0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/24/2013
Let’s do a few links. Here’s what we have for you. The Sporting News has a recap of the NBC-NASCAR deal including how Turner gave three of its races to NBC increasing its number to 20 Sprint Cup races starting in 2015. Bob Pockrass of the Sporting News says NASCAR felt moving to NBC was […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/23/2013
Well, here’s some big news on a Tuesday in a month of big news. Tripp Mickle and John Ourand report in Sports Business Daily that NBC has won the the rights to the second half of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series meaning Turner and ESPN will be out after next season. According to Mickle and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/18/2013
Let’s do some links today. Brian Steinberg of Variety reports that Fox Sports is bundling Fox Sports 1 to potential Super Bowl XLVIII advertisers. That’s one way to get ads on the new network. Brian Lowry of Variety says Tennis Channel is crying foul at Comcast in trying to gain carriage on the cable provider’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2013
Lots of stuff to get to and so little time. Here’s the linkage. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his regular Monday sports media column in which he discusses a new hire for NBC’s Football Night in America, ESPN’s World Cup plans and Bill Simmons’ future in the NBA studio. USA Today reports that former Kansas […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/16/2013
The NASCAR Summer Series on TNT speeds to Michigan International Speedway on Sunday. For this week, the Sprint Cup Series stop in Michigan will go 400 miles around the oval track. Adam Alexander will be the host and also call the lap-by-lap action. Wally Dallenbach, Larry McReynolds and Kyle Petty will analyze the passes and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/30/2013
Trying to provide two consecutive days of linkage, something I haven’t done in quite some time. Here we go. Pete Iacobelli of the Associated Press writes that Fox is still investigating the incident that caused a rope supporting its overhead camera to snap at the Coca-Cola 600. Tim Baysinger of Multichannel News writes that Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/23/2013
This in from TNT, it did very well with an overtime Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat. With the Heat winning on a buzzer beater by LeBron James, TNT was paced to the most watched 2013 NBA Playoff game to date. The game received a 5.3 US […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/8/2013
Let’s go over the entire list of those who won hardware in the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. The awards were handed out at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. Overall, NBC Sports Group has reason to crow with 23 Emmys, the most of any sports media group. Turner Sports was […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/7/2013
The 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards were handed out tonight in New York at Frederick P. Rose Hall at the Time Warner Center. Thanks to Josh Krulewitz, ESPN public relations maven, I can list the individual winners. I’ll have a full list from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences tomorrow and I’ll post […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/5/2013
Now that the NBA Conference Quarterfinals are over, we now move to the Conference Semifinal round. ABC opens things up with a Sunday afternoon doubleheader. TNT, the NBA’s Network of Record, returns to the postseason on Monday with two games and will continue through Wednesday. It all begins with Game 1 of the Chicago Bulls-Miami […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/9/2013
CBS/Turner Sports is certainly happy about this year’s NCAA Tournament. The average rating for the 67 games on CBS/TBS/TNT/tru TV was 6.7 with a 14 share. That’s up 10% from 2012’s 6.1/13. It’s the highest average rating for the tournament dating back to 2005 when the entire run was solely on CBS. The average viewership […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/2/2013
Last month, I gave you my College Basketball TV Awards for the 2012-13 regular season. As promised, I’ll provide you with the NCAA Tournament Edition featuring my picks for Final Four, Regional Final and First Week levels. Those not worthy and there will be a couple, will get the infamous Carton of Chinese Cigarettes handed […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/30/2013
Another press release from CBS/Turner Sports must mean good news for the NCAA Tournament and it does. Friday’s Sweet 16 action which included an exciting overtime Kansas-Michigan game which ended in a Wolverines win, scored in the ratings and in viewership. CBS and TBS saw a big Fast National household rating of 8.2 and a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/29/2013
Thanks to the fine people at the CBS Sports and Turner Sports PR departments, we learn that viewership for the 2013 NCAA Tournament is up 8% from 2012. Even with the amount of blowouts we’ve seen, interest in the tournament has increased over last year. According to Nielsen, the NCAA Tournament is averaging 9 million […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/25/2013
The ratings and viewership for the NCAA Tournament continue to set records. CBS/Turner Sports note that the average 8.9 million combined viewers for the first week of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV are the most dating back twenty years. Last year, the first week average was 8.2 million viewers. The […]
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I’m out and about today. CBS/Turner are happy about Sunday’s overnight numbers. The day averaged a 7.6 rating with a 15 share, up a whopping 19% from last year, the highest for the first Sunday of the NCAA Tournament since 1993, and the first week is averaging a 6.3/14, the highest average in 23 years. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/23/2013
Saturday, March 23 Pregame & Studio Shows NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m. NCAA Tip-Off — TNT, 5 p.m. College GameDay Scoreboard — ESPN2, midnight Inside March Madness — TBS, midnight NCAA March Madness Bracket Breakdown — CBS Sports Network, 1 a.m. (Sunday) Men’s NCAA Tournament 3rd Round East Region Lexington, […]
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Ok, the tip times are in for the final day of the opening weekend of the 75th NCAA Tournament. CBS SPORTS AND TURNER SPORTS ANNOUNCE TIP TIMES AND MATCH-UPS FOR THIRD ROUND GAMES ON SUNDAY, MARCH 24 Turner Sports and CBS Sports announce tip times and match-ups for exclusive third round coverage of the 2013 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2013
This from CBS/Turner Sports. The final ratings are in for the first Thursday of the 2013 NCAA Tournament and they are good. This CBS/TBS/TNT/truTV combination combined for an overall 5.5 household rating with a 12 share. That is up 4% from 2012 and it’s the highest rating dating back to 1994 when CBS was in […]
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The CBS/Turner Sports partnership for the NCAA Tournament is working. Having all of the games available nationally and no regionalization has led to higher ratings for the first Thursday of the Big Dance. CBS/Turner says the Tournament garnered a 5.8 overnight rating and a 14 share for the 16 games played last night. That’s up […]
