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Astros, Rockets attempting to take over AT&T SportsNet Southwest
Warner Bros. Discovery’s exit from the RSN business has thrown the future of the three AT&T SportsNet RSNs into question, but one of those RSNs may end up surviving. Per the Sports Business Journal, the Houston Astros and Rockets are in negotiations to take over AT&T SportsNet Southwest, their cable home. The move also is Read more... → Read More
Big Ten Tournament leads a decline-plagued Championship Weekend
The Big Ten Tournament was the dominant force during college basketball’s championship weekend. Three of the four most-watched college hoops games this week were from the conference. Purdue’s win over Penn State in the Championship on Sunday led the way with 3.177 million viewers on CBS, followed closely behind by the Nittany Lions’ semifinal win Read more... → Read More
Your 2023 NIT First Round announcing schedule
Tuesday, March 14th Toledo @ #3 Michigan, 7 PM ESPN2 Doug Sherman, Cory Alexander Hofstra @ #1 Rutgers, 7 PM ESPNU Connor Onion, Tim Welsh Southern Miss @ #4 UAB, 7:30 PM ESPN+ Joel Godett, John Williams Villanova @ #3 Liberty, 9 PM ESPN2 Derek Jones, Paul Biancardi Yale @ #2 Vanderbilt, 9 PM ESPNU Read more... → Read More
NCAA Tournament Selection Show averages 5.086 million viewers, slightly up from 2022
The 2023 NCAA Tournament Selection Show started March Madness on a mostly positive note. This year’s Selection Show averaged 5.086 million viewers on CBS, up 3% from last year’s broadcast. CBS Sports and WBD Sports' presentation of the 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Selection Show is the most-watched sports program of the week on any network Read more... → Read More
Your NHL announcing schedule for 3/14-3/20
Tuesday, March 14th Washington @ NY Rangers, 7 PM ESPN/ESPN+ Steve Levy, Mark Messier, Emily Kaplan Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney XD, ESPN+: Big City Greens Classic broadcast Wednesday, March 15th Colorado @ Toronto, 7 PM TNT Kenny Albert, Eddie Olczyk & Keith Jones Minnesota @ St. Louis, 9:30 PM TNT Brendan Burke, Darren Pang & Read more... → Read More
YouTube TV launches multiview mode for NCAA Tournament (but only for some members)
On Tuesday, YouTube TV announced the launch of multiview mode, allowing users to watch multiple streams at the same time. However, only some members will have the feature rolled out right away, and at first, it’ll only be available for live games during the NCAA Tournament on CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV. Here’s how it Read more... → Read More
'Power Slap' will not return to TBS
After one season of eight episodes, TBS is getting out of the slap fight game. On Monday, MMA Fighting reported that Power Slap, the Dana White-helmed slap fighting league would not return to TBS for a second season. Power Slap got off to a rough start, with its debut being pushed back a week after TMZ Read more... → Read More
CBS will air a Pete Carril doc on March 25th
On Monday, a new documentary about legendary Princeton coach Pete Carril was announced. Called Think. See. Do. The Legacy of Pete Carril, the film will premiere on Saturday, March 25th at 2 PM ET on CBS. Those featured in the film include Jim Boeheim, Jay Wright, Bill Raftery, Alonzo Mourning, Craig Robinson, and Mitch Henderson. Carril’s Read more... → Read More
Your 2023 NCAA Tournament First Four and First Round announcing schedule
Tuesday, March 14th #16 Texas A&M Corpus Christi vs #16 Southeast Missouri State 6:40 PM, truTV Tom McCarthy, Avery Johnson, Jon Rothstein #11 Mississippi State vs #11 Pittsburgh 9:10 PM, truTV Tom McCarthy, Avery Johnson, Jon Rothstein Wednesday, March 15th #16 Texas Southern vs #16 Farleigh Dickinson 6:40 PM truTV Tom McCarthy, Avery Johnson, Jon Read more... → Read More
Dick Vitale turned down an offer to call NCAA Tournament games for CBS this year
This week’s announcement of the NCAA Tournament broadcast crews for CBS and Warner Bros. Discovery contained no real surprises, but CBS did attempt to add a prolific voice to their coverage this year. Dick Vitale told Sports Illustrated that he was approached by CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus to work the NCAA Tournament this year, Read more... → Read More
ESPN announces WNBA coverage plans for 2023 season, beginning with Brittney Griner's return
On Wednesday, ESPN announced coverage plans for the 2023 WNBA season, which will feature 25 regular season games and the entire postseason on ESPN platforms. The season tips off on Friday, May 19th, with ESPN airing Brittney Griner’s return to the Phoenix Mercury against the Los Angeles Sparks at 11 PM ET. The game will Read more... → Read More
NWSL strikes media rights deal with TSN in Canada
On Wednesday, the NWSL announced a media rights deal in Canada with TSN. Per the release, NWSL matches will air this season in English on TSN and TSN+. The full schedule will be announced next week. Domestically, the NWSL’s rights beyond the 2023 season are on the open market. CBS let its exclusive negotiating window Read more... → Read More
CBS Sports launching the Golazo Network, a 24-hour soccer digital network
On Wednesday, CBS Sports announced the launch of a new 24-hour soccer streaming digital network. The CBS Sports Golazo Network will debut on Tuesday, April 11th, and will be available for free on CBSSports.com, Paramount+, the CBS Sports app, and Pluto TV at launch. CBS execs spoke positively about the incoming launch of the network. Read more... → Read More
Your 2023 World Baseball Classic group stage broadcast schedule
Tuesday, March 7th Cuba @ Netherlands, 11 PM FS1 TBA World Feed: Tyler Maun, Ryan Rowland-Smith Wednesday, March 8th Panama @ Chinese Taipei, 6 AM FS1 TBA World Feed: Tyler Maun, Ryan Rowland-Smith Australia @ South Korea, 10 PM FS1 TBA World Feed: Stephen Nelson, Jose Mota Panama @ Netherlands 11 PM FS2 TBA World Read more... → Read More
Warriors-Lakers draws largest non-Christmas NBA regular season audience in four years
On a busy sports weekend, ABC drew a very strong audience for Warriors-Lakers on Sunday. The Lakers’ 113-105 win averaged 3.95 million viewers on ABC, good for the best non-Christmas regular season NBA viewership since the same matchup in February of 2019. Strong viewership for Warriors vs. Lakers on @ABCNetwork! More: pic.twitter.com/JDTFGTqhsw — ESPN Read more... → Read More
BTN, ESPN draw increased regular season averages for women's college basketball
The women’s college basketball season is winding down with conference tournaments this week, but the Big Ten Network and ESPN are touting impressive regular season averages. On Tuesday, ESPN announced that the 83 games airing on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU this season averaged 199,000 viewers, the best regular season average for ESPN networks since Read more... → Read More
Your NHL announcing schedule for 3/7-3/13
Tuesday, March 7th Buffalo @ NY Islanders, 7:30 PM Hulu/ESPN+ Mike Monaco, Cassie Campbell-Pascall, Dom Moore Anaheim @ Seattle, 10 PM Hulu/ESPN+ John Buccigross, AJ Mleczko, Linda Cohn Wednesday, March 8th Chicago @ Detroit, 7:30 PM TNT TBA Anaheim @ Vancouver, 10 PM TNT TBA Thursday, March 9th Edmonton @ Boston, 7:30 PM Hulu/ESPN+ Steve Read more... → Read More
Netflix renews 'Full Swing,' 'Break Point' docuseries for second seasons
A pair of Netflix sports docuseries will be getting second seasons. On Tuesday, the company announced that the golf-forward Full Swing and the tennis-forward Break Point would each return for a second season. Full Swing Break Point ? Netflix Sports docs coming back for Season 2 pic.twitter.com/pykVQzoFWK — Netflix (@netflix) March 7, 2023 Deadline reports that filming Read more... → Read More
Your NBA announcing schedule for 3/7-3/12
Tuesday, March 7 Philadelphia at Minnesota, TNT 7:30 p.m. Ian Eagle, Jim Jackson, & Chris Haynes Memphis at LA Lakers, TNT 10 p.m. Brian Anderson, Stan Van Gundy, & Stephanie Ready Wednesday, March 8 Dallas at New Orleans, ESPN 7:30 p.m. Beth Mowins, Doris Burke, & Cassidy Hubbarth Toronto at LA Clippers, ESPN 10 p.m. Read more... → Read More
XFL viewership slides again in Week 3
Viewership for the XFL in Week 3 took another step back, but the decline slowed in comparison to Week 2. The four games, with three airing on FX and one on ESPN2, averaged 572,000 viewers, compared to 655,000 last week. That’s a drop of about 14%, compared to a nearly 50% drop from Week 1 Read more... → Read More