I've noticed that the past 4 or more Finals, that player intros are cut out after the anthem. As a Bull fan, player intros will always mean alot to me as it's a great way to set the tone for the game.
Especially since it's Toronto's first time, that arena plus Jurassic Park is going to go wild and I think the viewers should be apart of it. Take out your cheesy intro or even the anthem if you need room for ads.
At minimum, player intros should be played for games 1, 3 and 7. Make it happen, ABC.
Signed, Bulls fan stuck in the 90s
CBS
- Alabama vs. South Carolina is the highest rated game of the day on any network
- For some reason, CBS "forgets" to send out a PR about it
- edit: 3.1 is the rating
- Clemson vs. Syracuse game wins primetime (edit: rating of 2.6)
- ABC has won primetime each Saturday this season
- Florida vs. Kentucky scores a 2.0 and is top cable broadcast of the day
- ABC had three of the five highest rated games of the day
- ESPN networks had the top eight rated games on cable
- (edit: Penn State vs. Pitt rating of 2.4)
- (edit: USC vs. BYU rating of 2.2)
- Ohio State vs. Indiana pulls a 2.5 and wins the noon ET time slot
- FOX has won the noon time slot each Saturday this season
- FOX doesn't mention any other games on FOX networks
- (edit: Michigan State vs. Arizona State rating of 2.1)
NBC
- New Mexico vs. Notre Dame -- no press announcement from NBC
- (edit: rating of 1.1)
edit: Updated -- SportsmediaWatch
https://twitter.com/NUFBFamily/status/1054407998624411650
I figured I’d save some people from confusion. I was doing my weekly recording of the race and noticed the race wasn’t on any of the ESPN channels until later that night. Started freaking out about them having the testicular fortitude to not broadcasting a North American race, then remembered ABC was a possibility. Lo and behold, that’s where the race is being broadcast tomorrow.
Can’t see this game being on ABC over Washington vs Oregon so ESPN is likely.
This is on Oct 13
The stage 1 semi-finals were being shown on network TV, a lot of people just tuned in to ABC and saw a "video game show". The broadcast later switched to show on ESPN. A lot of potential for first time Overwatch viewers. Were you ok listen to the casters explaining things that you may already know to attract a new audience?
The finals are shown on ABC and ESPN. Expect much of the same.
Last night Tony Romo added beautiful color commentary to the Chiefs/Patriots game last night. As a former Quarterback he provided great insight as to what play the other team may or may not run, and why. He even predicted quite a few plays.
What we get for nationally televised NBA games during the Conference Finals and NBA finals from Mark Jackson is nothing short of crap. Jackson offers no insight as a former point guard. Instead he spends most of the game poking fun at JVG and talking about absolute nonsense and quite frankly I’m sick of it. He distracts the fans and ruins the experience, especially when it’s a game when there’s so much on the line.
I don’t have espn but I do have abc. Google says it’s on both?? I’m excited for the bears game, but I need to plan on where I’m going to watch it. Thanks
