0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/28/2011
While I’m away from a computer this morning, I provide these thoughts to you so you have some fresh material here. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving weekend. As usual, I’ll go in bullet form. We’re three games into NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football schedule and the duo of Brad Nessler and Mike Mayock […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/25/2011
According to NFL Network, an estimated 10.7 million people watched Thanksgiving Night’s “Harbowl,” the first-ever head coaching matchup between two brothers with Jim Harbaugh leading San Francisco and older bro Jim manning the sidelines for Baltimore. The game was the most watched Thursday Night Football cablecast on NFL Network and led the way in the […]
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I hope you survived the Black Friday experience if you went out today. If you decided to shop online, better to do that than wait outside in the cold especially in the Northeast where the temperatures dropped below freezing overnight. No fun. Anyway, I’ll provide the links. The Weekend Viewing Picks are here. To the […]
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The first overnight ratings are in from the Thanksgiving Day NFL tripleheader. NFL Network got its highest overnight ratings ever in the six year history of the Thursday Night Football series. It got a 6.0 and that’s up a whopping 43% from last year’s Thanksgiving game. Whether it was the storyline of the first ever […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/24/2011
Another piece of quotage for you this evening. NFL Network sends us the quotage from Thursday Night Kickoff, the pregame show for the Thursday Night Football game between San Francisco and Baltimore. Lots of stuff from NFL Network today. Thanksgiving Edition Thursday Night Football Pregame Notes & Quotes San Francisco 49ers vs. Baltimore Ravens Nov. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/23/2011
Ok, let’s give you the last game on Thanksgiving, the San Francisco 49ers traveling cross country to Baltimore. Asides the fact that the two teams are both jockeying for a postseason spot, there’s the storyline of the two coaches, brothers Jim Harbaugh of the 49ers and John Harbaugh of the Ravens. I’m sure NFL Network […]
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On this Thanksgiving Week, I’ll provide a few thoughts on what has transpired so far this week. All in bullet form, of course. The announcement that ESPN Dictator George Bodenheimer will become ESPN Chairman, leaving day-to-day operations with Executive Vice President of Content John Skipper bears watching. While I have jokingly called Bodenheimer a dictator, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/22/2011
The saga of an expanded NFL Thursday Night Football package continues. Back when the NFL Lockout was in full swing, it was reported that the NFL was considering adding to the current package of 8 Thursday Night Football games, making it a full season of games with NFL Network holding the second half of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/20/2011
I’m hoping this will be a lazy Sunday, but you never know. I’ll put together some thoughts here again in bullet form. This weekend in college football was one of the best we’ve had in the last few years. Seeing BCS hopefuls Oklahoma State, Oregon and then Oklahoma go down from Friday through Saturday was […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/18/2011
Call it the result of a close game throughout even though both the New York Jets and Denver Broncos won’t win any beauty awards. Or you can call it “The Tebow Effect” as the Broncos pulled out the win late in the game. Whatever you want to call it, the NFL Network received its 6th […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/17/2011
Let’s do some links. May not be a full set. Depends on how much I can get done here. We’ll start with Alexandra Bruell of Advertising Age who says Penn State University has hired a public relations firm to help with crisis management for the Jerry Sandusky story. John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable says […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/16/2011
On Thursday, NFL Network airs the beginning of Week 11 in the National Football League with an intriguing matchup between the New York Jets and the Denver Broncos in the Mile High City. Brad Nessler, Mike Mayock and Alex Flanagan will be your game announcers. Rich Eisen hosts the pre and postgame shows live from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/15/2011
I had surgery to remove a sebaceous cyst today so the blogging was minimal today. Trying to catch up now. Here are some links. Big buzz today regarding Bob Costas’ interview of Jerry Sandusky on Rock Center with Brian Williams last night. Let’s get some links on that first. Bob went on The Dan Patrick Show […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/14/2011
After not being able to provide linkage for a few days, let’s get back to it. I probably won’t be able to do the links as I have to undergo a medical procedure. Nothing serious. I should be back on Wednesday. Let’s do your links. Sports Business Daily looks over the reviews of ESPN’s handling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/7/2011
Yes, Thursday Night Football’s sixth season kicks off on NFL Network this week with another 8 game schedule. It begins with a tasty AFC West matchup between old American Football League rivals Oakland and San Diego at the Stadium Formerly Known as Jack Murphy. In addition, it marks the debut of the new Thursday Night […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/4/2011
Ok, let’s get this done. Lots of linkage from yesterday and today. I need to catch up. Let’s go. Check out your Weekend Viewing Picks for the sports and entertainment programming for Saturday and Sunday. National Mike McCarthy of USA Today wonders if there’s a glass ceiling for women in sports television. Former Comcast SportsNet […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/2/2011
NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football is back with its fifth announcing crew in its six years of existence. Here’s hoping we’ll finally some consistency with Thursday Night Football now that the Matt Millen and Joe Theismann experience is over. This year, we’ll have Brad Nessler and Mike Mayock. I’ve felt Mayock should have been in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/31/2011
Let’s do some links on this Monday. Some good stuff to get to. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that CBS’ Bill Cowher may make broadcasting a true second career after shooting down another coaching rumor. At Fox Sports, Brian Lowry feels for the most part, Fox got the job done during the World Series. […]
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 9/28/2011
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 […]
