0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/4/2012
Thursday, October 4 8 p.m. Dial Global Sports Arizona at St. Louis — Ian Eagle/Trent Green/Laura Okmin Sunday, October 7 12:30 p.m. Compass Media Networks Atlanta at Washington Baltimore at Kansas City Dial Global Sports Philadelphia at Pittsburgh — Tom McCarthy/Tony Boselli 3:45 p.m. Compass Media Networks Buffalo at San Francisco Dial Global Sports Denver […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/3/2012
Once again, NFL games topped the ratings on broadcast television. The NFL notes that all three primetime packages, Sunday, Monday and Thursday Night Football are all up after the first quarter pole of the 2012 season. Also, NFL games were tops in 27 of the league’s 30 local markets. And the ratings are up from […]
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ESPN is crowing about the ratings and viewership for Monday night’s Chicago Bears-Dallas Cowboys game. With two of the most popular franchises on Monday Night Football and the Cowboys laying an egg thanks to Tony Romo’s five interceptions, the ratings for the game reached a season-high 12.3 household rating with 16.6 million viewers, easily beating […]
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Time for some linkage in this mid-week and last day of the 2012 MLB regular season. Lots of things to get to. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand analyzes the new MLB TV deals with Fox and Turner. Nate Davis of USA Today’s Game On blog previews tonight’s NFL Network “A Football Life” documentary. John Ourand and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/2/2012
Let’s do a few links on this Tuesday. Edmund Lee of Bloomberg analyzes the new MLB TV deals with Fox and Turner. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says with some playoff spots decided, ESPN has dropped plans for a duel MLB doubleheaders on Wednesday. Jacqueline Palank of the Wall Street Journal reviews ESPN’s 30 for […]
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In this day of MLB announcements, we get this press release from NBC Sports in regards the ratings for Sunday Night Football. Let’s say this. The numbers are quite good. NBC says it received a 14.1 final rating with a 22 share for the New York Giants-Philadelphia Eagles game that went down right to the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/1/2012
The start of Week 5 in the NFL means the second quarter of the 2012 season is about to begin. Thursday Night Football heads to the Dome in St. Louis to air the red hot and undefeated Arizona Cardinals taking on the Rams in an NFC West division rivalry game. Brad Nessler and Mike Mayock […]
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This from NBC Sports. With a dramatic Ryder Cup that aired throughout Sunday afternoon, then a Sunday Night Football game that went down to the wire, NBC had quite a big viewership. Overnight ratings showed that NBC registered very good numbers for Sunday Night Football, a 15.6 for the New York Giants-Philadelphia Eagles contest. In […]
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I’m going to make a concerted effort to do linkage regularly again. It’s the reason why I started Fang’s Bites back in 2007 and I was able to do the links daily, even on weekends. But lately, my schedule has been so busy that the site has become a press release dump and I want […]
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Received the overnights for Sunday’s action from the final day of the Ryder Cup. With the United States collapsing underneath a European steamroller, NBC saw a 71% hike this year from the last Ryder Cup which took place in Europe two years ago. Overall, the rating was a 4.1 with a 9 share against NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/30/2012
We will wrap up the Sunday NFL pregame show quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. As usual, Bob Costas tries to be snarky and it fails. You’ll see what I mean below. Take a look. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 4 “To me, they look like the most complete team […]
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Tonight in advance of the Sunday Night Football game between the New York Football Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles, NBC’s Bob Costas talks with the Giants’ Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora, then with Philadelphia’s Michael Vick. Here’s a preview through transcripts. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” PREVIEW – WEEK 4 BOB COSTAS INTERVIEWS EAGLES QB MICHAEL […]
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Now to ESPN’s quotage and that will conclude the early Sunday NFL pregame stuff. Here we go. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Week 4 ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Berman and analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson and Keyshawn Johnson previewed today’s NFL action with Suzy Kolber, analysts Merril Hoge and Ron […]
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Now we move on the NFL Today on CBS as we continue the Sunday NFL pregame quotage. Some news made as CBS NFL insider Jason La Canfora reported that the NFL still wants to push an 18 game schedule knowing it needs to make some concessions to the Players Association. Here’s the press release from […]
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Now to Fox NFL Sunday and I’ll provide a couple of videos from today’s show as well. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 9/30/12 Johnson: Goodell Stuck a Fork in the Saints Before the Season Even Started Pereira’s Advice to Returning Officials: Focus on the Basics Analyst Jimmy Johnson looks at the mess in New Orleans: […]
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The Sunday NFL pregame quotage press releases are starting to trickle in. We have this from NFL Network in regards to NFL GameDay Morning as hosted by Rich Eisen and joined by a cast of 20,000 analysts. This is long. It’s almost 1,800 words long, but shorter than in the past. Check it out. News […]
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Here’s what Fox Sports is saying about Week 4. Plus we have announcing assignments and regional splits. It’s all below. FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES NFL on FOX Doubleheader Sunday Undefeated Falcons Face Panthers at 1:00 PM ET Packers Look for Redemption Against Saints at 4:00 PM ET NFL ON FOX WEEK 4 DOUBLEHEADER: […]
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Here are the NFL on CBS announcing assignments from Week 5 through Week 7. THE NFL ON CBS WEEK 5 – Oct. 7 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER 1:00 PM, ET starts: Cleveland @ N.Y. Giants — Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Miami @ Cincinnati — Marv Albert/Rich Gannon Baltimore @ Kansas City — Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts 4:25 PM, […]
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Let’s provide you with the previews of the Sunday NFL pregame shows and of Week 4 of the NFL season. I’m too late for ESPN and NFL Network. I’ll provide you with CBS and Fox. First, NFL on CBS analysts Phil Simms and Dan Dierdorf provide you with their thoughts on the games they’ll be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/29/2012
Thanks to having all of the major cable and satellite providers on board for the first time, NFL Network had access to all of the subscribers for Thursday night’s game between the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Ravens. It paid off with an average of over eight million viewers, the fifth highest audience for a […]
