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Chicago Hope: Blackhawks' Local Audience Helping Drive NBC, NBSN RatingsThe Blackhawks' local ratings in the Chicago market during the NHL playoffs are "having a huge impact on the overall national rating for their games on NBC and NBC Sports Network," according to Ed Sherman of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. NBC Sports Net's Blackhawks-Red Wings Western Conference Semifinals Gam... Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, Media |
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The premiere of “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” on E! averaged 807,000 viewers last Sunday in the 10:00pm ET slot. The show marked the net’s third-best audience of the week. The lead-in for the show, an E! News Special featuring Ryan Seacrest interviewing The Kardashians, averaged 1.4 ...
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Media Notes
In Boston, Chad Finn writes WBZ-FM "took a very well-considered path" to hiring Bob Socci as the new radio play-by-play voice of the Patriots. The "easiest thing would have been to choose someone already known and established within the market." Sources said that pre- and postgame host Gary Tangua ...
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Tennis Channel Waits On FCC Ruling
Sources have "downplayed" the reported interest of Al Jazeera in purchasing the Tennis Channel , but if there is some truth to it the company "might want to keep its wallet closed" until the Tennis Channel-Comcast legal battle plays out, according to Joe Flint of the L.A. TIMES. Tennis Channel is ...
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Bob Socci Named Patriots Radio Voice
Bob Socci is the "new play-by-play voice for Patriots broadcasts" on Boston-based WBZ-FM, according to Chad Finn of the BOSTON GLOBE. Socci replaces Gil Santos, who retired after last season . Socci has "called Navy football games on the radio for the past 16 years." He also is the "lead voice ...
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People & Personalities
SI.com's Nick Zaccardi reported Gold Medal-winning U.S. speedskater Apolo Ohno will be "a correspondent for NBC" during the net's coverage of the '14 Sochi Games. Ohno acknowledged that it "effectively ends any chance of a short-track speedskating comeback." He said, "It's time to try some different ...
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Lipsyte Defines Role As ESPN Ombudsman
It is "hard to know where a new ESPN ombudsman should begin," but Robert Lipsyte, who will take over the role on June 1, indicated that his "central theme will be ... conflict of interest," according to Marc Tracy of THE NEW REPUBLIC. Lipsyte said he will focus on the "interface of ESPN’s fi ...
NBA Viewership Down, But Still Strong
NBA viewership was down during the ’12-13 regular season, as audience numbers dipped compared to the record-setting, condensed ’11-12 season. However, this year still marks the second-best audience on record for a full (no lockout) regular season for ABC, TNT and ESPN, behind only the &r ...
Seventh UFC-Fox Telecast On Par With Avg.
Fox finished with a 2.2 rating and 3.7 million viewers for the seventh UFC broadcast on the network, which featured Benson Henderson successfully defending his lightweight title against Gilbert Melendez on Saturday night. Compared to “UFC on Fox 3,” which aired in the spring of ’ ...
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HBP PPV To Broadcast Bradley-Marquez Fight
Timothy Bradley Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez are slated to headline an HBO PPV card at Las Vegas' Thomas & Mack Center on Sept. 14, "Mexican Independence Day weekend," according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.com. That weekend is "usually is the target for a major fight involving a top Mexican boxer," suc ...
Columnist: NBA Playoffs "All About TV"
The NBA's "postseason crawl to June is all about TV," as games are "scheduled on days and nights that are most profitable" for Commissioner David Stern’s national TV partners, according to Bob Raissman of the N.Y. DAILY NEWS. It has "nothing to do with what’s happening on the court or ho ...
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