FOX Sports Announces Coverage of Major League Baseball World Series
by Sarah Bellet - October 23, 2013 FOX Sports' exclusive coverage of Major League Baseball's 109th World Series begins Wednesday, Oct. 23, with Game 1 between the American League Champion Boston Red Sox and the National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals live from Fenway Park in Boston....
Justin Roberts Performs Two Shows at Symphony Space on 2/23
by Kelsey Denette - February 15, 2013 Millions have seen him on The Today Show and Nick Jr., TV, and one of his songs was featured on a World Series broadcast. A former Montessori preschool teacher, Justin Roberts plays Symphony Space on February 23....
NBC Announces Sports Event Coverage for 7/17-8/11
by Tyler Peterson - July 17, 2013 NBC Sports Network has announced sports events coverage for July 17 - August 11. Check out the full schedule below!...
Pedro Matinez, Tom Verducci Join TBS for MLB Postseason
by Caryn Robbins - September 23, 2013 Turner Sports has added Pedro Martinez, a three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion, as a studio analyst for the 2013 MLB Postseason....
Fox Sports Unveils Its 17th FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK Schedule
by Caryn Robbins - February 15, 2012 MLB on FOX, the sport's highest-rated and most-watched television package, today unveils its 17th FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK schedule highlighted by eight consecutive primetime dates, the most ever scheduled during the regular-season. During the stretch, all US-based teams appear at leas...
NBC Announces Coverage of WORLD SERIES OF VOLLEYBALL, Beg. 7/25
by Conor Sheeran - July 22, 2013 NBC, NBC Sports Network, and Universal Sports Network will combine to present more than 24 hours of the Asics World Series of Beach Volleyball from Long Beach, Calif., July 25-28....
STAGE TUBE: BSO vs. SLSO in Honor of the World Series
by Christina Mancuso - October 23, 2013 The brass sections of the Boston Symphony and St. Louis Symphony add fuel to the fire for the 2013 World Series between the Red Sox and Cardinals. Check out the video below!...
ESPN to Air 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event on 8/6
by Tyler Peterson - June 19, 2013 ESPN will televise the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event beginning Tuesday, Aug. 6, and culminating with two virtually live presentations of the Main Event Final Table on Monday, Nov. 4 and Tuesday, Nov. 5....
NBC Sports Kicks Off 2013 RUGBY SEVENS Coverage This Saturday, 2/2
by Tyler Peterson - January 31, 2013 NBC Sports Network will kick off its 2013 Rugby Sevens telecast season with two hours of coverage of the Hertz Sevens tournament this Saturday at 5 p.m. ET, from Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand. Coverage will include full matches as well as highlights from the two-day tournament....
NBC Sports Delivers More Than 16 Hours of USA Rugby Sevens Tournament, Beg. Today
by TV News Desk - February 09, 2013 NBC Sports Group will deliver more than 16 hours of the 2013 USA Sevens Vegas tournament this weekend on NBC, NBC Sports Network and Universal Sports...
HILLBILLY HANDFISHIN' WORLD SERIES 3-Part Event Set for Oct 2012
by TV News Desk - July 31, 2012 Animal Planet, the first network to introduce viewers to the world of HILLBILLY HANDFISHIN', announces a three-part miniseries that's also first of its kind. Premiering this October, HILLBILLY HANDFISHIN' WORLD SERIES features Texas noodler and jack-of-all-trades Brady Knowlton, 31, as master of cer...
A&E and Lionsgate Announce Home Entertainment Distribution Partnership
by Caryn Robbins - August 14, 2012 A+E Networks(TM), an award-winning global media content company, and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, have forged a partnership under which Lionsgate will handle home entertainment distribution of programming from A&E(R) Network, HISTORY(R) and Lifetime(R), the two comp...
WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING to Make Florida Debut on NBCSN, 10/26
by Tyler Peterson - October 24, 2013 World Series of Fighting (WSOF) makes its Florida debut on NBCSN Saturday, October 26, at 9 p.m. ET in the promotion's fifth show of 2013 with an exciting card of top-level mixed martial arts (MMA). This weekend's WSOF is highlighted by the first championship fight in World Series of Fighting histor...
NAB Show Launches SPROCKIT to Shine Spotlight on Startups
by Claire Hannum - February 26, 2013 NAB Show today announced it is launching SPROCKIT, a new program which will give 10 market-ready startup companies the opportunity to present their product or service directly to influencers in media and entertainment....
'NSSA Sportscaster of the Year' Dan Shulman Re-Signs With ESPN
by Caryn Robbins - October 22, 2012 Dan Shulman - the 2012 NSSA Sportscaster of the Year - has reached a multiyear extension with ESPN. Shulman will continue to serve as the voice of Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN's exclusive national MLB game of the week....
NBC's CHICAGO FIRE Sees 20% Ratings Jump
by Caryn Robbins - October 25, 2012 At 10 p.m. ET, CHICAGO FIRE (1.8/5 in adults 18-49, 6.3 million viewers overall) jumped week to week by 20 percent in 18-49 rating (to a 1.8 from a 1.5) and 8 percent in total viewers (6.297 million vs. 5.849 million), despite last night's World Series competition....
NBC Releases Primetime Ratings Results for Week of October 24 - 30
by Caryn Robbins - November 01, 2011 Paced by 'NBC Sunday Night Football,' which ranked #1 for the week in adults 18-49 and nearly all other key demographics, plus the potent Friday debut of 'Grimm,' NBC averaged a 2.3 rating, 6 share in adults 18-49 and 6.5 million viewers overall for the week of October 24-30, according to in-home vi...
WSOF & NBC Sports to Deliver Live World Championship Mixed Martial Arts Programming
by Caryn Robbins - February 04, 2013 World Series of Fighting (WSOF) and NBC Sports Network have entered into a three-year partnership to deliver live, world championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight programming, beginning with the promotion's second event, 'WSOF 2,' live Saturday, March 23 at 10 p.m. ET at Revel Resorts & Casino in ...
THE LATE SHOW's Top Ten 'Lowest-Rated ESPN Programs'
by Tyler Peterson - July 11, 2013 Below, check out THE LATE SHOW's Top Ten 'Backstreet Boys Lyrics,' on the Wednesday, July 10 broadcast of the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, seen weeknights (11:35 PM12:37 AM, ET/PT) on CBS.]...
Showtime Breaks Records with Two Back-to-Back Series with Over 2 Million Viewers Each
by Tyler Peterson - October 30, 2012 The one-two punch of the seventh season of DEXTER(R) and second season of HOMELAND continue to deliver impressive ratings for SHOWTIME, as the network marked the first time ever that two of its series have garnered over two million viewers each in one night. ...
Smokey D's BBQ Wins World Series of BBQ Championship
by Robert Diamond - October 11, 2013 After winning every meat category over the past decade at The American Royal competition in Kansas City, Smokey D's BBQ brought home the overall title in the World Series of BBQ over the weekend. The win netted co-owners Darren and Sherry Warth $12,500 in prize money, $5,000 in bonus Kingsford prize...
FOX is Most-Watched Network With Sunday's NFL Football
by Caryn Robbins - October 29, 2012 FOX (17.32 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 5.6, #T1) was the most-watched network on Sunday with its mix of 'NFL Overrun' (28.21 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 9.9, #1), 'The OT' (27.78 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 9.8, #2) and the 'World Series, Game 4' (13.76 million viewers, #4; adul...
Former MLB Star Gabe Kapler Joins Fox Sports 1
by Tyler Peterson - August 09, 2013 Gabe Kapler, a former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder, joins the FOX Sports 1 lineup in 2013 as an MLB analyst for FOX SPORTS LIVE....
ABC's SCANDAL is Up Across the Board in Thursday Time Slot
by Caryn Robbins - October 26, 2012 Up across the board, ABC's SCANDAL grew week to week in Total Viewers (+2%), Adults 18-34 (+15%), Adults 18-49 (+5%) and Adults 25-54 (+4%). In addition, the ABC drama jumped 12% week to week with Women 18-49 to equal the series' 2nd-highest-ever rating....
MISSION OCTOBER to Premiere 8/26 on Fox Sports 1
by Tyler Peterson - August 22, 2013 Major League Baseball Productions and FOX Sports today announced they will collaborate on a new series titled Mission October, with the first of eight episodes debuting Monday, August 26, at 7:30 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1. The first seven episodes will be 30 minutes in length and air on Mondays at 7:3... |