TV Schedule, Sunday, September 15

Golf:

LPGA:  The Evian Championship final round, 7:30am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour:  BMW Championship, final round 11am on Golf Channel & 12:30pm on WHO
Web.com Tour:  Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, final round 5:30pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)
European PGA Tour:  KLM Open, final round 1:30am (Monday) (same day tape)


MLB Baseball:

Kansas City @ Detroit 12pm on TBS (subject to blackout across Iowa)
Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh 12:30pm on WGN America
Cincinnati @ Milwaukee 1pm on FS Wisconsin
Seattle @ St. Louis 1pm on FS Midwest
Tampa Bay @ Minnesota 1pm on FS North
Cleveland @ Chicago White Sox 1pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
New York Yankees @ Boston 7pm on ESPN

Motor Sports:

MotoGP:  World Championship 7am on Fox Sports 1
Sprint Cup:  Geico 400 1pm on ESPN
NHRA:  Carolina Nationals 7:30pm on ESPN2 (same day tape

NFL Football:

Minnesota @ Chicago 12pm on KDSM
San Diego @ Philadelphia 12pm on KCCI
Denver @ New York Giants 3:25pm on KCCI
San Francisco @ Seattle 7:30pm on WHO

Sailing:  America's Cup 2:30pm on NBCSN

Soccer:

English Premier League:  West Ham @ Southhampton 9:55am on NBCSN 

Disclaimer:  All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional MLB telecasts outside of Iowa.

TV Schedule, Saturday, September 14

College Football:

Big 10:

Akron @ Michigan 11am on BTN 11am (check local listings for channel number)
Bowling Green @ Indiana 11am on ESPNU
UCLA @ Nebraska 11am on WOI
Western Illinois @ Minnesota 11am on BTN (check local listings for channel number)
Youngstown St. @ Michigan St. 1pm on BTN (check local listings for channel number)
Washington vs Illinois (in Chicago) 5pm on BTN (check local listings for channel number)
Central Florida @ Penn St. 5pm on BTN (check local listings for channel number)
Ohio St. @ Cal 6pm on KDSM
Notre Dame @ Purdue 7pm on WOI
Western Michigan @ Northwestern 8pm on BTN
Wisconsin @ Arizona St. 9:30pm on ESPN

Big 12:

Tulsa @ Oklahoma 11am on ESPN2
Iowa @ Iowa St. 5pm on Fox Sports 1
Lamar @ Oklahoma St. 6pm on FS Midwest+, FS North+, & FS Wisconsin
Kansas @ Rice 6:30pm on CBS Sports Network

National Games:

Louisville @ Kentucky 11am on ESPN
New Mexico @ Pitt 11:30am on WHO-DT 13.3
Stanford @ Army 11am on CBS Sports Network
Virginia Tech @ East Carolina 11am on Fox Sports 1
Louisiana-Monroe @ Wake  Forest 11:30am on FS Midwest, FS North, & FS Wisconsin
Alabama @ Texas A&M 2:30pm on KCCI
Delaware @ Navy 2:30pm on CBS Sports Network
Georgia Tech @ Duke 2:30pm on ESPNU
Nevada @ Florida St. 2:30pm on ESPN
Tennessee @ Oregon 2:30pm on WOI
Ball St. @ North Texas 3pm on FS Midwest+, FS North+, & FS Wisconsin
Kent St. @ LSU 6pm on ESPNU
Mississippi St. @ Auburn 6pm on ESPN2
Montana @ North Dakota 6pm on Fox College Sports Pacific
Vanderbilt @ South Carolina 6pm on ESPN
Marshall @ Ohio 7pm on ESPNews
Oregon ST. @ Utah 9pm on Fox Sports 1

Golf:

LPGA Tour:  The Evian Championship, third round 6:30am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour:  BMW Championship, third round 12pm on Golf Channel & 2pm on WHO
Web.com Tour:  Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, third round 5:30pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)
European PGA Tour:  KLM Open, third round 1am (Sunday) on Golf Channel (same day tape)

MLB Baseball:

New York Yankees @ Boston 11:30am on KDSM
Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Cleveland @ Chicago White Sox 6pm on WGN America
Kansas City @ Detroit 6pm on MLB Network (subject to blackout)
Seattle @ St. Louis 6pm on FS Midwest
Tampa Bay @ Minnesota 6pm on FS North

Motor Sports:

Sprint Cup:  Geico 400 practice 10am on Fox Sports 2
Nationwide Series:  Dollar General 300 qualifying 11am on Fox Sports 2
Sprint Cup:  Geico 400 Happy Hour 1pm on Fox Sports 2
Nationwide Series:  Dollar General 300 2:30pm on ESPN2
NHRA:  Carolina Nationals qualifying 2:30am (Sunday) on ESN2

Rugby:  Syndey vs Carlton 4:30am on Fox Sports 2

Sailing:  America's Cup 2:30pm on NBCSN

Soccer:

English Premier League:  Crystal Palace @ Manchester United 6:40am on NBCSN
English Premier League: Arsenal @ Sunderland 8:55am on NBCSN
English Premier League: Chelsea @ Everton 11:30am on WHO

Tennis:  Davis Cup 12pm on Tennis Channel

WNBA:  Chicago @ Minnesota 7pm on NBATV

Disclaimer:  All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional MLB telecasts outside of Iowa.

Remaining Royals Games To Be Televised

Fox Sports Kansas City today has announced that the Royals remaining 16 games will be televised.  Fox Sports Kansas City normally doesn't air weekend games in September, but arrangements have been worked out to televise the weekend games.

This weekend's game will air on MLB Network Saturday night and a national telecast Sunday on TBS.  Both games will be subject to blackout across Iowa.

ESPN Goes Into High Gear For NASCAR's The Chase

NASCAR's post season, The Chase, begins this weekend in Chicago and ESPN is shifting into high gear for coverage. Nine races will air on ESPN with one prime time telecast in October.  In addition, NASCAR NonStop will return for The Chase that will allow fans to keep up with the action on the track during commercial breaks.

All NASCAR coverage will be available on the WatchESPN app as well.  For more information on ESPN's coverage of The Chase, visit the Web Site linked above.

TV Schedule, Friday, September 13

College Football:  Air Force @ Boise St. 7pm on ESPN

Golf:

LPGA:  The Evian Championship second round, 6:30am on Golf Channel
European PGA Tour:  KLM Open second round, 11:30am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
PGA Tour:  BMW Championship, second round 2pm on Golf Channel
Web.com Tour:  Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, second round 5:30pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)

High School Football:

Stillwater (MN) @ Cretin-Derham Hall (MN) 7pm on ESPN2
St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) vs John Curtis (LA) 9pm on FS Kansas City

MLB Baseball:

Cleveland @ Chicago White Sox 1pm on WGN America
Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Kansas City @ Detroit 6pm on FS Kansas City & FS Midwest+ (Mediacom)
New York Yankees @ Boston 6pm on MLB Network
Cincinnati @ Milwaukee 7pm on FS Wisconsin
Seattle @ St. Louis 7pm on FS Midwest
Tampa Bay @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North


NASCAR:

Camping World Series:  EnjoyIllinois.com 225 practice 9am on Fox Sports 1
Camping World Series:  EnjoyIllinois.com 225 final practice 11am on Fox Sports 1
Sprint Cup:  Geico 400 practice 12pm on Fox Sports 1
Nationwide Series:  Dollar General 300 practice 1:30pm on Fox Sports 1
Camping World Series:  EnjoyIllinois.com 225 ualifying 3pm on ESPN2
Sprint Cup:  Geico 400 qualifying 4pm on ESPN2
Nationwide Series:  Dollar General 300 practice 5:30pm on Fox Sports 2
Camping World Series:  EnjoyIllinois.com 225 7:30pm on Fox Sports 1

Rugby:  FC vs Catalan 2pm on Fox Sports 2

Soccer:

College:  Oral Roberst @ Oklahoma (women's) 7pm on Fox College Sports Atlantic
MLS:  Real Salt Lake @ Seattle 9pm on NBCSN

Sports Radio On TV:

Mike & Mike 5am on ESPN2
Dan Patrick 8am on NBCSN
Tim Brando 8am on CBS Sports Network
The Herd 9am on ESPNU
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN 
Friday Night Live 6pm on WHO-DT 13.2
 
Tennis:  Davis Cup 12pm on Tennis Channel

Disclaimer:  All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional MLB telecasts outside of Iowa.

NFL TV Schedule, Week 2

Here's the rundown of televised NFL games in Central Iowa for week 2, all times are Central:

Tonight:  New York Jets @ New England 7pm on NFL Network

Sunday:

San Diego @ Philadelphia 12pm on KCCI
Minnesota @ Detroit 12pm on KDSM
New York Giants @ Denver 3:25pm on KCCI
San Francisco @ Seattle 7:20pm on WHO

Monday:  Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati 7:30pm on ESPN 

Dish Network Threatens To Drop ESPN

Here we go again, another carriage dispute.  Dish Network is threatening to drop ESPN the end of this month.  Not only does this impact the ESPN family of networks, it also includes the various Disney channel's and ABC Family.

Dish Network is notorious for dropping channels over carriage disputes and to this day does not offer the New York City based regional sports networks.

TV Schedule, Thursday, September 12

College Football:

TCU @ Texas Tech 6:30pm on ESPN
Tulane @ Louisiana Tech 6:30pm on Fox Sports 1
Troy @ Arkansas St. 6:30pm on ESPNU
Chardon St. (NE) @ West Texas A&M 7pm on CBS Sports Network

Golf:

LPGA:  The Evian Championship, first round 6:30am on Golf Channel
European PGA Tour:  KLM Open, first round 11:30am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
PGA Tour:  BMW Championship, first round 2pm on Golf Channel
Web.com Tour:  Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, first round 5:30pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)

MLB Baseball:

Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh 6pm on WGN America
NY Yankees @ Baltimore 6pm on MLB Network
Cleveland @ Chicago White Sox 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Milwaukee @ St. Louis 7pm on FS Midwest & FS Wisconsin

NFL Football:  New York Jets @ New England 7pm on NFL Network

Sailing:  America's Cup 2:30pm on NBCSN

Sports Radio On TV:

Mike & Mike 5am on ESPN2
Dan Patrick 8am on NBCSN
Tim Brando 8am on CBS Sports Network
The Herd 9am on ESPNU
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN

Disclaimer:  All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional MLB telecasts outside of Iowa.

Sneak Peak At Saturday's College Football Schedule

Here is a sneak peak of Saturday's TV schedule of college football games.  As usual, all times are Central.

Big 10:

Akron @ Michigan 11am on BTN 11am (check local listings for channel number)
Bowling Green @ Indiana 11am on ESPNU
UCLA @ Nebraska 11am on WOI
Western Illinois @ Minnesota 11am on BTN (check local listings for channel number)
Youngstown St. @ Michigan St. 1pm on BTN (check local listings for channel number)
Washington vs Illinois (in Chicago) 5pm on BTN (check local listings for channel number)
Central Florida @ Penn St. 5pm on BTN (check local listings for channel number)
Ohio St. @ Cal 6pm on KDSM
Notre Dame @ Purdue 7pm on WOI
Western Michigan @ Northwestern 8pm on BTN
Wisconsin @ Arizona St. 9:30pm on ESPN


Big 12:

Tulsa @ Oklahoma 11am on ESPN2
Iowa @ Iowa St. 5pm on Fox Sports 1
Lamar @ Oklahoma St. 6pm on FS Midwest+, FS North+, & FS Wisconsin
Kansas @ Rice 6:30pm on CBS Sports Network

National Games:

Louisville @ Kentucky 11am on ESPN
New Mexico @ Pitt 11:30am on WHO-DT 13.3
Stanford @ Army 11am on CBS Sports Network
Virginia Tech @ East Carolina 11am on Fox Sports 1
Louisiana-Monroe @ Wake  Forest 11:30am on FS Midwest, FS North, & FS Wisconsin
Alabama @ Texas A&M 2:30pm on KCCI
Delaware @ Navy 2:30pm on CBS Sports Network
Georgia Tech @ Duke 2:30pm on ESPNU
Nevada @ Florida St. 2:30pm on ESPN
Tennessee @ Oregon 2:30pm on WOI
Ball St. @ North Texas 3pm on FS Midwest+, FS North+, & FS Wisconsin
Kent St. @ LSU 6pm on ESPNU
Mississippi St. @ Auburn 6pm on ESPN2
Montana @ North Dakota 6pm on Fox College Sports Pacific
Vanderbilt @ South Carolina 6pm on ESPN
Marshall @ Ohio 7pm on ESPNews
Oregon ST. @ Utah 9pm on Fox Sports 1

TV Schedule, Wednesday, September 11

College Volleyball:  North Texas @ TCU 6:30pm on Fox College Sports Central

MLB Baseball:

Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati 11:30am on WGN America
Boston @ Tampa Bay 6pm on ESPN
Detroit @ Chicago  White Sox 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Milwaukee @ St. Louis 7pm on FS Midwest & FS Wisconsin
Oakland @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North
Arizona @ Los Angeles Dodgers 9pm on WGN America

Sports Radio On TV:

Mike & Mike 5am on ESPN2
Dan Patrick 8am on NBCSN
Tim Brando 8am on CBS Sports Network
The Herd 9am on ESPNU
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN

WNBA:  Phoenix @ Chicago 7pm on ESPN2

Disclaimer:  All times are Central and blackouts are likely for Regional MLB telecasts outside of Iowa.

IA Public TV Wins The Rights To Girls High School Tournaments

Iowa Public TV today announced they have secured the rights to state tournament events from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.  The deal begins in 2014 and includes exclusive television rights to the girls state tournament events in softball, soccer, and volleyball.

In addition, the deal calls for IPTV to televise recap seasonal recap shows of various  sports including swimming & diving, cross country, and bowling.

The Iowa High School Sports Network will continue to televise the state basketball championship game.

Week 1 Of The NFL on Fox Brings Record Ratings

Yesterday, I noted the ratings success of the 2013 debut of America's Game of the Week and today, it's released that the week 1 doubleheader on Fox generated record ratings.  The doubleheader generated a rating of 12.9/25 and 21.8 million views.  Both numbers were an all time high for week 1 on Fox.

Week 3 Of College Football On The ESPN Platforms

The third week of college football across the ESPN family of networks will include 37 games on radio, television and online.

ABC has a triple header beginning with the battle of ranked teams in Lincoln as the Huskers play host to UCLA.  ESPN beings it's quadrupleheader and 11am and continues all day with an instate show down as Louisville travels to Kentucky.  An additional instate game will feature Oklahoma against Tulsa on ESPN2.

A complete sneak peak of the weekend's broadcast schedule of college football action will be published here tomorrow.

TV Schedule, Tuesday, September 10

College Volleyball:  Tulsa @ Kansas St. 6pm on Fox College Sports Central

MLB Baseball:

Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Kansas City @ Cleveland 6pm on FS Kansas City & FS Midwest+
Boston @ Tampa Bay 6pm on MLB Network
Detroit @ Chicago White Sox 7pm on WHO-DT 13.3
Milwaukee @ St. Louis 7pm on FS Midwest & FS Wisconsin
Oakland @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North

Sailing:  America's Cup 2:30pm on NBCSN

Soccer:

World Cup Qualifier:  Mexico @ United States 7pm on ESPN

Sports Radio On TV:

Mike & Mike 5am on ESPN2
Dan Patrick 8am on NBCSN
Tim Brando 8am on CBS Sports Network
The Herd 9am on ESPNU
SVP & Russillo 1pm on ESPNews
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN

Disclaimer:  All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional MLB telecasts outside of Iowa.

Sunday Night Football Wins The Night In Ratings

As expected, NBC's Sunday Night Football was a ratings winner for NBC last night.  The match up between the New York Giants & Dallas Cowboys posted 16.6/27 over night rating.

It was a best over night rating for Sunday night on any network since last February's Oscars telecast.

NFL On Fox Debuts To Record Ratings

The beat rolls on for high ratings for the NFL.  Yesterday's America's Game Of The Week showcasing the Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49'ers as Candlestick Park begins it's final season, generated 17.8/34 rating.  This overnight rating is the highest ever for Week 1 on Fox.

In addition, Fox NFL Sunday, which was aired from Times Square generated strong ratings as well.

NFL on CBS Debuts To Strong Ratings

It never fails to amaze just how popular the NFL is in this country.  The NFL on CBS generated some awfully strong ratings yesterday, highest ratings in 14 years for week 1 and up 8% from last year.

You will probably see high ratings for Fox & NBC when they release their numbers.  NBC has to be thrilled to have the NFL back as their ratings nose dived last year when the NFL season came to a close.

ESPN To Manage Dallas Bowl Game

Want to know why there are so many post-season college football bowl games?  ESPN Regional Television runs and controls 10 of the bowl games and just picked up another. 

It was announced last week that ESPN will manage Heart of Dallas Bowl game that is played on January 1 from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX and will feature schools from Conference USA and the Big 10.

This is why the bowl system will never go away, ESPN manages several of the bowls and provides inventory for their networks when college basketball is on Christmas break and there is nothing else going on.  The bowls that ESPN manages are set forth below.

BBVA Compass Bowl (Birmingham, AL)
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl (St. Petersburg, FL)
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)
Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, AL)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise, ID)
Gildan New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, NM)
Heart of Dallas Bowl (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)
Lavs Vegas Bowl (Las Vegas, NV)
Texas Bowl (Houston, TX)
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu, HI)

TV Schedule, Monday, September 9

MLB Baseball: 

Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago+
Kansas City @ Cleveland 6pm on FS Kansas City & FS Midwest+
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim @ Minnesota 6pm on FS North
Detroit @ Chicago White Sox 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
New  York Yankees @ Baltimore 6pm on MLB Network

NFL Football:

Philadelphia @ Washington 5:55pm on ESPN
Houston @ San Diego 9:15pm on ESPN

Sports Radio On TV:

Mike & Mike 5am on ESPN2
Dan Patrick 8am on NBCSN
Tim Brando 8am on CBS Sports Network
The Herd 9am on ESPNU
SVP & Russillo 1pm on ESPNews
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN

U.S. Open Tennis:  4pm on KCCI

Disclaimer:  All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional MLB telecasts outside of Iowa.