0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/18/2012
This in from NFL Network. Thanks to the addition of Cablevision and Time Warner Cable this year, Thursday Night Football was accessible to all of the major cable and satellite providers for the very first time. And the series which has been building an audience since signing Comcast a couple of years ago has set […]
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Despite having a twenty minute gap for the coverage of President Obama’s speech at the memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, Sunday Night Football on NBC drew 23.2 million viewers. The San Francisco-New England game seemed to be well in hand in the third quarter as the Niners went up 31-3, but the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/17/2012
Thanks to a close game that went to overtime in its late national window, CBS saw its highest ratings of the season. The window that featured the Pittsburgh Steelers-Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs-Oakland Raiders received the highest numbers for CBS since last year’s New England-Denver game that had Tim Tebow playing. The overnight numbers […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/16/2012
We conclude the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Because we did not receive an advance transcript of FNIA’s interviews, this post will include them here. So let’s take a look at what was said on Football Night in America on NBC. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 15 […]
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Let’s see what the Fox NFL Sunday crew said about this week’s action. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 12/16/12 Johnson: Sean Payton’s Value is Skyrocketing Bradshaw: Niners Need to Refocus Strahan, Johnson, Bradshaw & Long Debate: Eli or Peyton? ————————————————————————————————— Analyst Howie Long on where NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stands in light of former Commissioner […]
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Onto The NFL Today on CBS which brings us its quotage for Week 15. The show spent its entire four minute “A” block on the Newtown, CT tragedy and a good part of its “B” block on the Josh Brent story. Here’s the quotage. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH […]
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Let’s do some Sunday NFL pregame quotage. As usual, we begin with NFL Network’s quotage from this morning. News and Sound Bites From Week 15 Editions of FIRST ON THE FIELD & NFL GAMEDAY MORNING “They have to make a statement that we can be the champions.” – Michael Irvin on the Atlanta Falcons “If […]
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Another heavy Sunday, isn’t it? Yes, our hearts go out to Newtown, CT. On this NFL Sunday, there will be moments of silence at all stadia today. The New York Giants will have a decal with the Newtown logo on their helmets tonight. So blackouts? Are there any? San Diego. Chargers fans won’t see their […]
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This week, Sunday Night Football has a matchup befitting its package. Instead of deferring to Monday Night Football last week or CBS and Fox the previous weeks this season, NBC has the Game of the Week with the San Francisco 49ers and the New England Patriots live from Foxboro, MA. As usual, Al Michaels, Cris […]
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Let’s bring you what Fox is saying about Week 15 in The League Where They Play for Pay. FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES Pivotal Week 15 Contests Take Center Stage as Falcons/Giants & Bears/Packers Battle for Playoff Position Aikman: “Bears Offense Needs to Be More Than Brandon Marshall” Pereira: Don’t Lose Sleep Over Potential […]
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Let’s bring you CBS’ preview for Week 15. Phil Simms talks about the Pittsburgh-Dallas game which he and Jim Nantz will call in the 4:25 p.m. ET window today. THE NFL ON CBS: WEEK 15 (SUNDAY, DEC. 16) AUDIBLES WITH “NFL ON CBS” LEAD ANALYST PHIL SIMMS The CBS Television Network, home of Super Bowl […]
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We now move to ESPN’s previews for its Sunday and Monday pregame shows beginning with NFL Matchup that airs several times on Sunday. NFL Matchup – Patriots Play-Action Passing; Giants Red Zone Offense; Broncos Blitz Schemes; and More NFL Matchup host Sal Paolantonio and analysts Ron Jaworski and Merril Hoge will preview the weekend’s key […]
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Let’s do our Sunday NFL previews for Week 15 as we are ready to wind up the regular season. As usual, we begin with NFL Network and their pregame shows. First on the Field begins at 7 a.m. ET. First on the Field — Sunday, December 16 at 7:00 AM ET At 7:00 AM ET, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/14/2012
Sunday, December 16 12:30 p.m. Compass Media Networks Denver at Baltimore — Chris Carrino/Brian Baldinger New York Giants at Atlanta — Matt Smith/Curtis Conaway Dial Global Radio Indianapolis at Houston — Tom McCarthy/Tony Boselli Sports USA Radio Network Green Bay at Chicago 3:45 p.m. Compass Media Networks Kansas City at Oakland — Greg Papa/Tom Flores […]
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All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the 506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/13/2012
Usually, I write the sports media thoughts in bed on the iPad, but as I have some free time and I don’t want to lose my trains of thought. As usual, they come in bullet form. Finally, ESPN has decided to dial back its Tim Tebow obsession. In my last sports media thoughts post, I […]
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Tonight, it’s the season finale of Thursday Night Football for NFL Network. It’s been a successful 13 game schedule that has led to record ratings and viewership for the package. It’s been the longest schedule for the series since it began. Most likely, NFL Network will have another year of a 13 game package before […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/12/2012
From the National Football League, we have a press release about the most watched shows for Week 14’s games. For the 13th time this season, NFL games took the first two spots of all of the programs seen for the week ending December 9. Fox’s late game between the New Orleans Saints and the New […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2012
Previously, ESPN and NFL Network had owned the week leading to the Super Bowl with their programming and reporting from various sites in and around the host city. Now, an actual rightsholder is going to provide ancillary programming and a postgame show live throughout Super Bowl week. CBS Sports Network will piggyback on CBS to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/10/2012
It finally took Week 16 for the National Football League to flex the originally scheduled Sunday Night Football game out of primetime and replace it with a more attractive game. The NFL originally slated the San Diego Chargers-New York Jets game at the New Meadowlands for primetime, however, with both teams having losing records, the […]
