TV Schedule, Sunday, October 20.

Beach Volleyball:  AVP Championship 5pm on CBS Sports Network

College Volleyball: 

Michigan St. @ Wisconsin 1pm on BTN
Texas A&M @ Auburn 2pm on FS Midwest

Figure Skating:  Women's final 3pm on WHO

Golf:

LPGA:  KEB HanaBank Championship, final round 10am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
Champions Tour:  Greater Hickory Classic final round 1pm on Golf Channel
PGA Tour:  Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, final round 4pm on Golf Channel
European PGA Tour:  Perth International, final round 11pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)

Motor Sports:  Sprint Cup:  World RV Sales 500 1pm on ESPN

NBA Preseason Basketball:  Boston vs Minnesota 5pm on ESPN & NBATV

NFL Football:

Cincinnati @ Detroit 12pm on KCCI
Chicago @ Washington 12pm on KDSM
Houston @ Kansas City 3:25pm on KCCI
Denver @ Indianapolis 7:30pm on WHO

Soccer:

European Premiere League:  Tottenham @ Aston Villa 9:55am on NBCSN
College:  Illinois @ Penn St. (women's)  11am on BTN
College:  Syracuse @ North Carolina St. (women's) 11am on FS Midwest+
College:  LSU @ Florida (women's) 12pm on FS Midwest
Women's Exhibition:  Australia @ United States 12:30pm on WHO
College:  Michigan St. @ Wisconsin (women's) 1pm on BTN
College:  Wake Forest @ Clemson (women's) 1pm on FS Midwest+
College:  Texas A&M @ Georgia (women's) 2pm on ESPNU
MLS:  San Jose @ Los Angeles 8pm on ESPN2

WTA Tennis:  Kremlin Cup Final 4am on Tennis Channel

Disclaimer:  All times are Central.

TV Schedule, Saturday, October 19

Boxing:  Junior welterweights, 8:45pm on HBO

College Football:


Big 10:

Minnesota @ Northwestern 11am on ESN2
Purdue @ Michigan St. 11am on BTN
Indiana @ Michigan 2:30pm on BTN
Iowa @ Ohio St. 2:30pm on WOI
Wisconsin @ Illinois 7pm on BTN

Big 12:

TCU @ Oklahoma St. 11am on KDSM
Texas Tech @ West Virgina 11am on Fox Sports 1
Oklahoma @ Kansas 2:30pm on ESPN
Iowa St. @ Baylor 6pm on ESPNU

Missouri  Vally

Indiana St. @ Illinois St. 1pm on MC22 (Mediacom)
South Dakota St. @ Missouri St. 4:30pm on MC22 (Mediacom) (same day tape)

National Games:

Colgate @ Holy Cross 11am on CBS Sports Network
Connecticut @ Cincinnati 11am on ESPNU
Florida @ Missouri 11am on WOI-DT (5.2)
Georgia @ Vanderbilt 11am on KCCI
Navy @ Toledo 11am on ESPNews
South Carolina @ Tennessee 11am on ESPN
Southern Miss @ East Carolina 11am on FS Midwest, FS North, & FS Wisconsin
Villanova @ New Hampshire 11am on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Syracuse @ Georgia Tech 11:30am on WHO-DT (13.3)
Auburn @ Texas A&M 2:30pm on CBS
Duke @ Virgina 2:30pm on FS Midwest & FS North+
Maryland @ Wake Forest 2:30pm on ESPNU
North Texas @ Louisiana Tech 2:30pm on CBS Sports Network
UCLA @ Stanford 2:30pm on ESPN2
BYU @ Houston 2:30pm on ESPNews
Princeton @ Brown 5pm on Fox College Sports Pacific
Arkansas @ Alabama 6pm on ESPN
LSU @ Ole Miss 6pm on ESPN2
Old Dominion @ Pitt 6pm on FS Midwest+
USC @ Notre Dame 6:30pm on WHO
Florida St. @ Clemson 7pm on WOI
Nevada @ Boise St. 7pm on CBS Sports Network
Washington St. @ Oregon 9pm on Fox Sports 1
Oregon St. @ Cal 9:30pm on ESPN2

College Hockey:  Minnesota @ Bemijdi St. 7pm on FS North+

College Volleyball:  Iowa St. @ Texas 6:30pm on FS Midwest

Golf:

LPGA, KEB HananBank Championship, second round 10am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
Champions Tour:  Greater Hickory Classic, second round 1pm on Golf Channel
PGA Tour:  Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, third round 4pm on Golf Channel
European PGA Tour:  Prth International, third round 11:30pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)

Horse Racing: West Virgina Breeders Classic 9:30pm on FS Midwest & FS North

MLB Playoffs:

ALCS, game 6:  Detroit @ Boston 3pm on KDSM

Motor Sports:

American Le Mans Series:  Petit Le Mans 10am, 1:30pm, 7pm on Fox Sports 2 & 5:30pm on Fox Sports 1
Sprint Cup:  World RV Sales 500 Qualifying 11am on Fox Sports 2
Camping World Series:  Fred's 250 3pm on Fox Sports 1
Indy Lights:  Lefty's Kids Club 100 6pm on NBCSN
IRL:  MATV 500 7pm on NBCSN
Motorcycle:  Monster Energy Cup 8pm on Fox Sports 2

NBA Preseason Basketball:

San Antonio @ Miami 6:30pm on NBATV 
Los Angeles Clippers @ Denver 9:30pm on NBATV 

NHL Hockey:

Toronto @ Chicago 6pm on NHL Network
Columbus @ Washington 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago 
Minnesota @ Florida 6pm on FS North 

Soccer:

A-League:  Brisbane vs Sydney 3:30am on Fox Sports 2
English Premier League:  Liverpool @ Newcastle 6:40am on NBCSN
English Premier League:  Southhampton @ Manchester United 8:55am on NBCSN
English Premier League:  Manchester City @ West Ham 11:30am on WHO
MLS:  Seattle @ Dallas 1:30pm on WHO
NASL:  Carolina @ Minnesota 2:30pm on FS North

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

Game 5 Of the ALCS - Best Thursday Night For Fox Since May

Last night's Red Sox win in close fashion during game 5 of the ALCS generated an over night rating of 6.2/11, up 22% from the 2012 NLCS on Fox and 48% higher than game 5 of the 2011 ALCS  which was also televised on Fox.

Last night is the best Thursday night for Fox since the season finale of American Idol back in May.

ABC & ESPN To Televise 90 NBA Games This Season

The curtain for the 2013-14 NBA season goes up on November 1 with a blockbuster doubleheader of Miami traveling to Brooklyn to take on the Nets and the evening concludes with the San Antonio Spurs hosting the LA Lakers.

All told, there will be 90 games televised the ESPN family of networks, including 15 exclusive telecasts.  This year on Christmas Day, ABC & ESPN will team up to televise 5 games beginning at 11am on ESPN and the last game times off at 9:30pm on ESPN.

The 15 ABC telecasts will include 6 doubleheaders.  ESPN's 75 national telecasts will include 33 doubleheaders.  For a complete schedule of NBA games on ABC & ESPN as well as additional season highlights, visit the Web Site linked above.

TV Schedule, Friday, October 18

Canadian Football League:  Calgary @ Edmonton 11pm on NBCSN (same day tape)

College Field Hockey:  Northwestern @ Indiana 2pm on BTN

College Football:  Central Florida @ Louisville 7pm on ESPN

College Hockey:

North Dakota @ Miami (OH) 6pm on CBS Sports Network
Michigan @ New Hampshire 6:30pm on Fox College Sports Atlantic
Minnesota @ Bemidj St. 7:30pm on FS North & Fox College Sports Pacific
Minnesota-Duluth @ Colorado College 8:30pm on CBS Sports Network

College Volleyball:

Penn St. @ Illinois 7pm on BTN
Purdue @ Iowa 7pm on MC22 (Mediacom)
LSU @ Auburn 7:30pm on FS Midwest+

Golf:

LPGA Tour:  KEB HanaBank Championship, first round 10am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
Champions Tour:  Greater Hickory Classic, first round 1pm on Golf Channel
PGA Tour:  Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, second round 4pm on Golf Channel
European PGA Tour:  Perth International, second round 11:30pm on Golf Channel

High School Football:

Cypress Bay (FL) @ St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) 6pm on Fox Sports 1
Don Bosco Prep (NJ) @ Paramus Catholic (NJ) 7pm on ESPN2

Motor Sports:

Camping World Series:  Fred's 250 practice 9:30am on Fox Sports 1
Sprint Cup:  Camping World RV Sales 500 practice 1:30pm on Fox Sports 1
Sprint Cup:  Camping World RV Sales 500 happy hour 3pm on Fox Sports 1
Camping World Series:  Fred's 250 qualifying 4pm on Fox Sports 2
IRL:  MATV500 qualifying 6pm on NBCSN (same day tape)

NBA Preseason Basketball:

Los Angeles Lakers vs Golden St. (in China) 6:30am on NBATV
Indiana @ Chicago 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago & NBATV (subject to blackout on NBATV)
Portland @ Los Angeles Clippers 9:30pm on NBATV

NHL Hockey:  St. Louis @ Winnipeg 7pm on FS Midwest

NLCS, game 6:  Los Angeles @ St. Louis 7pm on TBS

Soccer:

MLS:  D.C. United @ Sporting Kansas 7pm on NBCSN
College:  Baylor @ Iowa St. 7pm on Cyclones.tv (Mediacom)
College:  Kentucky @ Florida (women's) 5:30pm on FS Midwest+

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 12pm on ESPNews
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN
Friday Night Live 6pm on WHO-DT (13.2)

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

SEC On CBS Is Putting Up Strong Ratings

Through 5 weeks of SEC football on CBS, the telecasts are averaging a rating of 4.6/10 and 7.3 million viewers, which is the highest rating ever for the SEC on CBS through the first 5 weeks.

In addition, the ratings & viewership are both up nearly 50% from this time in 2012.

ESPNU Tips Off College Basketball Friday Night

ESPNU will tip off the 2013-14 college basketball season with coverage of Midnight Madness this Friday night on ESPNU.

ESPNU will present more than 4 hours of Midnight Madness from college campuses all over the country.  There will be on campus coverage from nine basketball programs. The frenzy will begin at 7pm (CT) from Cameron Indoor Stadium on the Duke campus.  For a complete schedule, visit the Web Site linked above.

Game 4 Of The ALCS Puts Up Strong Ratings

Despite a blowout last night in Game 4 of the ALCS, it still put up an overnight rating of 5.7/10, which is up 36% from last year.

TV Schedule, Thursday, October 17

ALCS, game 5:  Boston @ Detroit 6:30pm on KDSM

College Football:  

Miami @ North Carolina 6:30pm on ESPN
Findlay @ Ohio Domincan 7pm on CBS Sports Network

College Soccer:  Ohio St. @ Penn St. (women's) 2pm on BTN

Golf:

PGA Tour:  Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, first round 4pm on Golf Channel
European PGA Tour:  Perth International, first round 11pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)

NBA Preseason Basketball:  Miami @ Brookly 7pm on TNT

NFL Football:  Seattle @ Arizona 7:25pm on NFL Network

NHL Hockey:  


Pittsburgh @ Philadelphia 6pm on NHL Network
Minnesota @ Tampa Bay 6:30pm on FS North 
St. Louis @ Chicago 7pm on Comcast SportsNetwork Chicago & FS Midwest

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 12pm on ESPNews
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN

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

NLCS Ratings On TBS Sports Are Up 22%

The NLCS on TBS Sports continues to put up big ratings.  Ratings for the 2013 NLCS is up 22% from 2011, the last time TBS had the NLCS.  The three prime time telecasts this year on TBS have averaged 5.4 million total viewers which is up 26%.

Last night's Game 4 averaged 5.8 million viewers and had a peak rating of 4.3 between 9:30 & 9:45 Central time, which was good enough to give TBS a ratings win across all cable networks.

For more information, visit the Web Site linked above.

2013 ALCS Continues To Put Up Big Ratings

As MLB continues its March to The Fall Classic, the ALCS on Fox has been a ratings hit.  Last night's Game 3 put up an overnight rating of 3.7/8 and reached 5.6 million viewers.  This is up 37% compared to last year's Game 3 of the NLCS which too was on Fox.

Through three games, the 2013 ALCS is averaging a rating of 4.4/8 and 6.9 million viewers.  For comparison, Thursday Night Football on NFL Network 5.1/8 rating.

NFL Viewing Guide, week 7

Here's your viewing guide for week 7 of the NFL Season of games that will be televised across Central Iowa.  All times are Central.

Thursday:  Seattle @ Arizona 7:25pm on NFL Network

Sunday:

Cincinnati @ Detroit 12pm on KCCI
Chicago @ Washington 12pm on KDSM
Houston @ Kansas City 3:25pm on KCCI
Denver @ Indianapolis 7:30pm on WHO

Monday:  Minnesota @ New York Giants 7:40pm on ESPN

Thursday Night NFL Football On Pace For Record Ratings

NFL Network's Thursday Night Football package of 13 NFL telecasts enters it's fifth week and the bundle of games is on it's way to 

Through 5 games, Thursday Night Football is averaging a 5.1 rating and over 8 million viewers, per week which is up 28% from last year.

TV Schedule, Wednesday, October 16

College Volleyball:


Ohio St. @ Northwestern 6:30pm on BTN
Miami (FL) @ Florida St. 7pm on ESPNU
TCU @ Baylor 7pm on Fox Sports College Central

Golf:  PGA of America, Grand Slam 3pm on TNT

MLB Playoffs:

NLCS, Game 5:  St. Louis @ Los Angeles 3pm on TBS
ALCS, Game 4:  Boston @ Detroit 6:30pm on KDSM

NBA Preseason Basketball:

Detroit @ Chicago 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Orlando @ Houston 7pm on NBATV

NHL Hockey:  New York Rangers @ Washington 7pm on NBCSN

Sports Radio On TV:

Mike & Mike 5am on ESPNU
Dan Patrick 8am on NBCSN
Tim Brando 8am on CBS Sports Network
The Herd 9am on ESPNU
SVP & Russillo 12pm on ESPNews 
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN

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

College Football Attracts Viewers To Fox Sports 1

Saturday afternoon's Oregon/Washington match up on Fox Sports 1 was the 2nd most watched program since the network debuted just under two months ago.  The broadcast delivered over 1.7 million viewers.

It's Another Big Week Of College Football For ESPN

ESPN's college football week gets going this week with a Sun Belt Conference game featuring Louisiana-Lafayette @ Western Kentucky, but the action gets going this weekend being highlighted with a top 5 match up featuring Florida St. @ Clemson in prime time Saturday on ABC.

Other big weekend games across the ESPN family of networks is #22 Florida @ #14 Missouri on WOI-DT (5.2), which is the SEC Network; and #9 UCLA @ #13 Stanford at 2:30pm on ESPN2.

All told across the ESPN platform of networks, 12 of the top 14 ranked teams will be televised beginning with #10 Miami @ North Carolina Thursday night.  For a complete ESPN broadcast schedule for week 8, visit the Web Site linked above.

College Football TV Guide - Week 8

Here's your sneak peak viewing guide for week 8 of the college football season.   All times are Central.

Thursday: 

Miami (FL) @ North Carolina 6:30pm on ESPN
Findlay @ Ohio Dominican 7pm on CBS Sports Network

Friday:  Central Florida @ Louisville 7pm on ESPN

Saturday:

Big 10:

Minnesota @ Northwestern 11am on ESN2
Purdue @ Michigan St. 11am on BTN
Indiana @ Michigan 2:30pm on BTN
Iowa @ Ohio St. 2:30pm on WOI
Wisconsin @ Illinois 7pm on BTN

Big 12:

TCU @ Oklahoma St. 11am on KDSM
Texas Tech @ West Virgina 11am on Fox Sports 1
Oklahoma @ Kansas 2:30pm on ESPN
Iowa St. @ Baylor 5pm on ESPNU

Missouri  Vally

Indiana St. @ Illinois St. 1pm on MC22 (Mediacom)
South Dakota St. @ Missouri St. 4:30pm on MC22 (Mediacom) (same day tape)

National Games:

Colgate @ Holy Cross 11am on CBS Sports Network
Connecticut @ Cincinnati 11am on ESPNU
Florida @ Missouri 11am on WOI-DT (5.2)
Georgia @ Vanderbilt 11am on KCCI
Navy @ Toledo 11am on ESPNews
South Carolina @ Tennessee 11am on ESPN
Southern Miss @ East Carolina 11am on FS Midwest, FS North, & FS Wisconsin
Syracuse @ Georgia Tech 11:30am on WHO-DT (13.3)
Auburn @ Texas A&M 2:30pm on CBS
Duke @ Virgina 2:30pm on FS Midwest & FS North+
Maryland @ Wake Forest 2:30pm on ESPNU
North Texas @ Louisiana Tech 2:30pm on CBS Sports Network
UCLA @ Stanford 2:30pm on ESPN2
BYU @ Houston 2:30pm on ESPNews
Princeton @ Brown 5pm on Fox College Sports Pacific
Arkansas @ Alabama 6pm on ESPN
LSU @ Ole Miss 6pm on ESPN2
Old Dominion @ Pitt 6pm on FS Midwest+
USC @ Notre Dame 6:30pm on WHO
Florida St. @ Clemson 7pm on WOI
Nevada @ Boise St. 7pm on CBS Sports Network
Washington St. @ Oregon 9pm on Fox Sports 1
Oregon St. @ Cal 9:30pm on ESPN2

College GameDay Returns To Clemson

For the second time in 8 weeks, ESPN's College GameDay is returning to Clemson as two top 5 ranked teams in Clemson & Florida St. square Saturday night.

It's the first time since 2007 that College GameDay has returned to the same school twice during the first 8 weeks of the season.

TV Schedule, Tuesday, October 15

CFL Football:  Toronto @ Hamilton 11pm on NBCSN (same day tape)

College Football:  Louisiana-Lafayette @ Western Kentucky 7pm on ESPN2

Golf:  PGA of America Grand Slam 3pm on TNT

MLB Playoffs:

ALCS, game 3:  Boston @ Detroit 2:30pm on KDSM
NLCS, game 4:  St. Louis @ Los Angeles Dodgers 7pm on TBS

NBA Preseason Basketball:

Los Angeles Lakers vs Golden St. (in China) 6:30am on NBATV
Miami @ Washington 6pm on NBATV 

NHL Hockey:

Chicago @ Carolina 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Minnesota @ Toronto 6pm on FS North
San Jose @ St. Louis 7pm on NBCSN

Soccer:

World Cup Qualifier:   Ghana vs Egypt 10:50am on beIN
World Cup Qualifier:  Whiparound coverage 1:30pm on ESPN2
World Cup Qualifier:  Portland @ England 2pm on Fox Sports 1
College:  Creighton @ Michigan 6pm on BTN
World Cup Qualifier: Uruguay vs Argentina 6:20pm on beIN
World Cup Qualifier: United States @ Panama 8:25pm on beIN

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 12pm on ESPNews
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN

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

The Journey: Big 10 Football 2013 Debuts Wednesday

BTN's weekly behind the scenes look at Big 10 football, The Journey:  Big 10 Football 2013 has its season premiere this Wednesday Night at 6pm (CT).

The Emmy-nominated series will take fans behind the scene to focus on the players and coaches as the conference season unfolds.  The season premiere will showcase the conference's two new coaches.

Sunday Night Football Tops The Night In Ratings

No big surprise here, Sunday Night Football on NBC was the most watched show in primetime last night.  The match up between Dallas & Washington generated an over night rating of 13.5  It was an increase of  7% from the 2012 week 6 match up of Vikings vs Bears.

Game 2 of the ALCS Generates Strong Ratings

Last night's thrilling Boston come from behind winning over Detroit in Game 2 of the ALCS generated the highest league championship series for Fox since 2010.  Game 2 earned an overnight rating of 5.9/10 up 37% from Game 2 from last year's NLCS which was televised on Fox.

TBS Sports Coverage Of The NLCS Is Drawing Viewers

TBS Sports continues to roll on with the 2013 NLCS and fans are tuning in as well.  The NLCS is averaging a TV rating of 3.0 and 4.7 million viewers.  This is an increase of 50% and 47% respectively from the last time TBS televised the NLCS which was back in 2011.

Saturday afternoon's telecast drew a 2.2 rating and 3.4 million viewers.  For more information, visit the Web Site linked above.

TV Schedule, Monday, October 14

Boxing:  8pm on Fox Sports 1 

NBA Preseason Basketball:  San Antonio @ Denver 8pm on NBATV

NFL Football:  Indianapolis @ San Diego 7:25pm on ESPN

NHL Hockey:  Minnesota @ Buffalo 6:30pm on NHL Network

NLCS, game 3:  St. Louis @ Los Angeles 7pm on TBS

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 12pm on ESPNews
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN 

Disclaimer:  All Times are Central. 

SEC On CBS Puts Up Strong Ratings

Yesterday's Florida @ LSU SEC Game of the Week on CBS generated an overnight rating of 3.4/8, up 55% from last year's Alabama/Missouri telecast.

Game 1 Of The ALCS On Fox Wins The Day

Game 1 of the ALCS on Fox Sports was the highest rated sports event of the day with a 5.0/10 overnight rating.  It was the highest rated Game 1 of the ALCS on Fox since 2010.  The local ratings for Boston and Detroit were huge, generating a 21.8/42 and 26.5/44 overnight, respectively.

It will be interesting to see what Game 2 brings for ratings as it will be going head-to-head with NBC's Sunday Night Football.

Game 1 Of The NLCS Puts Up Big Ratings

TBS Sports coverage of game 1 of the NLCS between St. Louis & Los Angeles put up big ratings for TBS Sports.

Game 1 generated a 3.5 rating and 5.5 million viewers.  That is up 67% & 63% respectively from last year's Game 1 of the NLCS.