0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/2/2014
Ford Fusion Hybrid: No Ordinary Commercial — B Bud Light: Epic Night — D Maserati: Strike — F Doritos: Time Machine — B Chevy Trucks: Eligible Bachelor — B minus Need for Speed — C TurboTax: Prom — D Bud Light: Epic Night, Part 2 — D Beats: Beats Music — C Bank of America: […]
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Ok, we end the quotage for the 2013-14 NFL season with NFL Network’s quotage for its 10½ pregame coverage of Super Bowl XLVIII. Here it is. You’re going to scroll for a while. News & Sound Bites From Super Bowl Sunday Editions of NFL Network’s NFL GameDay First & NFL GameDay Morning Quick Quotes from […]
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Starting at noon ET, Fox will begin its schedule for Super Bowl XLVIII with the NFL Films-produced Road to the Super Bowl narrated by actor Andre Braugher. Then at 1 p.m., Fox airs Football Stories: Our America which is another NFL Films-produced special. That will be hosted by actor Forest Whitaker. When the clock hits […]
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ESPN has a four-hour edition of Sunday NFL Countdown starting at 10 a.m. ET. The show will have two sets, one from Herald Square in New York manned by Chris Berman and his band of analysts of Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson and Keyshawn Johnson. Suzy Kolber hosts the Countdown set at the New […]
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Starting at 7 a.m., NFL Network begins 10½ hours of pregame coverage for Super Bowl XLVIII. It starts with NFL GameDay First hosted by Sterling Sharpe, Shaun O’Hara and Brian Billick live at Super Bowl Boulevard in New York. Then it will be the massive 8½ hour NFL GameDay Morning which will originate from several […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/31/2014
I’m always interested in international feeds of major sporting events. For the World Series or the Super Bowl, the production changes than what we’re used to seeing from the American networks as producers program for a wider audience. For Super Bowl XLVIII, NFL Films is producing the game for the international audience and will use […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2014
Yesterday in Part 1 of this week’s Fang’s Bites podcast, I gave you the national perspective from those at Fox Sports who will be covering Super Bowl XLVIII. Today, I give you the local angle from Denver and New York. The guests today are
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All Times Eastern noon Super Bowl Preview — Scott Graham/Boomer Esiason 1 p.m. Super Bowl Insider — Mark Malone 2 p.m. The Super Bowl Tailgate Show — Craig Carton/Rod Woodson/Tim Ryan/Laura Okmin 4 p.m. Super Sunday Pregame Show — Jim Gray/Larry Fitzgerald/Tom Brady/Scott Graham/Rod Woodson 5 p.m. Super Bowl XLVIII Pregame — Jim Gray/Kevin Harlan/Boomer […]
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All Times Eastern Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network, 7 a.m. That Other Pregame Show — CBS, 9 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning live from New Jersey — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown live from New York — ESPN, 10 a.m.Fox Super Bowl Kick-Off […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/29/2014
On Tuesday, your humble blogger went to New York to cover the Fox Sports Media Day at the NFL Media headquarters inside the Sheraton Times Square Hotel. There, I was able to interview four of Fox Sports’ personnel about their preparation and anticipation for the Big Game at the New Meadowlands in New Jersey. In […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/28/2014
As ESPN begins its broadcast day in covering Super Bowl XLVIII in New Yawk, plenty of guests will be paraded in and out of its various studios in Herald Square, Times Square and Bryant Park. In addition, Media Day will take place at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ meaning both the Denver Broncos and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/27/2014
And our final Super Bowl-centric post at least for now deals with CBS Sports Radio’s plans for this week. CBS Sports Radio, a joint venture between CBS Sports and Cumulus Radio, will have its weekday lineup broadcast live New York City to cover the Big Game. The shows that begin at 6 a.m. and run […]
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NBC Sports Radio, a joint venture between NBC Sports and WestwoodOne Radio, is out in full force in New York City for the Super Bowl. Three of its shows hosted by Brian Kenny, Newy Scruggs, Mark Malone and Donovan McNabb will be placed on Radio Row in the Sheraton Times Square in New York. The […]
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On Sunday, February 2, Super Bowl XLVIII will air exclusively on WestwoodOne Radio. The network’s coverage begins at noon with Super Bowl Preview co-hosted by Scott Graham and Monday Night Football analyst Boomer Esiason. That will be followed by three other shows including Super Bowl Tailgate hosted by WFAN’s Craig Carton at the New Meadowlands, […]
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Starting now as a matter of fact, ESPN begins its 5,341,093 hours coverage of Super Bowl XLVIII from New York. It begins at 6 a.m. ET with Mike & Mike from Super Bowl Boulevard in Herald Square near Macy’s Department Store. Then it continues from ABC’s Times Square Studios and from Bryant Park all day […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/24/2014
NBC will air the last Pro Bowl on broadcast television until 2022 at least. Starting in 2015, ESPN will get the Pro Bowl every year like it used to from 1989 until 2006. Since the 2007 game, the Pro Bowl has been on broadcast TV except for 2010 when CBS relinquished the rights to ESPN. […]
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Using New York City’s Herald Square and Times Square as backdrops, ESPN will provide some 115 hours of TV and radio programming involving Super Bowl XLVIII next week. ESPN’s main set will be at Herald Square in front of the famous Macy’s department store. Another set will be at ABC’s Times Square Studios were ESPN’s […]
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On Thursday, Fox held two Super Bowl-related conference calls with the media. Some interesting things were said including Fox Sports President Eric Shanks talking about the potential for bad weather plus producer Richie Zyontz explaining why he he had cut off the now-infamous Erin Andrews interview with Seattle’s Richard Sherman. You can take a look […]
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This from the fine people at CBS Sports. With Super Bowl Week fast approaching, the various sports television networks have unveiled their plans to provide programming for the days leading up to the Big Game in New Jersey. I’ll post what you can expect to watch on CBS, ESPN and NBC’s Family of Networks today. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/23/2014
Continuing its tradition to air just about everything about the Super Bowl except for the game, NFL Network plans to carpetbomb viewers with shows and programs surrounding the Big Game during the week and hours leading up to kickoff. NFL Network says it will provide over 140 hours of programming, a record 86 of them […]
