NFC matchups which CBS is calling “Crossover Games.” We […]
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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 […]
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The Sunday Night Football schedule is now out. As usual, it’s a blockbuster including the season opener on Thursday, September 4 with defending Super Bowl Champion Seattle hosting the Green Bay Packers in the Great Northwest. Also included in the schedule is Indianapolis at Denver as Peyton Manning faces his former team at Mile Hile […]
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Ok, the NFL schedules are out. Let’s post them one at a time. Let’s begin with the CBS/NFL Network Thursday Night Football schedule. CBS will air Weeks 2-8 and a game in Week 16 on Saturday, December 20. In the first seven weeks, CBS will have four AFC rivalry games including Steelers-Ravens which opens the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/22/2014
Finally, the white smoke bellowed out from the National Football League’s Park Avenue offices in New York and the 2014 regular season schedule will be released on Wednesday. The official release will be made on NFL.com and NFL Network at 8 p.m. ET. And while the games will instantaneously appear on the NFL’s website, NFL […]
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For the first time since NBC carried the AFC package, the Peacock will carry an NFL Divisional Playoff Game. It means the great Wild Card Saturday doubleheader on NBC will be a thing of the past. It does mean NBC’s NFL postseason portfolio will consist of one NFL wild Card Playoff game and one Divisional […]
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The worst kept secret in sports media has finally been officially announced by ESPN and the National Football League. ESPN will air one NFL Wild Card playoff game starting this season in January 2015. The agreement to give ESPN one playoff game is part of the alleged Worldwide Leader’s eight-year contract that begins in 2014 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/9/2014
The National Football League has released the preseason game schedule for August 2014. We expect the regular season to be announced sometime next week. In the meantime, this will hold us over. CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC will each televise two preseason games. This is a break from the past when ESPN would air four […]
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Just announced by the National Football League, the always-maligned Pro Bowl will be played at University of Phoenix Stadium, the site of Super Bowl XLIX. As it has for the past five seasons, the Pro Bowl will be played the week prior to the Big Game. The Pro Bowl will be played on Sunday, January […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/7/2014
Starting this Wednesday and airing every Wednesday leading up to the 2014 NFL Draft, NFL Films and NFL Network take a look at five particular drafts that made history. Beginning with the 1964 Draft and then the 1974, 1984, 1994 and 2004 Drafts, NFL Films looks at the moments that made the event what it […]
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This being reported by John Ourand at Sports Business Journal. He writes that as the National Football League schedule is about to be released (most likely within a week), media executives expect the first year of Thursday Night Football to be filled with very good matchups, even surpassing the Monday Night Football slate on ESPN. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2014
Time for a long overdue sports media post. You get three columns-in-one. Nice concept for you. If you don’t know the name Sandy Grossman in the pantheon of sports television, you should. He was the “A” director on the NFL on CBS and Fox, the NBA on CBS, the NHL on Fox and directed two […]
