0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/28/2012
All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the 506.com) Byes: Indianapolis, Pittsburgh 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. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, 11 a.m. The […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/27/2012
After marathon bargaining sessions that started Saturday and culminated late on Wednesday night, the National Football League and its Referee Association finally came together on a new eight year agreement. After the disaster on Monday night that gave Seattle a totally undeserved win over the Green Bay Packers, calls to get a new contract for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/26/2012
The NFL could have grown naked men as replacement refs and the league would still garner the ratings it generated this past week. Once again, CBS’ 4:25 p.m. ET national window and NBC’s Sunday Night Football were 1-2 respectively in the overall finish of all TV programs last week. Last week it was NBC then […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/25/2012
I thought I was tired of the “Call Me Maybe” parodies and covers, but this one from sports radio station KFAN in the Twin Cities in Minnesota may be the best to finally put a rest to all of them. This song and subsequent video done by a producer for The Common Man show is […]
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Let’s go away from the replacement officials for this post and focus on the ratings for NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Sunday’s game between the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens saw a rating of 12.9 with a 21 share. That’s up 6% from last year. Average viewership was 21.3 million and that’s an increase of […]
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As expected, the NFL released a statement on the controversial final play in the Green Bay Packers-Seattle Seahawks game on Monday night. As expected, the NFL held steadfast to the position that the call was correct and the result is final. There’s nothing else to write. You can read the statement. NFL STATEMENT ON FINAL […]
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After the controversial ending of last night’s Monday Night Football game on ESPN, you may have switched the channel or have gone to bed angry. Judging from the overnight ratings, a good chunk of the audience stayed to see the postgame coverage on SportsCenter. But in case you went to bed and missed the discussion, […]
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Received the overnight numbers from last night’s extremely controversial Green Bay-Seattle Monday Night Football game on ESPN. Nielsen says the game pulled an 11.5 rating. ESPN public relations maven Bill Hofheimer notes that people stayed to watch SportsCenter immediately afterwards to get perspective on the highly discussed last play that as Inside Edition would say […]
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If you watched ESPN’s Monday Night Football to the end, then you’re probably buzzing about the last play which looked to be ruled incorrectly. On the last play of the game, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson threw a Hail Mary pass to the end zone which appeared to be intercepted by the Packers’ M.D. Jennings, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/24/2012
So the Baltimore Ravens get another primetime game? They were on Sunday Night Football hosting the New England Patriots on NBC. They opened the season on ESPN’s Monday Night Football in Week 1. And to open Week 4, they host the Cleveland Browns on Thursday Night Football. So three primetime games in four weeks and […]
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I’ll do some quick linkage on this Monday. In USA Today, Michael Hiestand talks with NFL on Fox rules analyst Mike Pereira. In his extensive Monday Morning Quarterback column, Sports Illustrated’s Peter King remembers NFL Films’ Steve Sabol. John Ourand at Sports Business Journal notes that MLB will be increasing its haul from ESPN, Fox […]
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We have some tweets from both CBS and NBC in regards to their overnight ratings for NFL Week 3. For CBS, it saw its first ratings increase for the 2012 season as the late national window featuring Houston at Denver and Pittsburgh at Oakland brought in a 14.9/27, up significantly from the same period a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/23/2012
Let’s conclude the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Lots of stuff including interviews with Baltimore’s Joe Flacco and New England’s Rob Gronkowski. As did the other pregame shows, FNIA paid tribute to the late Steve Sabol. We have the quotage below. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK […]
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Now let’s complete the early Sunday NFL pregame quotage with the NFL Today from CBS Sports. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 3 ON SEPTEMBER 23 INSIDE THE HUDDLE THE NFL TODAY’s medical consultant Dr. Neal ElAttrache […]
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Now to Fox NFL Sunday and one video from today’s show. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 9/23/12 Long on NFLRA Lockout: “When You See NFL Players Talking About The Integrity of the Football Game That’s a Big Problem” Bradshaw on Manning: “His Arm is Fine.” Johnson Agrees With Schiano’s Kneel Down Play Glazer: NFL Talks […]
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Now, let’s move to ESPN and its quotage from Sunday NFL Countdown. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Week 3 ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Berman and analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson and Keyshawn Johnson previewed NFL Week 3 games with Suzy Kolber, analysts Merril Hoge and Ron Jaworski and NFL […]
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Time for the Sunday NFL pregame show quotage. We begin as always with NFL GameDay Morning from NFL Network. In a four hour show, there’s a lot of quotage. There’s also a link to a very nice tribute to the late NFL Films President Steve Sabol near the bottom. You can check it out. It […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/22/2012
Let’s give you a few things to watch for in Week 3 in The League Where They Play for Play. Why are Time Warner Cable and Bright House subscribers a happy lot today? — That’s a silly question, chickie. If you really need to know,
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I’ve been lax this season in posting Monday Night Football previews. Could be that I’m not receiving the NFL programming from ESPN like I have in the past. Anyway on Monday, ESPN’s crew will in the Great Northwest for the Green Bay-Seattle game. Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden will have the call while Lisa Salters […]
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We have what should be a rather tasty matchup on Sunday night, the much hated 1-1 New England Patriots taking on the 1-1 much hated Baltimore Ravens. As America decides which team to hate the least for this game, NBC will have a marquee game as two of the more recognizable stars in the NFL […]
