0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/16/2012
Now to Fox NFL Sunday. I’ll throw in a few videos as well. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 9/16/12 Bradshaw to Cutler & Rodgers: Do Not Embarrass Your Teammates Glazer Reports Jets Are Trying To Make Teams Prepare For Tim Tebow Johnson on Cowboys: This Team Can Be Special Co-host Terry Bradshaw believes that Packers […]
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Now onto The NFL Today’s notes and quotes for its Week 2 show. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 2 ON SEPTEMBER 16 THE NFL TODAY’s host James Brown sat down with Eagles quarterback Michael Vick. Click […]
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Now let’s post the quotage from Sunday NFL Countdown. Check it out. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Week 2 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 Jaworski and NFL Insiders Chris […]
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Time to do some quotage. Getting a late start today as the early portion of Sunday was planned for me behind my back. Then I got home in time to see the Season 3 premiere of Downton Abbey on ITV through my friend’s Slingbox in the UK. I’ve been depending on him way too much […]
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Let’s go over what’s coming up on the next NFL Sunday. Our NFL Week actually began on Thursday? — Yup. First of 13 Thursday Night Football games on NFL Network this season. So I won’t hear a disclaimer for “60 Minutes” on CBS at 7 p.m.? — Not when the Tiffany Network has the NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2012
And let’s bring you ESPN’s features on Sunday NFL Countdown and on NFL Matchup. It’s all good stuff. First, Sunday NFL Countdown. Sunday NFL Countdown: RG3 – The Leader Within; Jaworski on Flacco and Vick; Giants Finish Line; and More On Sunday, Sept. 16, beginning at 10 a.m., Chris Berman and analysts Cris Carter, Mike […]
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We move to Fox Sports and what it will cover on Sunday in Week 2 of the NFL season. NFL on Fox analyst John Lynch is tapped to preview this Sunday’s games. As usual, we have the announcing assignments. FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES NFL ON FOX Week 2 Singleheader Features Super Bowl Champion […]
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Let’s move to the NFL previews for this week. We’ll get into what’s on the Sunday NFL pregame shows and what the network analysts are saying about the upcoming Sunday of games. In CBS’ preview, we have NFL on CBS analyst Dan Dierdorf and NFL Today panelist Bill Cowher discussing the issues that they’ll be […]
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Been out all day. Time to catch up on a few things. NFL Network tells us its season opening game, the earliest ever for Thursday Night Football, saw its highest audience ever for its season premiere. An average of 8.6 million people watched the Green Bay Backers dismantle the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field on […]
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All Times Eastern Week 2 NFL Coverage Maps (The506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN, 7:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon Fantasy Football Now — […]
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The season premiere of Thursday Night Football did really well for NFL Network. Thanks to increased distribution, especially in the New York area through Cablevision, NFL Network received a 6.3 overnight rating according to NFL spokesman Dan Masonson. NEW RATINGS RECORD: 6.3 overnight for Bears-Packers best ever for @
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/13/2012
Writing this in the wee hours of the morning after watching the series finale of Damages on DirecTV not once, but twice to try and figure if investing five seasons was worth it. I think it was, but to be honest, the entire series as a mindfuck. And I think the producers intentionally made it […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/12/2012
I’ll provide a few links on this Wednesday afternoon. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at CBS pushing its Sunday primetime lineup to 7:30 p.m. ET to accommodate the NFL. Michael Kruse of Grantland has a very good story catching up with former ESPN Radio host Nanci Donnellan aka “The Fabulous Sports Babe”. Ed Sherman […]
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This in from the National Football League, it declares another victory in the Week 1 ratings through its broadcast TV partners. The NFL says a total of 105.9 million people watched the NFL from last Wednesday’s Kickoff Game on NBC through the games on Sunday. It marks the third straight Kickoff Weekend that viewership topped […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/11/2012
After starting in Week 12 in the beginning of the series back in 2006, then in Week 9 since 2008, Thursday Night Football now encompasses an entire season running 13 weeks on NFL Network. After being an 8 game series, TNF now begins in Week 2 and will run through Week 15 with a one […]
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If this is any indication of what’s coming, then NBC could be off to another record-setting season of Sunday Night Football. According to the Nielsen Ratings service, NBC received a record high 16.5 rating for last Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers-Denver Broncos season premiere of SNF. The share was 26. That is up 8% from last year’s […]
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In a move that should have been done a long time ago, CBS is officially moving its Sunday primetime lineup start to 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT when it has the NFL doubleheader. Now why it didn’t do this when the late games started at 4:15 p.m. is beyond me, but now that the NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/10/2012
Was out for a bit today so I’m behind in what I want to get done here. I’ll do some links for you to tie you over. I’ll start with a couple of stories from Sports Business Daily which looks at some record overnight ratings for Fox and NBC for the first Sunday of the NFL […]
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Just received this tweet from Fox Sports PR man Lou D’Ermilio about the network’s overnight numbers for the Week 1 doubleheader. Fox received a 17.2 rating for the 4:25 p.m. games led by San Francisco at Green Bay. The regional games at 1 p.m. ET saw a total of 10.2.
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Last night’s season premiere of Sunday Night Football was welcomed by the American people with a big overnight rating. Pittsburgh-Denver which marked the return of Peyton Manning to the NFL after a year’s absence pulled a big 18.0 rating which is the highest overnight number for a primetime game on NBC since the network got […]
