Once again, the networks of NBCUniversal will be all over the Olympics on Day 5. As ususal, Bravo will have tennis, CNBC will be the home of boxing, MSNBC, NBC Sports Network and NBC will be hopscotching around the Olympics....
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Let’s provide the updates for Canada and the US for Day 5 of the 2012 Games. Canada has some medal hopes on the diving board, in the pool and on the water. CTV, TSN, Sportsnet, RDS, V and the rest...
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Count Day 3 of the 2012 London Olympics as another “Win” for NBC. While the overnight ratings for NBC primetime was measured 5% lower than 2008, the final rating finished 2% above Day 3 in Communist China. The final ratings...
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As we wait for the final ratings press release for NBC’s ratings for Day 3 of the 2012 Olympics, we do have this note from NBC on the ratings for the cable properties airing the Games. The London Olympics helped...
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While I’ve been focusing mainly on the Olympics, I haven’t forgotten about today’s MLB Trade Deadline. Today at 3 p.m., ESPN will have a SportsCenter special hosted by Baseball Tonight’s Karl Ravech with analyst John Kruk and network MLB insiders...
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31Jul
CBS has officially announced the signing of Doug Gottlieb into the company. He’ll join the upstart CBS Sports Radio which will begin in January. He’ll host the 3-6 p.m. ET slot. In addition, he’ll join CBS Sports as a college...
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Despite having two gold medal winners in the pool including Missy Franklin and men’s gymnastics, NBC saw a slight drop in the overnight ratings for Day 3 of the London Olympics. Last night’s ratings hit 20.1 with a 32 share,...
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CONCACAF Champions League Herediano vs. Real Salt Lake — Fox Soccer, 10 p.m. Golf Big Break Academy — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. 2000 PGA Championship, Final Round — Golf Channel, 8 p.m. MLB American League Baltimore at New York Yankees...
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31Jul
I owe you some linkage and I gathered so many over the last few days that I’m slowing down by browser with so many tabs. I have to clear them so my browser can run properly. So many things to...
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Let’s post the programming schedule for the Canadian Olympic Broadcast Consortium for Day 4 of the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad in London. Day 4 Highlights: Tuesday, July 31 – Canada Set to Make History in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics;...
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Well, we move onto Day 4 of the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad. Some favorites that NBC has been depending on have fallen through like Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Jordyn Wieber for one reason or another. On Tuesday in...
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The London Olympics are resonating with the American people. With no live action in primetime, NBC is still drawing a huge audience. Now remember four years ago in Communist China, swimming was live in primetime in the Eastern and Central...
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ESPN has announced that former coaches Seth Greenberg and Bruce Pearl have been hired as college basketball analysts. In addition, Jalen Rose, one of the Fab Five at Michigan in the early 1990′s, will be an analyst on the basketball...
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There seems to be a vocal minority about NBC’s tape delay policy. It’s very loud on social media and in the mainstream media, but it comes down to viewership, people are speaking with their remotes and the results speak loudly....
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The latest season of Big Break wraps up tonight with what appears to be quite a catty reunion show among the cast. Golf Channel has released two videos showing some tension as cast members open up about the show. Last...
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Golf Big Break Atlantis: Reunion — Golf Channel, 9 p.m. Feherty: John Daly (season finale) — Golf Channel, 10 p.m. MLB American League Anaheim Angels at Texas — ESPN/Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Southwest, 7 p.m. Baltimore at New York Yankees...
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Now let’s move to the Canadian Olympic Broadcast Consortium’s programming schedule for Monday. Lots of stuff on CTV, Sportsnet, TSN, RDS, V and others. Day 3 Highlights: Monday, July 30 Canada Takes on Great Britain in Women’s Basketball; British Diving...
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Let’s do the programming posts for the Olympics now. NBC has provided the Olympic programming schedule for Monday on the networks of NBCUniversal. Lots of stuff to go over as once again, it’s a full day of events from Badminton...
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Day 1 of the Games of the XXX Summer Olympics brings some amazing final ratings for the National Broadcasting Company. Primetime saw a rating of 15.8 and a 29 share which is 14% higher than the opening night of the...
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NFL Network’s new morning show will get its full-fledged debut Monday morning at 6 a.m. ET. After hearing about the set, hosts and format, the show finally premieres this week and just in time for training camp and the beginning...
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There were complaints on Twitter about the holding of glamor events like the men’s 400 Individual Medley in swimming for primetime, but people still watched. And yes, that event was online at NBCOlympics.com and on its mobile apps, but there...
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Canadians will have plenty of action to watch on Sunday. Clara Hughes is back in the Summer Olympics cycling for the first time since 2000. In women’s diving, the Maple Leaf has two medal chances. Take a look at what...
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Just as the London Olympics Opening Ceremony set a viewing record on NBC, a new standard was set in Canada. Airing live at 4 p.m. ET, an average of 6.4 million Canadians watched the Opening Ceremony on CTV. It’s the...
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Ok, here are the listings for Day 2 of the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad in London. Once again, NBC starts early at 7 a.m. ET/PT. NBC Sports Network hits the air at 4 a.m. ET and Bravo and...
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You know the complaints about NBC holding the Opening Ceremony for primetime and not putting it online? Well, those complaints are going to continue falling on deaf ears. Last night, Americans made the London Opening Ceremony the most watched Summer...
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We can complain about tape delays, find pirated feeds, talk about it on Twitter, but when the ratings are all said and done, NBC can wave the ratings in our collective faces and say, “This is why the show was...
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Let’s do some bullet point thoughts on NBCUniversal’s coverage of Days -2 through 0 of the 2012 Olympics. I’ll go backwards starting with coverage of the Opening Ceremony and then the live soccer coverage on Wednesday and Thursday. I can...
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Let’s take a look at what Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Consortium of CTV, TSN, Sportsnet, RDS and V will show on Day 1 of the 2012 Olympic Games. Kind of surreal that after all of the hype, the Games are finally...
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Now that the Opening Ceremony is over, it’s time for Olympic action in earnest. The soccer action on Wednesday and Thursday was just an appetizer. Tomorrow, there’s boxing, gymnastics, swimming. tennis, and a whole plethora of sports. The networks of...
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After taking two weeks off, Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are back on Fox Saturday Baseball. Chris Myers got the assignment to be #1 guy while Joe was gone and didn’t do all that badly in his place. With Red...
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