0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/11/2013
The NFL is standing pat in Week 12 of the 2013 regular season. There won’t be flex for the Sunday Night Football game of Denver at New England and the renewal of the rivalry between Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. In addition, the NFL will keep its entire schedule intact. You can check who’s playing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/10/2013
Let’s move to the preview of tonight’s interviews on NBC’s Football Night in America. NBC will air the Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints game and host Bob Costas will interview one player from each team. From the Cowboys, Costas talked with linebacker Sean Lee and from the Saints, Bob interviewed quarterback Drew Brees. Let’s […]
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Kudos to ESPN for being from what as far as I can determine, the only Sunday NFL pregame show to not only discuss the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin story, but to also handle the Tony Dorsett story the UCLA Medical Center finding early signs of CTE in his brain. From the other press releases, I did […]
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CBS’ The NFL Today tackled the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin story right off the bat with a roundtable discussion led by host James Brown and conversed by Bill Cowher, Boomer Esiason, Dan Marino and Shannon Sharpe. The subject was also handled on CBS Sports Network’s That Other Pregame Show. Let’s see what was discussed in the […]
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Fox NFL Sunday landed the interview of the 2013 season-to-date by landing Richie Incognito. Insider Jay Glazer through his MMA training connections was able to convince Incognito to talk about the bullying of Jonathan Martin and we got some interesting revelations. I’ll post the video of that interview plus reaction from the cast of Fox […]
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Let’s rev up the Sunday NFL pregame quotage machine for Week 10 of the 2013 season. The big story of the day was the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin situation. All of the pregame shows had discussions on the story. Let’s see how it was handled by NFL Network, the official mouthpiece of the National Football League. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/7/2013
The National Football League has sent out a press release proclaiming that viewers are watching professional football games at a record pace. Thus far, 18 NFL games rank as the most-watched TV shows this season. NBC’s Sunday Night Football accounts for 7 of the most-watched primetime programs on the networks. NFL games on the five […]
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Here’s some quick linkage on this Thursday. Rick Kissell of Variety notes that Fox Deportes is holding off its rivals from ESPN and Univision. Mike McCarthy at Advertising Age says Jaguar is going to air its first Super Bowl ad in February. Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing looks at the TV ratings juggernaut that is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/6/2013
All Times Eastern Byes: Cleveland, Kansas City, New England, New York Jets Thursday, November 7 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. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff: Thursday Night Football […]
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On November 4, 2003, NFL Network launched with NFL Total Access host Rich Eisen interviewing then-Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. Since then, NFL Network has had carriage fights with just about every major cable and satellite provider except for DirecTV which has carried it from the outset. Three years later, it would begin carrying live games, 6 […]
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My apologies for not doing what was the bread-and-butter of this site and that has been the linkage. A change of schedules in the morning have prevented me from gathering links and they have hurt the content. I hope to get back to a normal publishing schedule. Here is what we have today. Tripp Mickle […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/3/2013
We end the quotage posts with NBC’s Football Night in America. Check it out. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 9 “Drew Brees today was truly rattled.” – Rodney Harrison on Jets defense “Make a foot running the ball, please!” – Dungy on Chargers “There is some void of leadership somewhere […]
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And we have the notes and quotes from ESPN’s three-hour pregame show, Sunday NFL Countdown. The show had a very good feature on the New York Jets school buses that drive the players around MetLife Stadium. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Week 9 ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown with Chris Berman and analysts Cris […]
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Let’s move to CBS’ quotage from its pair of pregame shows. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON AND “THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW” WITH ADAM SCHEIN, AMY TRASK, BART SCOTT AND BRANDON TIERNEY FOR WEEK 9 ON NOVEMBER 3 ? […]
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We move to Fox NFL Sunday and its quotage. It provided us with reports regarding Denver coach John Fox whose heart condition forced him to leave the team on Saturday and a very good feature by Laura Okmin on Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 11/3/13 Glazer Reports Latest News on […]
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I took a week off from quotage last week and here, I’m getting a late start, but I’m committed to providing you the latest information even when I’m busy with life getting in the way. I’ll try to do better, but on Monday, I’ll be away from the computer. I’ll have my tablet with me […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/1/2013
All Times Eastern Sunday, November 3 NFL Viewing Maps (the 506.com) Studio & 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 Francesa’s Football Sunday — YES, 9 a.m. […]
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Ok, here’s our first flex for Sunday Night Football and it comes for Week 11. The originally scheduled game in primetime was Green Bay at the New York Giants, but with the G-Men with a losing record, the NFL decided to flex it out. Into its place is Kansas City at Denver. Originally, this was […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/29/2013
This from NBC Sports. On Monday, the overnight ratings showed that the World Series beat Sunday Night Football 10.5-10.3. But when the final ratings were said and done, Sunday Night Football on NBC beat World Series Game 4 on Fox with a 9.8 rating and a 15 share. The Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/24/2013
Tonight, this could be the last game for Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano. And while it may not be enough to get you to watch Thursday Night Football, just know that it’s a good opportunity to see Cam Newton playing for the Carolina Panthers. NFL Network airs the 3-3 Carolina Panthers taking on […]
