0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/22/2013
Normally Fox sends its World Series coverage press release during the day, but it came into the Fang’s Bites inbox just shortly before 9 p.m. ET. Not that I’m complaining, I always like posting fresh content at night. Anyway, for the 14th straight year, Fox will air Major League Baseball’s Fall Classic. This year, the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/21/2013
This in from MLB Network, we know that its two signature shows, Intentional Talk and MLB Tonight will be live from both Boston and St. Louis throughout the duration of the World Series. Among the staffers who will be seen on the shows, Greg Amsinger and Brian Kenny will host MLB Tonight. They’ll be joined […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/18/2013
Ok, Major League Baseball has released the dates and start times for the World Series. The Boston Red Sox have the home field advantage this year thanks to the American League winning the All-Star Game back in July. Fox will air all the games on TV. ESPN Radio has the games on radio, of course. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/17/2013
Let’s take a look where Keith Olbermann has worked over the years. It’s a very interesting timeline. 1976 — Reporter for United Press International. 1979 — Joins UPI Radio. 1980 — Joins the RKO Radio Network. 1981 — Joins CNN Sports 1984 — Works at WCVB in Boston as the 11 p.m. sportscaster. 1985 — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/27/2012
I wish this documentary had come out sooner. Tonight, MLB Network premieres a new behind-the-scenes film produced by MLB Productions. This has all six World Series umpires miked and the film shows what each man is saying either behind the plate, on the field or inside their clubhouse. This film is called “The Third Team: […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2012
Starting tonight and lasting through New Year’s Eve, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area will give San Francisco Giants fans a chance to re-live a magical 2012 postseason with the re-airing of seven games including the entire World Series that led to the team’s second championship in three years. The games start tonight with the original CSN […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/5/2012
Let’s do some linkage on this Monday. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch talks with TNT’s Charles Barkley about the next phase of his career. Michael Hiestand of USA Today notes that Saturday nights are becoming a sports TV bastion. Chris Chase at USA Today’s Game On blog has video of an NFL referee cursing which surprised […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/1/2012
I’ll do a few links on this Thursday. Can you believe it’s November already? Michael Hiestand of USA Today says the NBA’s television partners are still setting their lineups as the season begins. Hiestand reports that the Mitt Romney campaign is throwing a monkey wrench at ESPN in its attempts to get the GOP Presidential […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/30/2012
I hope those of you in the Mid-Atlantic states are ok after Hurricane Sandy. I’m lucky to still have power after yesterday’s gusts in Southern New England. I know many are not. Hopefully you’re ok after Sandy and you can start getting back to normal. Let’s do some linkage for you. Michael Hiestand of USA […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/29/2012
We have the final ratings for the 2012 World Series on Fox. First, the ratings for Game 4 which ended as the highest rated of all the broadcasts this year. It resulted in an 8.9 rating and 14 share, down from last year’s Game 4 which had a 9.2/14. The viewership, however, was higher than […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/26/2012
This in from Fox Sports. It mentions that Game 2 saw a slight ratings increase from Game 1. With a much closer 2-0 game in Game 2 that saw the San Francisco Giants take a 2-0 series lead over the Detroit Tigers, Fox received a 7.8 fast national rating with a 12 share. An average […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/25/2012
We have the ratings from World Series Game 1 on Fox from Wednesday night. First, Fox won the night over all competition and also scored an 18-49 demographic win. The network says it received a 7.6 fast national rating and a 12 share with 12.2 million viewers for the 1st contest between the San Francisco […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/24/2012
Throughout the World Series, MLB Network will produce two of its studio shows, MLB Tonight and The Abortion Known as Intentional Talk on location from San Francisco and Detroit. MLB Tonight: World Series Edition will have two pregame shows on gamedays, at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. ET, then immediately following each contest. Intentional Talk […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/23/2012
Fox Sports is back to air the entire World Series, no matter how far it goes. Fox’s history with the World Series dates back to 1996 and since 2000, the network has aired the Fall Classic consecutively and will continue to do when the new MLB TV contract takes effect in 2014. As usual, Joe […]
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Now with the World Series decided, we know that the San Francisco Giants will take on the Detroit Tigers, a first-time matchup between two heritage MLB franchises. Fox Sports will have all of the games live on TV. ESPN Radio has the game on radio, of course. Here’s the schedule from Major League Baseball. 2012 […]
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What a magical time in the Bay Area. The Giants have caught the imagination of fans in Northern California (except the A’s fans) with their run in the National League Division Series and the National League Championship Series going 6-0 in elimination games, four of those on the road. Well, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/18/2012
As a rightsholder to Major League Baseball, ESPN gets access to the field before and after the World Series and can have Baseball Tonight live at the stadiums before Fox goes on the air. For this year’s Fall Classic, Baseball Tonight will be positioned outside the stadiums with hosts Karl Ravech and Steve Berthiaume with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/4/2012
ESPN Radio which has the rights to the entire MLB Postseason has provided its announcing crews for the Wild Card games all the way to the World Series. The main crew will be Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser. They’ll begin with the AL Wild Card Game, call the American League Division Series involving the New […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2011
I’m not going to go too wild on this. Other sites are doing similar posts as well. I’ll provide what I feel are the best calls in Sports Broadcasting this year. The only way to do this is to post videos and that’s what I’ll do. I know I said Best and Worst earlier, but […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/6/2011
Let’s provide some linkage on this NFL Sunday. Dennis Dodd at CBSSports.com writes that the SEC plans to reopen its humungous media rights contract with ESPN soon after its admission of Missouri into the conference is made official. Glenn Davis at SportsGrid has video of ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit losing his concentration as an earthquake hit […]
