0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/22/2013
This will mark the last week of a full schedule for the NFL before the byes kick in the following week. Fox has seven games games, four in the early window and three in the late window as part of a national doubleheader, its first since Week 1. Send your guesses to Guessfoxfootball@gmail.com until Wednesday […]
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Let’s get right to it. Any blackouts? No. None. The NFL has not had any blackouts for the first three weeks and it would like to keep it that way, although the Tampa-St. Pete market might have a few before all is said and done this season. But so far, so good thus far. So […]
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And with the Chicago Bears taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers, NBC has its preview of the premier primetime game of the week. Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya will be at Heinz Field for the game. Bob Costas will be at the game to host Football Night in America and he’ll be joined by […]
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Now to the NFL on Fox and what you’ll see on the Fox NFL Sunday pregame. Lots of corporate synergy as Mike Tyson appears on the pregame to hype the new Fox Sports documentary series “Being: Mike Tyson” and on the postgame as Fox Sports 1’s Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole do the highlights. Ya […]
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Let’s look ahead at the NFL on CBS announcing assignments for Weeks 4 and 5 coming up. Next Sunday, Jim Nantz and Phil Simms head to London for one of two NFL regular seasons in the UK this season. CBS has a doubleheader in Week 5 with a potential move of San Diego at Oakland […]
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Ok, we have the previews from CBS Sports which gives us the features you’ll see on The NFL Today and the topics that will be discussed on “That Other Pregame Show” on CBS Sports Network. Check it out. “THE NFL TODAY” FEATURES WEEK 3 REUNIONS AND DISCUSSION ON YOUNG QUARTERBACKS FOR “THE NFL TODAY” ON […]
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Let’s see what ESPN has for us in Week 3. This spans Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown, Monday Night Football and anything else ESPN has in store for us. Check it out below. ESPN NFL Programming Update – Week 3 Sunday NFL Countdown: Tom Brady, A.J. Green, Saints Referee and more Sunday NFL Countdown […]
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Time for the Sunday NFL pregame previews. As usual, I’ll post the previews from all of the NFL’s TV partners. As usual, I’ll begin with NFL Network which has the earliest of the live pregames beginning at 7 a.m. with NFL GameDay First and then NFL GameDay Morning. Take a look at what’s in store […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/20/2013
Fox Sports executives are doing backflips and somersaults down the hallways of its World Headquarters in Los Angeles. Well, maybe that’s a stretch, but they’re certainly happy over the start for the NFL. For the first two weeks, Fox is averaging a 12.8 rating with a 26 share and 21.8 million viewers, up 8% over […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/19/2013
Kicking off Week 3 of the 2013 NFL season, NFL Network has quotage from its NFL Total Access Kickoff pregame show which aired before tonight’s Thursday Night Football game between Kansas City and Philadelphia. Here’s the press release from NFL Network. NFL Total Access Kickoff Notes & Quotes Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles Sept. […]
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Thursday, September 19 8:30 p.m. Westwood One Sports Kansas City at Philadelphia — Ian Eagle/Boomer Esiason//Mark Malone Sunday, September 22 1 p.m. Compass Media Networks Detroit at Washington — Chris Carrino/Brian Baldinger St. Louis at Dallas — Kevin Ray/Danny White ESPN Radio New York Giants at Carolina — Bill Rosinski/Bill Polian//Ian Fitzsimmons Sports USA Radio […]
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Thursday, September 19 Studio & 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 Pregame — NFL Network, 6 p.m. Prekick Show — NFL Network, 8 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/18/2013
More viewing news for the NFL. Three of its games are the most watched programs of the week. Here’s the press release from the National Football League. NFL GAMES THREE MOST-WATCHED SHOWS OF THE WEEK NFL Network Posts Most-Watched Season Opener Games Top Local Ratings in 29 of 30 NFL Markets NFL telecasts ranked 1-2-3 […]
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Marking another milestone in his illustrious career, NBC points out that Sunday marks the 25th time that Al Michaels will call a primetime NFL game in the city of Pittsburgh. Whether at Three Rivers Stadium or Heinz Field, this also becomes the 7th team for which Michaels has called at least 25 primetime games on […]
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Time for some linkage. Haven’t done any in a long time. My apologies for that. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal speaks with CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus about the future of CBS Sports Network. Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Daily writes that Nationwide will not sponsor NASCAR’s secondary race tour after 2014. Jason McIntyre […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/17/2013
In Week 3, Philadelphia Eagles fans get to see a familiar face on the visiting sideline at Lincoln Financial Field this week. Former coach Andy Reid will be roaming the sideline in Kansas City red instead of Philadelphia Eagles green on Thursday night. NFL Network airs the Andy Reid reunion in Philadelphia. As usual, Brad […]
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Forgot to post this earlier. Time for this week’s NFL on Fox Announcing Assignments Fantasy Game. It is now official. We have swag for the game. We’ll have prizes from Fox Sports for the winners and as soon as I know what they will be, I will certainly let you know. For Week 3 of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/16/2013
CBS aired the third incarnation of the Manning Bowl pitting brothers Peyton and Eli against each other at the New Meadowlands Stadium on Sunday. While the Denver Broncos laid a 40 burger on the New York Football Giants, viewers flocked to CBS with a strong overnight rating of 17.8 and a 34 share. That’s CBS’ […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/15/2013
We finish the quotage from the Sunday NFL pregame shows with NBC’s Football Night in America. Take a look at what was said during Sunday night’s edition. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 2 “We don’t know what a legitimate hit is anymore.” – Dan Patrick “Defensive players have to be […]
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In advance of tonight’s San Fransisco-Seattle game on Sunday Night Football, NBC’s Bob Costas speaks with the 49ers’ wide receiver Anquan Boldin and Seahawks defensive back Richard Sherman. We have a partial transcript of the interviews that will be aired on Football Night in America which begins at 7 p.m. ET on the National Broadcasting […]
