0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2016
On Tuesday, May 10 at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York, the Sports Emmy Awards were handed out to the national sports networks nominated in a number of categories. FS1 was the network that received the most with 8 awards. NBC was next with 7 followed by FoxSports.com with 6 then […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/13/2016
In a move that had been expected, the NCAA, CBS Sports and Turner Sports have announced an eight-year extension of their agreement that was going to expire in 2024. It keeps the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on CBS/Turner Sports through 2032 and keeps ESPN from getting its hands on the coveted property until at least […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2016
TBS’ first NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship Game could not gone any better after a Final Four that could not have gone worse. A barnburner between North Carolina and Villanova with dueling three pointers at the end with Marcus Paige hitting a game-tying three pointer with 4.7 seconds left, then Kris Jenkins hitting the buzzer […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/2/2016
All Times Eastern Saturday, April 2 Men’s College All-Star Game, NRG Stadium, Houston, TX East vs. West — CBS, 1 p.m. (delayed from 4/1) NCAA Tournament Division I Men’s Championship National Semifinals, NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Studio and Pregame Shows With a Kiss — CBS, noon NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 1:30 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/27/2016
With Turner Sports airing the Final Four® for the third straight year, we get the “Team Stream” concept a.k.a. the “Homer calls.” It means that TBS will have the main call with Jim Nantz, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery and Tracy Wolfson while TNT and truTV will have the homer calls for the four teams in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2016
It’s an all-ACC Easter Sunday as Virginia-Syracuse and North Carolina-Notre Dame will ensure that the Atlantic Coast Conference will have two teams in the Final Four. TBS will air the Sunday regional finals from Chicago and Philadelphia and will take us the rest of the way to the National Championship Game marking the first time […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/25/2016
All Times Eastern Saturday, March 25 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows Best of College Basketball 2016 — CBS, 2 p.m. NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m. Road to the Final Four — CBS, 5 p.m. NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m. NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2016
Ok, here we go. We have the tip times, announcing assignments and network slots for the Regional Semifinals on Thursday, March 24 and Friday, March 25. On Thursday, CBS will have the games in Louisville for the South Region with Jim Nantz, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery and Tracy Wolfson with Villanova vs. Miami and Kansas […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/19/2016
All Times Eastern Saturday, March 19 Men’s National Invitation Tournament 2nd Round (Home Sites) Wagner at Creighton — ESPN, noon (Doug Sherman/Daymeon Fishback) NCAA Tournament 2nd Round Pregame and Studio Shows NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m. NCAA Tip-Off — TNT, 5:30 p.m.NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 8 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/18/2016
Here we go, the NCAA Broadcasting Consortium of CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV have released the tip times, networks and announcing assignments for Sunday’s second round action. CBS will have a tripleheader that begins at noon ET and ends at approximately 7:15 p.m. truTV will have one game while TBS and TNT will both have […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
After an exciting day of NCAA Tournament action which saw Yale get past Baylor, Arkansas-Little Rock parlay a miracle 30 foot tying shot in regulation into a two-overtime win over Purdue and Providence somehow advancing in a last-second win against USC. With that in mind, let’s provide the tip times, networks and announcing assignments for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/13/2016
Well, here we go. The 68-team field for the 2016 NCAA Tournament has been set, the networks are set to go and the announcers have been assigned for the First Four and the 1st/2nd Round sites. And yes, we return to the 1st and 2nd rounds for the Thursday/Friday and Saturday/Sunday games. As you should […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/16/2015
We have the schedules for the American and National League Championship Series. The AL will be aired on Fox and FS1. Fox airs the Game 1 with FS1 taking the rest of the series including a potential Game 7 on Saturday, October 24. Calling the American League Championship Series on TV will be Joe Buck, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/8/2015
Let’s provide the schedule for the American and National League Division Series. As you’re probably aware by now, FS1 will carry the ALDS while TBS will have the NLDS. TBS lucks out this year as it will have the top three markets in the country, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago along with perennial power […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/6/2015
We gave you the schedules for the early portion of the MLB Postseason last hour. Let’s provide you with the announcing assignments for the Wild Card Games which air tonight on ESPN and tomorrow on TBS. ESPN Radio has both games. So let’s provide you with the men and woman who will call the games […]
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The MLB Postseason begins tonight with the American League Wild Card Game between the Houston Astros and New York Yankees on ESPN. It’s ESPN’s only playoff game on TV while ESPN Radio will carry every MLB Postseason contest as long as it takes. As for the National League Wild Card Game, TBS carries that on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/19/2015
Major League Baseball has released the schedule for the 2015 Postseason and for the third time, the World Series will start in very late October, in fact, this year’s Fall Classic begins on Tuesday, October 27, the second time it will do so. Back in 2001, the World Series began on October 27 due to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/5/2015
The 36th Annual Sports Emmy Awards were handed out in New York on Tuesday, May 5. NBC’s coverage of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games was a big winner, but in several technical categories. We can’t say the usual suspects won because Bob Costas did not pick up the Outstanding Studio Host Award. Ernie Johnson won […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/7/2015
CBS ends 34 years of consecutively airing the NCAA Division I Men’s Championship Game on a high note. After last year’s game between UConn and Kentucky which averaged a 12.5/20 final rating/share, this year’s contest pitting Duke and Wisconsin saw a rise of 28% to 16.0/28. Viewership also saw a big jump as Duke-Wisconsin averaged […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2015
The Turner triumvirate of TBS, TNT and truTV couldn’t be happier with the numbers from this year’s Final Four. First, the Kentucky-Wisconsin game broke the rating and viewership record of last week’s Kentucky-Notre Dame Midwest Regional Final on TBS becoming the most-watched college basketball game in U.S. cable television history. The game averaged a 12.4 […]
