0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2011
Let’s look at the breakdown of nominations by network and then by series. We have the numbers for you. 32nd Annual Sports Emmy Award Nominations by Network Network Nominations ESPN 36 HBO 22 NBC 20 CBS 17 ABC 13 FOX 12 ESPN2 9 MLB Network 7 TNT 6 NFL Network 4 Showtime 4 DIRECTV 2 […]
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The Sports Emmy Nominations are out. Just released by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards will be handed on May 2 at Lincoln Center in New York. Our list of nominees is below. Best Play-by-play has the usual suspects, last year’s winner Jim Nantz, Al Michaels, Joe Buck, even Bob Costas, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2011
Just received this from CBS/Turner in regards to the final ratings and viewership numbers for Sunday’s third round NCAA Tournament games. CBS/TBS/TNT/truTV had a combined average rating of 6.6 with a 14 share. That’s 16% higher than last year when the games on CBS received a 5.7/13. Average viewership for the games was 10.5 million […]
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Getting a late start on the Monday links. Part of it was due to the Masters thesis I wrote on the NCAA Tournament earlier today. Let’s do the links for you. From USA Today’s Michael Hiestand, we have him saying that having the NCAA’s National Director of Officiating on to explain controversial calls only added […]
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Once again, we get a press release from CBS/Turner about the increased ratings for the NCAA Tournament. Combined overnight ratings for CBS/TBS/TNT/truTV on Sunday grew to a 7.3 with a 14 share which is 14% higher than last year. Overall, the tournament’s ratings are up 17% from 2010. We’ll get the final numbers on Sunday […]
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I have to tip my cap to CBS/Turner. They promised us four national telecasts of the NCAA Tournament and they delivered. They provided a scoreboard bug on top of the screen informing viewers of scores of other games and what network they could be found. In addition, the use of social networks like Facebook and […]
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As usual, all times listed are Eastern. Now that we’re down to the NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinals, CBS and TBS will carry the games. As of tonight, TNT and truTV are done as far as airing games. truTV will continue to carry pre and postgame shows. I thought CBS would take BYU in the Southeast […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2011
The final ratings for Saturday’s session of the NCAA Tournament are out. Once again the ratings are up. Once again, overall viewership is up. Once again, CBS/Turner is crowing about the ratings which ended up being a 5.9/14, up 9% from last year’s 5.4/13. Yesterday’s games were shown on CBS/TBS/TNT and there was plenty of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/19/2011
Well, the Butler-Pittsburgh game was an absolute gem as it came down to the wire, but as the last 7.1 seconds ticked down, the game turned into Bizarro World as two fouls called gave Butler the win by one point. Give credit to the TBS crew in Atlanta for getting John Adams, the National Coordinator […]
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Once again, the combined ratings of the NCAA Tournament among CBS/TBS/TNT/truTV is the highest overall since 1991. The final rating is 5.0 with a share of 13. That’s 19% higher than last year’s 4.2/10 when CBS had all of the games and regionalized the telecasts. Altogether, 7.6 million viewers watched the games which again is […]
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Yesterday, we learned that the combined CBS/Turner consortium received the best overnight ratings for the first Thursday of the NCAA Tournament in 20 years. Now, the first Friday of the NCAA Tournament under the new CBS/Turner regime has also garnered the highest overnight ratings since 1991. The ratings for Friday were 5.9 with a 14 […]
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Ok, we have your tip times for Sunday’s third round games in the NCAA Tournament. Here we go. THIRD ROUND GAMES SUNDAY, MARCH 20 (12:00 Noon-12:00 AM, ET) 12:15 PM – CBS: Charlotte I: UNC vs. Washington, Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg//Tracy Wolfson Approximately 2:45 PM – CBS: Charlotte II: Duke vs. Michigan, Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg//Tracy Wolfson […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/18/2011
I’m going to try to finish off the megalinks tonight while watching the NCAA Tournament. This is not guaranteed to work, but I’ll do my best. The Weekend Viewing Picks have everything you need for your TV planning. Let’s get to your links. National USA Today’s Dueling Mikes return, Michael Hiestand and Mike McCarthy argue […]
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This press release ventures the question, “Why didn’t they think of this before?” The combined final ratings for CBS/TBS/TNT/truTV for the first Thursday of the NCAA Tournament is the highest since 1991 when the NCAA went to four broadcast windows for the entire day, meaning noon, 2:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Eastern time. […]
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Yes, as CNBC’s Darren Rovell notes, having all the games on at once on four networks works. .bbpBox48756845791297540 {background:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/7908779/CNBC_Twitter_SportsBiz.png) #000000;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block} 5.6 overnight TV rating for 1st tourney Thursday is the highest […]
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Saturday, March 19 NCAA Tournament men’s 3rd Round NCAA Tip-Off – truTV, 11 a.m. East Region Tampa, FL Kentucky vs. West Virginia – CBS, 12:15 p.m. Southeast Region Tampa, FL Florida vs. UCLA – CBS, approximately 2:45 p.m. Washington, DC Pittsburgh vs. Butler – TBS, 7:10 p.m. Denver, CO BYU vs. Gonzaga – CBS, approximately […]
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We have just received the tip times and network assignments for the third round games on Saturday. Thanks to the great people at CBS/Turner Sports for sending this even as the last game of the night, Kansas State-Utah State is still ongoing. CBS will start first and carry four games. TNT and TBS will have […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/13/2011
We have the announcing teams plus the tip times for the 2011 NCAA Tournament. This is the first time we’ll see the CBS/Turner Sports collaboration. Let’s take a look at the situation. FIRST ROUND GAMES TUESDAY, MARCH 15 6:40 PM – truTV, Dayton I: UNC Asheville vs. UALR, Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg/Steve Kerr//Tracy Wolfson Approximately 9 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2011
There have been articles written by various sports media critics regarding the way the NCAA Tournament will be handled by CBS Sports and new partner Turner Sports starting this year. Some are salivating over all of the games being aired nationally. Others are lamenting the end of the old way CBS aired the tournament, cutting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/9/2011
Too many things going on today both at work and in sports media. Trying to figure out a balance. I’ll do my best. We have some linkage for you. From Wayne Friedman of MediaPost, he hears from an ESPN executive who’s optimistic the network will have enough programming to survive a potential NFL lockout. USA […]
