0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2014
CBS/Turner has released the tip times for Saturday, March 22 which will begin the 3rd Round of the NCAA Tournament. CBS will have a quadrupleheader starting at 12:15 p.m. ET with Florida vs. Pittsburgh from Orlando, FL and ending with Wisconsin vs. Oregon from Milwaukee, WI. TBS and TNT will also air two games each. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/16/2014
Ok, I won’t say much. You can read it all below. Turner Sports and CBS Sports’ Exclusive Coverage of the 2014 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Tips Off March 18 Announce Teams Set for NCAA First Four™ and Second Round Coverage CBS Sports and Turner Sports’ exclusive coverage of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/11/2014
As we get ready for another year of fantastic college basketball during the NCAA Tournament, the CBS/Turner consortium of CBS/TBS/TNT/truTV will once again combine to show every game from the “First Four™” all the way to the Final Four®. There are a couple of changes in this year’s tournament as compared to the last three […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/27/2014
I’m late on this. I’m doing my best to catch up over the next couple of days. Earlier this week, CBS Sports and Turner Sports made public their announcing teams for the 2014 NCAA Tournament. There are some changes from last year. As previously announced, Greg Anthony joins the “A” team with Jim Nantz and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/18/2013
Reported today by John Ourand in this week’s Sports Business Journal, Turner Sports will produce three separate versions of the NCAA Men’s Final Four™ in 2014 and in 2015. Earlier this year, Turner announced that it would carry the NCAA Division I Men’s National Semifinals with CBS airing the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship this and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/19/2013
With the National League Championship Series over, the final viewership numbers are out. Turner is happy with what it garnered for a six game series, two games more than last year’s American League Championship Series that ended in a sweep. For TBS, the clinching Game 6 for the St. Louis Cardinals, a 9-0 blowout of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/18/2013
In 2006 when TBS signed its contract to take over most of the MLB Postseason, it was coming in at a time when ESPN and Fox were reducing their commitments. ESPN was starting its big $1 billion/year contract for Monday Night Football. Fox which was wrapping up its contract airing 3-6 League Division Series games, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/16/2013
The National League Championship Series continues to draw for TBS. Last night’s Game 4 on TBS drew a 3.5 rating last night with an average audience of 5.8 million viewers. The four games are averaging a 3.2 rating and five million viewers. That’s up 23% and 22% respectively from 2011 when TBS last carried the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/13/2013
TBS is spinning its National League Championship Series ratings to 2011 when it last carried the NLCS. And when you do that, TBS can say its ratings are up. In fact, TBS is saying its two games of this year’s NLCS is averaging a 3.0 household rating and 4.7 million viewers. That’s up 50% and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/12/2013
With a 13 inning thriller, TBS saw increased ratings for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series as compared to when it last aired the NLCS in 2011. For the opening game of Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBS received an average household rating of 3.5 and an average viewership of 5.5 million. That’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/11/2013
With MLB’s Final Four complete, it’s now time for the League Championship Series schedule. Now in this round, Fox and TBS will split the LCS. Fox airs the American League Championship Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers. TBS will air the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/10/2013
Starting on Friday, TBS’ coverage of the MLB Postseason continues with the National League Championship Series. TBS has two hallmark MLB franchises, the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers. These two teams last met in the NLCS in 1985 with Redbirds taking the series in six games. The series begins Friday night and will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/7/2013
Back with an overdue Week Ahead post. Lots of things happening in the Week Ahead so let’s not delay any further and get to what’s happening in the Sports Media over the next seven days. TELEVISION PBS Frontline The already controversial PBS Frontline documentary “League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis” airs in two parts […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/6/2013
With a full slate of League Division Series games on Monday, TBS has a tripleheader beginning at 3 p.m. with Game 4 of the National League Division Series between St. Louis at Pittsburgh, then Game 3 of the ALDS between Boston and Tampa Bay followed by Game 4 of Atlanta and Los Angeles. MLB Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/3/2013
This from Turner Sports, the MLB Wild Card Games averaged a 3.0 US HH rating and 4.7 million viewers. The games were played on separate days as opposed to being played on a Friday and the same day. The viewership is up 2% from last year’s Wild Card Games. Ratings peaked at a 3.5. Turner […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/2/2013
This week’s Sports Media Weekly podcast will be with Don Orsillo, the Boston Red Sox play-by-play man for NESN and who has been calling the MLB Postseason for TBS since 2007. Orsillo will call the Detroit-Oakland American League Division Series for TBS starting on Friday. As he was packing for Oakland, Don took a few […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/1/2013
Let’s provide the schedules for the League Division Series. We do know the start times for the first three days of the games. We’ll know more over the next few days but here’s what we have thus far. I’ll break it down by series and by date. TBS carries all League Division Games except for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/30/2013
From Turner Sports, we learn the announcing assignments for the Wild Card Games and the League Division Series on TBS, formerly known as the Superstation. With the lead team of Ernie Johnson, Jr., Ron Darling and Cal Ripken calling the National League Championship Series this year, it’s only natural that they’ll also call the National […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/29/2013
Tampa Bay and Texas will need Game 163 to determine which team will face Cleveland on Wednesday in the American League Wild Card. Cleveland has clinched the top Wild Card spot. Texas and Tampa Bay ended up tied for the last playoff spot so the Rangers and Rays will play in the tiebreaker at the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/23/2013
Turner Sports has provided the announcers for the 2013 MLB Postseason. This marks the final year that TBS will have both Wild Card Games, all four MLB League Division Series and one League Championship series as next season, it will split the Wild Card with ESPN and the LDS with Fox Sports 1 and MLB […]
