0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/30/2013
From the CBS Sports/Turner Sports consortium, we have Friday’s overnight ratings for the Regional Semifinal action and thanks to a Kansas-Michigan game that went to overtime on TBS, the NCAA Tournament posted the highest overnight ratings for that night since 1990. The ratings resulted in an 8.9 with a 17 share which beat last year’s […]
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Tip times are set for Sunday’s Elite Eight. The South Regional Final will tip on CBS at 2:20 p.m. ET. That will be followed by the Midwest Regional Final, also on CBS, at 5:05 p.m. Details are below. TURNER SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCE TIP TIMES FOR REGIONAL FINALS ON SUNDAY, MARCH 31 ON CBS […]
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 […]
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This from CBS/Turner, overnight ratings for Thursday’s NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal games are up 4% from 2012. The games on CBS and TBS averaged a 7.3 and a 14 share, up from last year’s 7.0/12. Ratings were up despite the fact that three of four of the games were blowouts. Overall, the ratings for the […]
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It occurred early in CBS’ coverage of the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. As host Greg Gumbel introduced Doug Gottlieb to the studio joining Greg Anthony, Charles Barkley and Kenny “The Jet” Smith, Gottlieb tried to make a diversity joke and it backfired. You can clearly see Anthony, Barkley and Smith glaring at Gottlieb and forcing […]
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This in from CBS and Turner Sports. The tip times for the first half East and West Regional Finals have been set. Both games will be on CBS Sports. The East Regional in Washington, DC will take place at 4:30 p.m. ET while the West Regional Final will tip off at 7:05 p.m. All tip […]
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. […]
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Here we go for the tip times and announcing assignments for the Regional Semifinals on Thursday and Friday for the 2013 NCAA Tournament. CBS and TBS will share the games. Verne Lundquist, Bill Raftery and Rachel Nichols are assigned to the East region. Kevin Harlan, Len Elmore, Reggie Miller and Lewis Johnson are out West. […]
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 […]
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We’re still getting used to the concept of the four NCAA Tournament play-in games. And while the NCAA tries to make it sound nice with “First Four™”, they still have a long way before they’re engrained into the national consciousness. However, truTV which airs the games can hang its hat on higher ratings from the […]
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CBS/Turner has sent out the tip times for Saturday. TURNER SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCE TIP TIMES AND MATCH-UPS FOR THIRD ROUND GAMES ON SATURDAY, MARCH 23 CBS Sports and Turner Sports announce tip times and match-ups for third round coverage of the 2013 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 23 (Noon-Midnight […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2013
Just received this from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the full press release of the nominations for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. NBC Sports Group received the most nominations with 58 followed by ESPN with 43 and Turner in third with 27. Bob Costas was nominated yet again for Outstanding Studio […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/18/2013
Haven’t done a sports media thoughts post in a while. Figured you’re owed one. Let’s do this in bullet form, of course. ESPN’s 30 for 30 series has been good since it started, but Sunday’s “Survive and Advance” documentary on the 1983 North Carolina State NCAA Championship team elevated it to something very special. Directed […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/17/2013
Ok, we have the tip times and the announcing assignments for the First Four™ and 2nd Round games of the NCAA Tournament. It’s all below. No need for me to say anything. You can see where your favorite teams are playing and who’s calling the game on either CBS, TBS, TNT or truTV. CBS SPORTS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2013
This is a long release with lots of grids. I’ll keep this wraparound short and you can read this for yourself. TURNER SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCE 2013 NCAA® DIVISION I MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TELECAST SCHEDULE ALL GAMES TO BE BROADCAST NATIONALLY ACROSS CBS, TBS, TNT AND truTV For the third consecutive year, CBS Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/11/2013
This coming from the great John Ourand of Sports Business Journal/Sports Business Daily, it appears that Turner Sports will begin airing the NCAA Men’s Final Four™ and National Championship game starting next year, two years earlier than expected. When CBS and Turner combined to win the rights for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in 2010, […]
