0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/2/2014
All Times Eastern Thursday, October 2 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Green Bay — Ian Eagle/Boomer Esiason//Hub Arkush Sunday, October 5 1 p.m. Houston at Dallas — Kevin Ray/Danny White Baltimore at Indianapolis — Ryan Ruocco/Bill Polian//Ian Fitzsimmons St. Louis at Philadelphia — Larry Kahn/Ross Tucker//Troy West Chicago at Carolina — Kevin Lee/Mark Malone 4:05 p.m. […]
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All Times Eastern Thursday, October 2 Byes: Miami & Oakland Studio & Pregame Shows Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff live from Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI — NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/28/2014
We end our previews with NBC’s look at Sunday Night Football. This week, the SNF crew will be in Arlington, TX for the New Orleans Saints-Dallas Cowboys game. Both teams want to prove they’re not pretenders for the playoffs. Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya will be the game crew. Bob Costas will host […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/25/2014
All Times Eastern Thursday, September 25 8:30 p.m. New York Giants at Washington — Bob Wischusen/Mike Mayock//Ross Tucker Sunday, September 28 1:00 p.m. Compass Media Oakland Raiders Radio Network Oakland vs. Miami, Wembley Stadium, London, England — Greg Papa/Tom Flores//Lincoln Kennedy Detroit at New York Jets — Mark Kestecher/Bill Polian//Ian Fitzsimmons Green Bay at Chicago […]
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All Times Eastern Thursday, September 25 Studio & Pregame Shows Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff live from Landover, MD — NFL Network, 6 p.m. Fantasy Football Live — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/21/2014
Our last NFL preview of the day involves Sunday Night Football which pits the Carolina Panthers against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The game will take place at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC, one of America’s nicest cities. Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya will be on hand for the game. Bob Costas hosts […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/18/2014
All Times Eastern Thursday, September 18 8:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta — Ian Eagle/Mike Mayock//Derek Rackley Sunday, September 21 1 p.m. Dallas Cowboys Compass Media Radio Network Dallas at St. Louis — Kevin Ray/Danny White Oakland Raiders Compass Media Radio Network Oakland at New England — Greg Papa/Tom Flores//Lincoln Kennedy Indianapolis at Jacksonville — […]
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All Times Eastern Thursday, September 18 Pregame and Studio Shows Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff live from the Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA — NFL Network, 6 p.m. Fantasy […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2014
Sunday Night Football travels to Santa Clara, CA for its first-ever visit to the spanking brand new Levi’s Stadium, the new home of the San Francisco 49ers. The Niners host the Chicago Bears in the first-ever regular season game at Levi’s. Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya will be the game broadcast crew. Of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/10/2014
All Times Eastern Thursday, September 11 Studio & Pregame Shows Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN2, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff: Thursday Night Football Preview (season premiere) — NFL Network, 6 p.m. NFL Thursday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/9/2014
Even though the NFL isn’t having the best of weeks, it can crow a little bit about the ratings for the NFL Kickoff game last Thursday between the Green Bay Packers and defending Super Bowl champs Seattle Seahawks as well as the Sunday Night Football season premiere which pitted the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/7/2014
Ok, we end our Sunday previews with NBC Sports and its look at the season premiere of Sunday Night Football. Sunday night pits the Indianapolis Colts at the Denver Broncos at the new Mile High Stadium. Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya will be on hand for the call. They’ll be the crew along […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/3/2014
All Times Eastern Thursday, September 4 Studio & Pregame Shows Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3:30 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 4 p.m. NFL GameDay: Kickoff 2014 — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Kickoff 2014 — NBC/NFL Network, 7:30 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2014
Westwood One Radio announces that Kurt Warner will be the 2nd analyst for Monday Night Football. When Boomer Esiason is unable to call a game, Warner will join play-by-play man Kevin Harlan in the booth. Jim Gray remains the studio host for MNF on Westwood One. Warner replaces Dan Fouts who had been the secondary […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2014
Here’s the listing of the 35th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. They were handed out in New York tonight to an appreciative audience at the Frederick P. Rose Hall at the Time Warner Center. Overall, NBC led all networks with six Emmy Awards, Fox/HBO Sports/MLB Network won 5 and ESPN received four. In an upset, Bob […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/23/2014
The Sunday Night Football schedule is now out. As usual, it’s a blockbuster including the season opener on Thursday, September 4 with defending Super Bowl Champion Seattle hosting the Green Bay Packers in the Great Northwest. Also included in the schedule is Indianapolis at Denver as Peyton Manning faces his former team at Mile Hile […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2014
The nominees are out. A few interesting developments for this year’s Emmys. In the play-by-play category, Al Michaels is noticeably absent. Marv Albert, Mike Breen, Joe Buck, Bob Costas (?) and Mike Emrick are nominees. I guess the Academy decided to put Bob in this category in addition to his customary Studio Host nomination. For […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/2/2014
Ok, I’ll write the Awards tonight, but in the interim, here are the nominees for the seventh annual incarnation of my NFL TV Awards. The Pat Summerall Award for Best Play-by-Play: Kenny Albert (Fox), Kevin Burkhardt (Fox), Ian Eagle (CBS), Al Michaels (NBC), Brad Nessler (NFL Network), Mike Tirico (ESPN) Best Game Analyst: Cris Collinsworth […]
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From NBC, Sunday Night Football finished as the number one primetime television show for the fall season. It remains to be seen if the series will be the number one show for the entire season as it has for the last two television years. For the full season, NBC averaged a 12.8 rating with a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/30/2013
NBC is proud as a peacock today after the overnight ratings came in for the Sunday Night Football season finale between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys that decided the NFC East Division title. As Philadelphia won and the game wasn’t decided until the final moments, NBC saw an average overnight rating of 16.8 […]
