0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/18/2014
On Sunday, CBS airs the AFC Championship Game live from Denver, CO. Jim Nantz, Phil Simms and Tracy Wolfson will be at new Mile High Stadium to call and report from the game. The NFL Today with James Brown, Bill Cowher, Boomer Esiason, Dan Marino, Shannon Sharpe and its insider Jason La Canfora will be […]
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ESPN begins its Conference Championship Sunday coverage with Sunday NFL Countdown at a special time, noon ET. Chris Berman and the gang will be live in Bristol to discuss the AFC and NFC Conference Championships. They’ll discuss a lot of Tom Brady-Peyton Manning leading up to the AFC Championship including a feature on their Saturday […]
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We’re now down to four teams in the NFL postseason tournament. Only two will go to the Super Bowl in New Jersey. Denver or New England will represent the AFC and either San Francisco or Seattle will play for the NFC. NFL Network will be on the case with a whopping eight hours of pregame […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/16/2014
Fox Sports says its Fox Sports Go app will stream the NFC Championship this Sunday. FOX SPORTS GO TO LIVE STREAM 49ERS VS. SEAHAWKS NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME New York, NY – FOX Sports GO, an app that provides live streaming video, will offer the NFC Championship Playoff Game on Sunday, Jan. 19 featuring the San Francisco […]
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This is so weird. New details keep leaking about the Thursday Night Football package currently up for bid among the current NFL TV partners and Turner Sports. John Ourand at Sports Business Daily dropped a bombshell on Wednesday, stating that no matter who wins a package of Thursday night games, they will be simulcast on […]
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All Times Eastern Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m./ESPN2, 7:30 a.m. NFL Films Presents: The Candlestick Makers — ESPN2, 7 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. Sunday NFL Countdown — […]
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Westwood One Radio will present coverage of NFL Conference Championship Sunday with a doubleheader. Kevin Harlan and Dan Fouts will be live in Denver for the AFC Championship. Kevin Kugler and James Lofton will call the NFC Championship from Seattle. Details are below. WestwoodOne Sports Presents National Audio Coverage of NFL Championship Sunday Winners of […]
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In an attempt to give the Pro Bowl some more juice, the NFL has decided to make its version of the All-Star Game more like a fantasy draft rather than a game drawn down conference lines. The NHL attempted this a couple of times to limited success. This year, the NFL will have legends Deion […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/15/2014
The National Football League notes that the four Divisional Playoff games last weekend averaged 34 million viewers marking the fourth straight year that weekend has averaged over 34 million. You want more? Check out the NFL’s release below. I have nothing else to write on this. DIVISIONAL WEEKEND AVERAGES 34 MILLION VIEWERS FOR RECORD FOURTH […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2014
This is the last of four posts regarding Fox and Super Bowl XLVIII. While Fox Sports 1 made a big splash when it launched on August 19 of last year, it hasn’t been making ripples in the sports media pond since. It will during Super Bowl Week when it goes all out to air shoulder […]
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With Super Bowl XLVIII being played in the New York-New Jersey area, Fox is definitely using the New York City backdrop as a theme for its Fox Super Bowl Sunday pregame show which hits the air on Sunday, February 2 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. The show will begin in New York’s Times Square […]
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On Saturday, February 1 and Sunday, February 2, Fox is going to air three NFL-related specials. The 3rd Annual NFL Honors will air on Saturday in a two-hour primetime special that will recognize the annual Associated Press honors for the best players and various performances. Alec Baldwin will host the show which will take place […]
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Ok. This is the first of four Fox/Fox Sports/Fox Sports 1 Super Bowl XLVIII-centric posts. Yesterday, the Fang’s Bites inbox received the Fox Super Bowl press bundle and four announcements were attached. Those for announcements will be posted here. The first announcement deals with the promotional campaign the Fox TV networks on both broadcast and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2014
Once again, the late Sunday afternoon window is the magic timeslot for the National Football League. CBS with San Diego at Denver in the late Sunday afternoon timeslot saw a huge audience of 41.1 million viewers. That’s up 9% from last year’s Houston-New England game which averaged 37.7 million. The rating was 23.0 with a […]
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This from Fox Sports which is steaming towards the NFC Championship Game with plenty of momentum. Coming off Wild Card Weekend which saw Fox garner 47.1 million viewers for San Francisco at Green Bay, the network averaged 32.2 million viewers for its two Divisional Playoff games. For Saturday afternoon’s New Orleans at Seattle contest, Fox […]
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Once again, the late Sunday afternoon timeslot paid dividends for the NFL. With CBS airing the San Diego Chargers-Denver Broncos game in the 4:40 p.m. ET window, the Tiffany Network drew the highest overnight ratings of the Divisional Playoff Weekend. CBS garnered a 25.1 overnight number along with a 42 share. That’s up 5% from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/12/2014
The National Football League is looking to sell half of the Thursday Night Football package that currently airs on NFL Network. As it has for the last two seasons, NFL Network has aired 13 games. It appears that the amount of games on Thursdays will increase to 16. NFL Network and the winning bidder would […]
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The Conference Championships are set. Both CBS and Fox have to be happy with the results. CBS gets the AFC Championship in the early timeslot at 3 p.m. ET. Fox will air the NFC Championship at 6:30 p.m. Here’s what we have including the TV announcing assignments. We’ll get the Westwood One Sports radio assignments […]
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CBS could not be happier with the #1 vs. #2 matchup in next Sunday’s AFC Championship. The only drawback is that it’s the early game on Sunday, January 19 as the NFC Championship on Fox gets the late slot. The AFC Championship between the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos will air on CBS […]
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Our only Sunday NFL pregame quotage comes from NFL Network. Here’s what we have. News & Sound Bites From Divisional Sunday Editions of NFL Network’s NFL GameDay First & NFL GameDay Morning Quick Quotes from NFL GameDay First & NFL GameDay Morning – “[In previous seasons] he had to make 60 minutes of plays for […]
