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Trent Green Joins the NFL on CBS

Former St. Louis Rams and Kansas City quarterback Trent Green will become a game analyst for the NFL on CBS next season. The network had a slot open after the retirement of Dan Dierdorf. There’s no word as of yet to with whom he will partner in the 2014 season. Green has been working with […]

The Nominees for the 35th Annual Sports Emmy Awards

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 […]

It’s Jon Gruden and Johnny Football Together At Last!

ESPN will air a one-hour Gruden QB Camp with former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel this Thursday. It comes on the same day as Manziel’s Pro Day at A&M. The show was taped at Walt Disney World’s Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando, FL. Gruden reviews Manziel’s technique and goes over film with the […]

Bart Scott Joins The NFL Today

CBS has just made it official. Bart Scott, formerly of the New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens, steps up from CBS Sports Network’s That Other Pregame Show to the CBS Mothership. He joins the show that just signed Tony Gonzalez and dropped Dan Marino and Sterling Sharpe. So the cast will consist of mainstays James […]

CBS To Air Thursday Night Football Games in 2014

Ok, here’s the joint press release from CBS and National Football League announcing the new Thursday Night Football package for 2014. CBS and NFL Network will split the package with CBS airing the first half with an NFLN simulcast. All of CBS’ games will air on Thursday nights. NFL Network takes the second half with […]

BREAKING NEWS: CBS Wins Thursday Night Football Package

I thought NBC would take the package. Instead, CBS wins the bid for Thursday Night Football and will split the games with NFL Network. The Tiffany Network will produce the games. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will call all of the Thursday  games. CBS will air the first half of the 16 game package, all […]

Super Bowl XLVIII Numbers Adjusted Upwards; Now Over 112 Million People Watched

After recalculating the numbers, Fox has even more reason to crow about the Super Bowl XLVIII ratings and viewership. The viewership which was reported to be 111.5 million has now been adjusted upward. According to Fox and Nielsen, 112.2 million viewers watched Super Bowl XLVIII which is now the new record for any televised event […]

Super Bowl XLVIII is the Most Viewed Streaming Event in US History

This from Fox Sports, Super Bowl XLVIII was the most-viewed event online. Fox Sports Go’s stream was watched by an average 528,000 people per minute. The peak audience was 1.1 million at 9:11 p.m. ET. This broke the previous record of 508,000 views per minute for Super Bowl XLVII on CBSSports.com last year. Here’s the […]

Fang’s Bites Podcast No. 6 — Super Bowl XLVIII Aftermath Edition

This wraps up the coverage of Super Bowl XLVIII with a podcast that reviews the game itself, looks at the ratings, how the ads did for their marketers and a review of the ads themselves. The guests are one veteran of the old Sports Media Weekly podcast and two newcomers. Our first guest is John […]

Fox Stepped Up at the Super Bowl Even Though Big Game Failed

A network broadcasting the Super Bowl depends so heavily on the game being close. Unfortunately after a stretch of ten years of relatively close contests, we were bound to get a stinker and that’s what happened on Sunday when Super Bowl XLVIII started with a safety and went downhill from there, resulting in a dominant […]

NFL Quotage for Super Bowl Sunday 2014

Ok, we end the quotage for the 2013-14 NFL season with NFL Network’s quotage for its 10½ pregame coverage of Super Bowl XLVIII. Here it is. You’re going to scroll for a while. News & Sound Bites From Super Bowl Sunday Editions of NFL Network’s NFL GameDay First & NFL GameDay Morning Quick Quotes from […]

Fox Previews Super Bowl XLVIII

Starting at noon ET, Fox will begin its schedule for Super Bowl XLVIII with the NFL Films-produced Road to the Super Bowl narrated by actor Andre Braugher. Then at 1 p.m., Fox airs Football Stories: Our America which is another NFL Films-produced special. That will be hosted by actor Forest Whitaker. When the clock hits […]

ESPN Previews Super Bowl Edition of Sunday NFL Countdown

ESPN has a four-hour edition of Sunday NFL Countdown starting at 10 a.m. ET. The show will have two sets, one from Herald Square in New York manned by Chris Berman and his band of analysts of Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson and Keyshawn Johnson. Suzy Kolber hosts the Countdown set at the New […]

NFL Network Previews Super Bowl XLVIII

Starting at 7 a.m., NFL Network begins 10½ hours of pregame coverage for Super Bowl XLVIII. It starts with NFL GameDay First hosted by Sterling Sharpe, Shaun O’Hara and Brian Billick live at Super Bowl Boulevard in New York. Then it will be the massive 8½ hour NFL GameDay Morning which will originate from several […]

WestwoodOne’s Schedule for Super Bowl XLVIII

All Times Eastern noon Super Bowl Preview — Scott Graham/Boomer Esiason 1 p.m. Super Bowl Insider — Mark Malone 2 p.m. The Super Bowl Tailgate Show — Craig Carton/Rod Woodson/Tim Ryan/Laura Okmin 4 p.m. Super Sunday Pregame Show — Jim Gray/Larry Fitzgerald/Tom Brady/Scott Graham/Rod Woodson 5 p.m. Super Bowl XLVIII Pregame — Jim Gray/Kevin Harlan/Boomer […]

NFL Viewing Picks for Super Bowl XLVIII

All Times Eastern Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network, 7 a.m. That Other Pregame Show — CBS, 9 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning live from New Jersey — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown live from New York — ESPN, 10 a.m.Fox Super Bowl Kick-Off […]

ESPN’s Schedule for Day IV of Super Bowl Week 2014

ESPN’s broadcast day from New York is beginning with Mike and Mike on ESPN2/ESPN Radio. As the hype to Super Bowl XLVIII really ramps up, the celebrity A-listers start to seep out of the woodwork and into the ESPN Family of Networks. New York resident Jerry Seinfeld makes an appearance on Mike and Mike today […]

Fang’s Bites Podcast No. 5: Super Bowl Edition, Part I — Fox Sports

On Tuesday, your humble blogger went to New York to cover the Fox Sports Media Day at the NFL Media headquarters inside the Sheraton Times Square Hotel. There, I was able to interview four of Fox Sports’ personnel about their preparation and anticipation for the Big Game at the New Meadowlands in New Jersey. In […]

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