Media Notes
Champ Car officially announced its ’05
TV package. CBS will air four races, NBC three and Speed seven. The first
six races will be on a national network for the first time since ’97 (INDY
STAR, 1/14). All of the agreements are time-buy deals (THE DAILY).
RIVALRY RENEWED: In Boston, Greg Gatlin reports six
poker players from Boston are being selected to “square off” against six players
from N.Y. for a Partypoker.net sponsored challenge. The event will be made into
a nine-episode original series to be shot in February and aired in the spring
on both YES and NESN (BOSTON HERALD, 1/14)....Also in Boston, Bill Griffith
reports Chris Collins was named primary sports anchor at New England Cable News
this week, becoming the first African-American lead sports anchor in the market
(BOSTON GLOBE, 1/14).
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Palmer To Be Guest Analyst For
Rogers Sportsnet During Playoffs |
AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER: Fox Sports’ Tim Green, a former
NFLer, has been tapped to host the news magazine show “A Current Affair,” which
re-launches on Fox-owned stations this spring (Twentieth Television).
The original "A Current Affair," “hosted by Maury Povich and a slew of successors,
aired from 1986-96 and is the father show” of "Tabloid TV” (N.Y. POST, 1/14).
HE ACCEPTED THIS ROLE: In Ottawa, Rob Brodie reports
Rogers Sportsnet hired Giants QB Jesse Palmer as a guest analyst for the NFL
playoffs. Sportsnet News Dir Scott Morrison, on Palmer: “Obviously, he presents
well (on television). But Jesse is also a very smart young man. He understands
the game well and he's very insightful." Palmer, a Canadian, will “appear on
Sportsnet News each Sunday until Super Bowl week, then join Jamie Campbell in
Jacksonville for daily reports” from the Super Bowl (OTTAWA SUN, 1/14).
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