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 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 3/20/2015
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 3/3/2015
Back to do a sports media notebook for you. Let’s get to it. NEWS NASCAR beat reporter Jim Utter of the Charlotte Observer notes that Sunday’s Sprint Cup race in Atlanta did well for Fox and was up from last year’s second race which was held in Phoenix. That along with increased viewership for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/1/2015
It’s been more than ten days since you had a notebook. Things have gone rather haywire and I’ve been quite busy dealing with issues at home, but you don’t have to be bogged down with what I’m going through. You want content so here it is. NEWS With Monday being the NHL Trade Deadline, fans […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2015
Time for another edition of the notebook. Let’s do this. NEWS NBC Sports has announced it will pick up radio coverage of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Over the past few years, radio coverage of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes has been piecemeal with various syndicators producing the races. Now, NBC which has […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/3/2015
Time for a sports media notebook. Plenty of stuff out there and I need to clear my browser tabs of all the links I have for you. First some news. NEWS As you’re aware by now, Super Bowl XLIX was declared the most-watched television program in U.S. history with an average of 114.4 million viewers. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/2/2015
Well, it’s official now. Super Bowl XLIX on NBC is the most-watched television program in U.S. history with 114.4 million viewers breaking the previous record of 112.3 set last year by Super Bowl XLVIII on Fox. The viewership peaked at over 120 million in the last ten minutes of the game. Thanks to a close […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/1/2015
With today being Super Bowl Sunday and a new month to boot, let’s provide you with a new edition of the notebook. I have a lot of linkage to provide you plus a few pieces for News You Can Use. During the Super Bowl, I’ll do my annual grades of the ads during each quarter, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/20/2015
Let’s open the notebook after a busy weekend. Took Monday off after the Greg Anthony news and an interview I conducted with CBS’ Tracy Wolfson which I’ll provide in the links. First the news: NEWS The ratings and viewership for the NFL Conference Championship games are in. While both games drew over 40 million viewers, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/15/2015
Let’s do a notebook for this Thursday. NEWS NBC held a big press conference on Wednesday at its World Headquarters in Rockefeller Plaza in New York. It announced a multi-year agreement with Haymon Boxing to air the Premier Boxing Champions series starting with 20 events this year, 14 of which will be in primetime on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2015
We have quite a few things for you today. Let’s get to things without further delay. NEWS The National Football League has reason to smile after seeing the numbers for Divisional Weekend. After seeing lower ratings and viewership for Wild Card Weekend, the NFL saw significantly higher numbers this past weekend thanks to having glamor […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2015
Earlier this morning when ESPN put out a statement on its overnight ratings for the College Football Playoff National Championship, a number at 18.5 which is its highest-ever, you just knew there was the potential for a huge viewership, possibly near 32 or 33 million. Well, the final numbers are out and ESPN through Nielsen […]
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We’re back with the notebook after a few days absence. Got busy with a few things so happy to have this back. I’ve plenty of linkage for you. NEWS Ratings from the weekend were delayed due to some problem at the Nielsen headquarters. This happens every so often. NBC said its first Divisional Playoff game […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2015
Let’s do a notebook on this Thursday morning. SHAMELESS PLUG Your humble blogger was interviewed by BBC Sportshour which is aired Saturdays on the BBC World Service. Host Caroline Barker talked with yours truly about ESPN’s Stuart Scott and his legacy. The program will be heard at 10 a.m. in the UK which means 5 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/7/2015
Let’s do our notebook for this hump day. We begin with some late news that came out on Tuesday. NEWS It appears that new Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh will be involved in ESPN’s coverage of next Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Mark Snyder of the Detroit Free Press has the story. Fox Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/6/2015
On this first Tuesday of the New Year, let’s open the notebook once again to provide you with some linkage and some news you can use. First, some thoughts which will take the place of the breaking news or news segment. OPINION As we’re over 48 hours from the time we learned of Stuart Scott’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/4/2015
With ESPN televising its first-ever NFL playoff game and NBC relegated to just a single primetime contest on Wild Card Saturday, ratings for the playoff doubleheader were down from last year. And compared to 2014 when both games were thrillers including a massive comeback for the Indianapolis Cots, this year’s games were far from that […]
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Let’s give you some news, linkage and maybe some news you can use. Figured you could use some Sunday reading today. NEWS You’ve probably heard it already, but the College Football Playoff semifinals, the Rose and the Sugar Bowls on New Year’s Day set cable viewing records. Both games broke the previous record for cable […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/2/2015
Time for the first Sports Media Notebook of 2015. Let’s see what news we can squeeze for this edition. NEWS First, ESPN saw some good news for the first half of its so-called “New Year’s Six.” The ratings were good for the Peach, Orange and Fiesta Bowls. College Football: First Half of “New Year’s Six” […]
