0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2016
On Tuesday, May 10 at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York, the Sports Emmy Awards were handed out to the national sports networks nominated in a number of categories. FS1 was the network that received the most with 8 awards. NBC was next with 7 followed by FoxSports.com with 6 then […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/13/2016
In a move that had been expected, the NCAA, CBS Sports and Turner Sports have announced an eight-year extension of their agreement that was going to expire in 2024. It keeps the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on CBS/Turner Sports through 2032 and keeps ESPN from getting its hands on the coveted property until at least […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/2/2016
All Times Eastern Saturday, April 2 Men’s College All-Star Game, NRG Stadium, Houston, TX East vs. West — CBS, 1 p.m. (delayed from 4/1) NCAA Tournament Division I Men’s Championship National Semifinals, NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Studio and Pregame Shows With a Kiss — CBS, noon NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 1:30 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/27/2016
With Turner Sports airing the Final Four® for the third straight year, we get the “Team Stream” concept a.k.a. the “Homer calls.” It means that TBS will have the main call with Jim Nantz, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery and Tracy Wolfson while TNT and truTV will have the homer calls for the four teams in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/19/2016
All Times Eastern Saturday, March 19 Men’s National Invitation Tournament 2nd Round (Home Sites) Wagner at Creighton — ESPN, noon (Doug Sherman/Daymeon Fishback) NCAA Tournament 2nd Round Pregame and Studio Shows NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m. NCAA Tip-Off — TNT, 5:30 p.m.NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 8 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/18/2016
Here we go, the NCAA Broadcasting Consortium of CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV have released the tip times, networks and announcing assignments for Sunday’s second round action. CBS will have a tripleheader that begins at noon ET and ends at approximately 7:15 p.m. truTV will have one game while TBS and TNT will both have […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/13/2016
Well, here we go. The 68-team field for the 2016 NCAA Tournament has been set, the networks are set to go and the announcers have been assigned for the First Four and the 1st/2nd Round sites. And yes, we return to the 1st and 2nd rounds for the Thursday/Friday and Saturday/Sunday games. As you should […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/7/2015
CBS ends 34 years of consecutively airing the NCAA Division I Men’s Championship Game on a high note. After last year’s game between UConn and Kentucky which averaged a 12.5/20 final rating/share, this year’s contest pitting Duke and Wisconsin saw a rise of 28% to 16.0/28. Viewership also saw a big jump as Duke-Wisconsin averaged […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2015
The Turner triumvirate of TBS, TNT and truTV couldn’t be happier with the numbers from this year’s Final Four. First, the Kentucky-Wisconsin game broke the rating and viewership record of last week’s Kentucky-Notre Dame Midwest Regional Final on TBS becoming the most-watched college basketball game in U.S. cable television history. The game averaged a 12.4 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/3/2015
All Times Eastern Saturday, April 4 Studio and Pregame Shows At the Final Four — TBS, 3 p.m. College GameDay live from Indianapolis, IN — ESPN, 3:30 p.m. The Final Four Show — TBS, 4 p.m. BTN Tip-Off Show 2015: Final Four Pregame — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m. Best of College Basketball — CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/23/2015
Observers may have criticized the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee over seedings and various teams getting into the Big Dance, but the games and matchups that resulted from the First Four to the Round of 32 has generated record ratings for the CBS/Turner broadcast consortium. For the first week on CBS, TBS, TNT and the much-maligned […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2015
All Times Eastern Saturday, March 21 Men’s NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship 3rd Round Studio and Pregame Shows NCAA Tip-Off — TNT, 5 p.m. NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m. NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m. Inside March Madness — TBS, midnight College GameDay — ESPN2, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2015
Ok, we get the tip times for the Round of 32 action on Sunday, March 22 as CBS and Turner don’t want to wait until the Providence-Dayton game is over as the PR people want to sleep at a decent hour. CBS has a tripleheader on Sunday starting at 12:10 p.m. ET with the tasty […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Yes, there’s the First Four™, but that’s really the appetizer for the real action of the NCAA Tournament which began on Thursday with 16 games. By having 5 one-point games, two 14 seeds advancing and five Texas teams going 0-for-Thursday, CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV had a tremendous day of the 2015 Tournament. Fans had […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/15/2015
CBS and Turner Sports have released the tip times and the announcing assignments for the 2015 NCAA Tournament. The “First Four” or play-in games from the four teams deemed as numbers 65 through 68 for the tournament will play in Dayton, OH. These games on Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18 will air on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/5/2015
This year brings a lot of upheaval for the CBS/Turner team for this year’s NCAA Tournament. With Greg Anthony suspended, Steve Kerr in the NBA, Bill Raftery and Grant Hill named to the “A” team with Jim Nantz, analysts and reporters have to be shuffled and that’s exactly what CBS/Turner has done. It also means […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/6/2014
That’s the spin from CBS/Turner. What they won’t tell you is that ratings and viewership are down, but that’s because TBS, TNT and truTV don’t have the penetration that CBS does. First things first. Let’s go over Saturday’s numbers. With the Final Four airing across three Turner platforms, the two games of the Final Four […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2014
Time for a long overdue sports media post. You get three columns-in-one. Nice concept for you. If you don’t know the name Sandy Grossman in the pantheon of sports television, you should. He was the “A” director on the NFL on CBS and Fox, the NBA on CBS, the NHL on Fox and directed two […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/30/2014
We’re entering a brave new world beginning this year. You have gotten used to having TBS, TNT and truTV join CBS in televising the NCAA Tournament over the last four seasons. Up until this year, CBS had been airing the Final Four and National Championship Game without interruption since 1982. That changes this year as […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2014
The nominees are out. A few interesting developments for this year’s Emmys. In the play-by-play category, Al Michaels is noticeably absent. Marv Albert, Mike Breen, Joe Buck, Bob Costas (?) and Mike Emrick are nominees. I guess the Academy decided to put Bob in this category in addition to his customary Studio Host nomination. For […]
