0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/24/2014
Catching up on a couple of things on this Monday night. The first week of the NCAA Tournament went swimmingly well for the CBS/Turner consortium. Record ratings and record viewership has steered the first six days of games for the CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV combo. For the first six days, CBS/Turner averaged a 5.9/13 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/23/2014
The NCAA Tournament appears to have caught on with fans. When viewership goes up three straight days, you have a trend. For Saturday’s 3rd round action which had an afternoon of three bad games, but then an evening of barnburners, CBS/Turner averaged 10 million total viewers for the eight games which was the best in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2014
Once again, CBS/Turner saw some record numbers for the NCAA Tournament. yesterday’s numbers were the best for the opening Friday of the tournament dating back to 1991 when CBS took over the full rights for March Madness. The four telecast windows averaged 8.4 million viewers which is the highest since 1991. CBS/Turner saw a combined […]
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All Times Eastern Saturday, March 22 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m. NCAA Tip-Off — TNT, 5 p.m. NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m. Inside March Madness — TBS, midnight College GameDay — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday) NCAA March Madness Bracket Breakdown […]
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CBS/Turner has released the tip times and the annoncing assignments for Sunday’s 3rd round action. Unlike Saturday, CBS will carry a tripleheader beginning at 12:15 p.m. ET with the St. Louis pod. Jim Nantz, Greg Anthony and Tracy Wolfson will be on the call for Kansas vs. Stanford and Wichita State vs. Kentucky. CBS then […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2014
With some exciting games and big upsets, CBS/Turner garnered the best viewership in 23 years for the opening Thursday of the NCAA Tournament. An average of 8.6 million people watched the action on the CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV consortium. That’s a 6% increase from last year. And the total rating for all four networks […]
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The NCAA Tournament began in earnest on Thursday and with an evening of four overtime games, the excitement brought the fans out in droves. Overall, CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV garnered a 6.0 overnight rating with a 14 share making it the highest first Thursday rating for the games in 23 years. That’s up from […]
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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 […]
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When all of the conference championship basketball games are done, CBS Sports takes over to inform American where the Field of the 68 will go and play. Greg Gumbel will host as he has annually since 1998 and he’ll be joined by analysts Clark Kellogg, Seth Davis and for some insane reason, Doug Gottlieb. The […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2014
All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Women’s Schedule courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Friday, March 14 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows Inside College Basketball: Bracket Week — CBS Sports Network, 3:30 p.m. Big Ten Tip-Off Show 2014 — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m. Inside College Basketball: […]
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 11/19/2013
For the second consecutive year, truTV will air the annual Coaches vs. Cancer Classic live. The event will be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY and this year, the college basketball doubleheader will feature Oklahoma, Seton Hall, Michigan State and Virginia Tech. Brian Anderson, Greg Anthony and Steve Smith will call the games […]
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 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 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 4/6/2013
Saturday, April 6 Pregame & Studio Shows The Best of College Basketball 2013 — CBS, 1 p.m. NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 1:30 p.m. NCAA March Madness Fandemonium — CBS, 3 p.m. CNN All Access at the Final Four — CNN, 3 p.m. College GameDay live from Atlanta, GA — ESPN, 3 […]
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 […]
