0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/4/2011
Ok, let’s get this done. Lots of linkage from yesterday and today. I need to catch up. Let’s go. Check out your Weekend Viewing Picks for the sports and entertainment programming for Saturday and Sunday. National Mike McCarthy of USA Today wonders if there’s a glass ceiling for women in sports television. Former Comcast SportsNet […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/31/2011
Let’s do some links on this Monday. Some good stuff to get to. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that CBS’ Bill Cowher may make broadcasting a true second career after shooting down another coaching rumor. At Fox Sports, Brian Lowry feels for the most part, Fox got the job done during the World Series. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/30/2011
Let’s some linkage on this Sunday. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News writes that the NBA lockout has forced the cancellation of the rest of its November games forcing ESPN, TNT, NBA TV and regional sports networks to fill huge programming holes. Michael Malone at Multichannel notes that some Hawaiian viewers lost part of Thursday’s Game […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/29/2011
The most watched World Series game since Game 4 in 2004 saw a total audience of 25.4 million people. That is upper echelon NFL-like numbers. Fox saw a rating of 14.7 and a 25 share for Game 7 of the 2011 World Series between Texas and St. Louis which is again NFL-like. In 2004, Game […]
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We have the overnight numbers for World Series Game 7 from Friday night. Thanks to a compelling Game 6 Thursday night that hooked viewers, plus some weak competition on ABC, CBS, NBC and The CW, Fox was able to blow away the other networks with an NFL-like rating, 16.2 with a 28 share, the highest-rated […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/28/2011
We interrupt the NFL Week 8 previews for a baseball respite. While many sports media observers have praised Joe Buck’s call of David Freese’s walk-off home run to force a Game 7 in the World Series (not me, however), you may have wondered how other broadcasters called the moment. And I believe both of these […]
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We have the final numbers from Fox Sports in what was a big night for the World Series and the network setting up a penultimate Game 7 tonight at 8:05 p.m. ET. Fox received a 12.7 rating with a 21 share, the highest ratings for a World Series game since Game 6 of the 2009 […]
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Due to a crazy schedule for most of this week and then having a medical procedure done yesterday, I have not been able to blog like I’ve wanted to. Links have been scarce, but I’m available to do them now and hopefully, won’t be interrupted. Your Weekend Viewing Picks have your sports and entertainment programming […]
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We have the former St. Louis Cardinals and the performers who will take part in the pregame and in-game festivities for Game 7 of the World Series. Former American Idol participant Chris Daughtry sings the National Anthem. And former Redbirds pitchers Bob Forsch and Joe Magrane will come out and get standing ovations from the […]
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Overnight ratings for the thrilling, compelling and exciting Game 6 of the World Series. With St. Louis twice being down to its last strike of the season, the Cardinals scored in the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th innings to overtake Texas, 10-9 and force a Game 7. Fox notes that the game received a 13.8 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/27/2011
Former St. Louis Cardinals David Eckstein and Vince Coleman will be involved in tonight’s World Series Game 6 pregame ceremonies. And we also have those who will sing the National Anthem and God Bless America. Take a look. CARDINALS GREATS DAVID ECKSTEIN TO THROW OUT FIRST PITCH WITH VINCE COLEMAN DELIVERING GAME BALL PRIOR TO […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/26/2011
This in from Fox regarding Monday’s ratings for Game 5 of the World Series. Final ratings show that Game 5 received an 8.8 rating with a 14 share. About 14.3 million people watched. Fox won the night in key demographics in the 18-34 category, but was behind in the 18-49 category to CBS’ lineup of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/25/2011
Just saw this tweet from the great John Ourand of Sports Business Journal: [blackbirdpie url=” We’ll get final numbers later, but both MNF and the World Series got their lowest overnight ratings respectively. Fox will take the win, however. I’ll check later to see if the World Series beat ABC’s Monday juggernaut, Dancing with the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/24/2011
We have a press release from Fox based on the overnight numbers for Saturday and Sunday. We should have final numbers tomorrow and because of sports overruns on Saturday, Nielsen’s final numbers for the night are delayed. But Fox is claiming victory for Saturday night for Game 3 which was a 16-7 blowout for St. […]
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Ok, I won’t be in all day on Tuesday, although I will have my iPad and I’ll try to post any breaking news from a conference in Taunton, MA tomorrow. But while I’m in the office now, it’s time for some linkage. Starting with Sports Business Daily, we learn that Game 4 of the World […]
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Before the season, Indianapolis-New Orleans, a rematch of Super Bowl XLIV was quite the attractive matchup to go head-to-head against the World Series. But when Peyton Manning announced he could not play and the Colts acknowledged he would be lost for the season, the game became less sexy. Then the Colts started losing and by […]
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We’re hearing that Game 4 of the World Series on Fox outrated the Sunday Night Football blowout on NBC last night. The World Series which ended at a 4-0 win for the Texas Rangers over the St. Louis Cardinals stayed close for most of the night while Sunday Night Football resulted in a lopsided 62-7 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/23/2011
Let’s do some linkage on this Sunday morning. Some good stuff to get to. TVbytheNumbers says World Series Game 3 easily won the primetime ratings last night over college football and repeats on NBC. The Associated Press has an in-depth story on how Fox and Telemundo won the rights to the 2015-22 World Cups. Marisa […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/22/2011
This coming directly from Major League Baseball, here is the list of performers and celebrities who will take part in singing the National Anthem, throw out of the first pitch and sing God Bless America. Among those you’ll see is Zooey Deschanel of the Fox show, “New Girl”, former President of the United States George […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/21/2011
A compelling Game 2 that went down to the wire brought a good audience for Game 2 of the 2011 World Series. The audience was 14.3 million and brought Fox an 8.9 rating and a 14 share. That’s 5% higher than last year’s Game 2 rating which ended at an 8.5/14 and 14.1 million viewers. […]
