0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/1/2015
With today being Super Bowl Sunday and a new month to boot, let’s provide you with a new edition of the notebook. I have a lot of linkage to provide you plus a few pieces for News You Can Use. During the Super Bowl, I’ll do my annual grades of the ads during each quarter, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2015
All Times Eastern Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 7 a.m. NFL GameDay First live from Glendale, AZ — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning live from Glendale, AZ — NFL Network, 9 a.m. That Other Pregame Show — CBS Sports Network, 10 a.m. Postseason NFL Countdown live from Glendale and Phoenix, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
We did the news segment in the first part. Let’s do the linkage and News You Can Use here. LINKAGE Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch talks with Phil and Chris Simms about being television analysts after their playing careers. Deitsch has a preview of what NBC has in store for its Super Bowl XLIX production. Reuters […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Ok, you’re owed a notebook. It’s been too long so let’s provide a full set of features for you. We have to do it in two parts. NEWS With Super Bowl Sunday just mere days away, NBC has released its plans for pregame programming. NBC will provide a full six hours of pregame programming beginning […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/26/2015
You’re owed a notebook so let’s start the week of fresh with a new one. Lots of stuff to get to. NEWS It appears that Fox Sports Go will finally be made available to DirecTV subscribers very soon. Fang’s Bites was able to get confirmation from DirecTV that Fox and the satellite provider came to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/20/2015
Let’s open the notebook after a busy weekend. Took Monday off after the Greg Anthony news and an interview I conducted with CBS’ Tracy Wolfson which I’ll provide in the links. First the news: NEWS The ratings and viewership for the NFL Conference Championship games are in. While both games drew over 40 million viewers, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/18/2015
Rarely does the NFL announce anything on Sunday unless it’s big and this announcement is pretty big. The National Football League says it has picked up the option for Thursday Night Football meaning CBS will continue to air and produce 14 Thursday primetime games and a late season Saturday doubleheader. CBS/NFL Network will air the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/16/2015
All Times Eastern Pregame and Studio 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. Postseason NFL Countdown — ESPN, noon NFL Championship Chase — Fox, 1 p.m. Fox NFL Sunday — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/15/2015
Let’s do a notebook for this Thursday. NEWS NBC held a big press conference on Wednesday at its World Headquarters in Rockefeller Plaza in New York. It announced a multi-year agreement with Haymon Boxing to air the Premier Boxing Champions series starting with 20 events this year, 14 of which will be in primetime on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2015
We have quite a few things for you today. Let’s get to things without further delay. NEWS The National Football League has reason to smile after seeing the numbers for Divisional Weekend. After seeing lower ratings and viewership for Wild Card Weekend, the NFL saw significantly higher numbers this past weekend thanks to having glamor […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2015
We’re back with the notebook after a few days absence. Got busy with a few things so happy to have this back. I’ve plenty of linkage for you. NEWS Ratings from the weekend were delayed due to some problem at the Nielsen headquarters. This happens every so often. NBC said its first Divisional Playoff game […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/10/2015
All Times Eastern Saturday, January 10 Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 8:30 p.m. Postseason NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network, 10 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, noon Football Night in America: Special Edition live from Foxborough, MA — NBC, 3:30 p.m. Fox NFL Sunday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2015
Let’s do a notebook on this Thursday morning. SHAMELESS PLUG Your humble blogger was interviewed by BBC Sportshour which is aired Saturdays on the BBC World Service. Host Caroline Barker talked with yours truly about ESPN’s Stuart Scott and his legacy. The program will be heard at 10 a.m. in the UK which means 5 […]
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The New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens are familiar foes, having met three times in the postseason since 2009. Baltimore has won two of those games, though the Patriots have the home field advantage and are also a seven point favorite. Nonetheless, it’s clear this game could be a battle down to the wire and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/7/2015
Let’s do our notebook for this hump day. We begin with some late news that came out on Tuesday. NEWS It appears that new Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh will be involved in ESPN’s coverage of next Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Mark Snyder of the Detroit Free Press has the story. Fox Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/6/2015
On this first Tuesday of the New Year, let’s open the notebook once again to provide you with some linkage and some news you can use. First, some thoughts which will take the place of the breaking news or news segment. OPINION As we’re over 48 hours from the time we learned of Stuart Scott’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/4/2015
With ESPN televising its first-ever NFL playoff game and NBC relegated to just a single primetime contest on Wild Card Saturday, ratings for the playoff doubleheader were down from last year. And compared to 2014 when both games were thrillers including a massive comeback for the Indianapolis Cots, this year’s games were far from that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Let’s give you some news, linkage and maybe some news you can use. Figured you could use some Sunday reading today. NEWS You’ve probably heard it already, but the College Football Playoff semifinals, the Rose and the Sugar Bowls on New Year’s Day set cable viewing records. Both games broke the previous record for cable […]
0 comments by Joe Webb on 1/2/2015
ESPN has been broadcasting sports programming for the past 35 years, has a long-standing NFL relationship, and broadcasts Monday Night Football weekly throughout the regular season. But ESPN has never shown an NFL playoff game on the network, a streak that will come to an end on Saturday with the airing of the Carolina Panthers-Arizona […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
All Times Eastern Saturday, January 3 Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. Postseason NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network, 10 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, noon Postseason NFL Countdown — ESPN, 3 p.m. Football Night in America — NBC, 7:30 p.m. NFL GameDay […]
