0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/4/2011
With the two American League Division Series playing on Monday, TBS saw increased numbers for Games 3 of Texas-Tampa Bay and the New York Yankees-Detroit series. With the Yankees-Tigers in primetime, TBS saw a rating of 3.9 and a total viewership of 6.04 million viewers up 26% and 30% from Game 3 of the Yankees-Minnesota […]
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Having spent most of the day at the Providence Civic Center and the Rhode Island Convention Center for a seminar, I wasn’t able to provide linkage. I’ve collected quite a few links for you today so let’s get to them. Michael Hiestand of USA Today goes over the ratings from the weekend and notes that […]
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TBS just sent this press release about its ratings for Monday’s American League Division Series action. For Game 3 of the Yankees-Tigers series, TBS received a 4.8 overnight rating, 30% up from last year’s Yankees-Twins game. And Game 3’s for Texas-Tampa Bay, a 2.8 rating was even with last year’s game involving the same two […]
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TBS had the two American League Division Series games on Monday, Texas at Tampa Bay and New York Yankees at Detroit. Now both series could end tonight as Texas and Detroit have 2-1 leads on their respective opponents. Tonight’s going to be a busy day into night as TBS and TNT will combine for four […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/3/2011
Before the LDS games take place today, let me post the quotage from Sunday’s National League Division Series games on TBS. Everything is posted below. Notes from MLB Postseason on TBS/NLDS – October 2, 2011 The MLB Postseason continues on TBS tonight beginning with the Texas Rangers @ Tampa Bay Rays, (Game #3 – 5p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/2/2011
We have the rest of the League Division Series schedule from Monday all the way through Friday. We had the schedule through Monday. We now know how this will play out for the rest of the games. With both American League Division Series assured of going four games, it means Tuesday is going to be […]
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We have the notage and quotage from today’s Game 2 of the American League Division Series that aired on TNT this afternoon. This resulted in a 5-3 win for the Detroit Tigers and evened the series with the New York Yankees at one game apiece. The series now heads to Detroit with the rest of […]
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Well, the blog is blowing up thanks to my latest edition of the Five Women Who Can Make Me Stop The Remote. CNBC’s Darren Rovell
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With four games yesterday, there was plenty of notes and quotes from the TBS crews in Arlington, Milwaukee, New York and Philadelphia. TBS has separated the quotes by National and American League Division Series. We’ll go chronological in the press releases as the NLDS finished before the ALDS. Lots of quotage so get ready to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/1/2011
Friday’s start to the League Division Series drew 2.8 million viewers and a 1.9 rating. Both of these numbers are better than the start of last year’s Game 1 of the series between the same two teams. However, when compared to the opening game of the entire MLB Postseason, it pales in comparison. That’s way […]
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With rain wreaking havoc in the Northeast again, Game 1 of the American League Division Series between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees was suspended in the 2nd inning. It will be picked up Saturday night at 8:37 p.m. on TBS. This moves Game 2 into the AL off day on Sunday. TNT will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/30/2011
Let’s do some Friday linkage for you. MLB Postseason starts up really in earnest with four games on Saturday. College Football in full swing and the NFL completes its first month of games on Sunday. Your Weekend Viewing Picks have everything you need to know in sports and primetime programming. To the linkage. National Michael […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/29/2011
Ok, we’ve been waiting for the League Division Series schedule and this goes from Friday through Monday. The American League Division Series games kick off the MLB Postseason on TBS then all four series will play on Saturday. Three games will air on TBS, one on TNT, then two National League Division Series will play […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/28/2011
Lots of stuff going on here and it’s prevented me from providing links. I’ll do some now while I can. Anthony Crupi of Adweek reports that the NFL has put the kybosh on a new Thursday Night Football package until next season. Michael Smith and John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal report that with […]
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Think of this as MLB’s online companion similar to NASCAR’s Race Buddy. While it’s not the actual game, it’s an online companion that will compliment the TV coverage on TBS. Like Race Buddy which is also run by Turner Sports, Postseason.TV will have camera angles and be made available for a fee for both the […]
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Tuesday, TBS held a media conference call with the crew that will call one League Division Series and the National League Championship Series. Milwaukee Brewers TV voice Brian Anderson, Ron Darling of the New York Mets crew along with TBS’ studio analysts David Wells and Cal Ripken, Jr. were on hand to talk with the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/27/2011
There could be as many as two Wild Card Playoff games on Thursday. Both games have already been slotted. If the Red Sox and Rays end up tied, that game will be played Thursday afternoon in St. Petersburg at 4 p.m. ET. And if the National League requires a tiebreaker between Atlanta and St. Louis, […]
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I’ll provide a few links now, then as I’m watching Catching Hell on ESPN, I’ll attempt a few more links to complete the set. Earlier today, I wrote a recap of Blogs with Balls 4. Check it out. One of the stars of BWB4 was Bomani Jones of BomaniJones.com. He wrote why he feels there’s […]
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Just announced by Turner Sports, the announcing teams for the League Division and National League Championship Series on TBS. The playoffs begin on Friday. We still don’t know the actual matchups, but we’ll know them after the regular season end on Wednesday. Ernie Johnson, Jr. will not be working the MLB Postseason this year as […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/25/2011
TBS aired the opening game of a day-night doubleheader between the Red Sox and Yankees today. It was a game where the Yankees won once again putting the American League Wild Card into a half-game margin between the Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays. We have quotes from MLB on Deck, then the game itself. […]
