TV Schedule, Sunday, October 27

College Hockey:  Boston College @ Minnesota 1pm on FS North

College Volleyball:  Louisville @ UCONN 12pm on ESPNU

Golf:

Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, Final Round 3am on ESPN2 
European PGA Tour:  BMW Masters, final round 5am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
LPGA Tour:  Sunrise Taiwan Championship, final round 11am on Golf Channel (same day tap)
Champions Tour:  AT&T Championship, final round 2:30pm on Golf Channel

NFL Football:

Cleveland @ Kansas City 12pm on KCCI
Dallas @ Detroit 12pm on KDSM
Washington @ Denver 3:25pm on KDSM
Green Bay @ Minnesota 7:20pm on WHO

NHL Hockey:  San Jose @ Ottawa 4pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago

Motor Sports:

MotoGP:  World Championship 12am on Fox Sports 2
NHRA:  Toyota Nationals qualifying 1:30am on ESPN2 (tape delayed from Saturday)
Formula One:  Indian Grand Prix 4:30am on NBCSN
Sprint Cup:  Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 12:30pm on ESPN
NHRA:  Toyota Nationals 7pm on ESPN2 (same day tape)

Soccer:
 
A-League:  Perth vs Melbourne 1am on Fox Sports 2
English Premier League:  Sunderland AFC vs Newcastle United 8:30am on NBCSN
English Premier League:  Chelsea vs Manchester City 11am on NBCSN
College:  Northwestern @ Penn St. 12pm on BTN
College:  Pitt @ Duke (women's) 12pm on Fox Sports Midwest+
MLS:  Houston @ D.C. United 12:30pm on WHO
College:  Alabama @ Ole Miss (women's) 1pm on FS Midwest
College:  Michigan St. @ Northwestern 2pm on BTN
College:  Texas A&M @ Florida (women's ) 2pm on ESPNU
MLS:  Los Angeles Galaxy @ Seattle 8pm on ESPN

Tennis:

ATP:  Swiss Indoors Basel, final 8:30am on Tennis Channel
WTA:  TEB-BNP Paribas Championships 4pm on ESPN2 (same day tape)

World Series, game 4:  Boston @ St. Louis 7pm on KDSM

Disclaimer:  All times are Central.

TV Schedule, Saturday, October 26

Bull Riding:  PBR World Finals 8pm on CBS Sports Network

College Football:

Big 10:

Nebraska @ Minnesota 11am on ESPN
Northwestern @ Iowa 11am on BTN
Michigan St. @ Illinois 2:30pm on WOI
Penn St. @ Ohio St. 7pm on WOI

Big 12:

Oklahoma St. @ Iowa St. 11am on FS Midwest, FS North, & FS Wisconsin
Texas Tech @ Oklahoma 2:30pm on KDSM
West Virgina @ Kansas St. 2:45pm on Fox Sports 1
Baylor @ Kansas 6pm on ESPNU
Texas @ TCU 6:30pm on Fox Sports 1

National Games:

Louisville @ South Florida 11am on ESPN2
Houston @ Rutgers 11am on ESPNews
Vanderbilt @ Texas A&M 11am on WOI-DT (5.2)
Wake Forest @ Miami, FL 11am on ESPNU
Georgia Tech @ Virginia 11:30am on WHO-DT (13.3)
Pitt @ Navy 12pm on CBS Sports Network
Princeton @ Harvard 12pm on Fox College Sports Atlantic
North Carolina St. @ Florida St. 2:30pm on ESPN2
Clemson @ Maryland 2:30pm on ESPN
Duke @ Virginia Tech 2:30pm on ESPNU
Boston College @ North Carolina 2:30pm on  FS Midwest & FS North+
Eastern Michigan @ Northern Illinois 2:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Tennessee @ Alabama 2:30pm on KCCI
Notre Dame @ Air Force 4pm on CBS Sports Network
North Texas @ Southern Miss 6pm on Fox College Sports Central
South Carolina @ Missouri 6pm on ESPN2
UCLA @ Oregon 6pm on ESPN
Florida Atlantic @ Auburn 6:30pm on FS Midwest+
Stanford @ Oregon St. 9:30pm on ESPN
Fresno St. @ San Diego St. 9:30pm
Cal @ Washington 10pm on Fox Sports 1

College Volleyball:  TCU @ Iowa St. 4:45pm on Cyclones.tv (Mediacom

Golf:

European PGA Tour:  BMW Masters, third round 5am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
LPGA Tour:  Sunrise Taiwan Championship, third round 11am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
Champions Tour:  AT&T Championship, second round 2:30pm on Golf Channel
CIMB Classic, final round 10pm on Golf Channel

Motor Sports:

Formula One:  Indian Grand Prix, qualifying 3:30am on NBCSN
Sprint Cup:  Goody's Headache Relief  Shot 500 practice 9:30am on NBCSN
Sprint Cup:  Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500, final practice 11am on Fox Sports 1
Camping World Tour:  Kroger 200 12:30pm on Fox Sports 1

NHL Hockey:

New York Rangers @ Detroit 6pm on NHL Network
Minnesota @ Chicago 7pm on FS North
St. Louis @ Nashville 7pm on FS Midwest

Soccer:

English Premier League:  Crystal Palace FC vs Arsenal 6:45am on NBCSN
English Premier League:  Manchester United vs Stoke City FC 9am on NBCSN
English Premier League:  Southampton FC vs Fulham FC 11:30am on NBCSN
MLS:  Sporting Kansas City @ Philadelphia 2pm on NBCSN
MLS:  FC Dallas @ San Jose 4:30pm on NBCSN
College:  Indiana @ Michigan 6pm on BTN

WTA Tennis:

WTA Championships:  Double's, first semifinal 5am on Tennis Channel
WTA Championships:  First Semifinal 7am on Tennis Channel
WTA Championships:  Second Semifinal 9am on Tennis Channel
WTA Championships:  Double's, second semifinal 11m on Tennis Channel

World Series, game 3:  Boston @ St. Louis 7:07pm on KDSM

Game 2 Of The World Series Is A Ratings Winner

Thanks to the World Series, Fox ran away with the TV ratings last night.  Game 2 earned an overnight rating of 9.5/16, up 8% from last year's Game 2.

TV Schedule, Friday, October 25

Bull Riding:  PBR World Finals 8pm on CBS Sports Network

College Field Hockey:  Penn St. @ Iowa 2pm on BTN

College Football:  Boise St. @ BYU 7pm on ESPN

College Hockey:

Boston College @ Minnesota 7pm on BTN
Massachusetts @ Maine 7pm on NBCSN

Golf:

Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, second round 1:30am on ESPN2 
European PGA Tour:  BMW Masters, second round 5am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
LPGA Tour:  Sunrise Taiwan Championship, second round 11am on Golf Channel 9same day tape)
Champions  Tour:  AT&T Championship 2:30pm on Golf Channel
CIMB Classic, third round 10pm on Golf Channel

Motor Sports:

Formula One:  Indian Grand Prix Practice 3:30am on NBCSN
Camping World Series:  Kroger 200 practice 8am on Fox Sports 1
Camping World Series:  Korger 200 practice 9:30am on Fox Sports 1
Sprint Cup:  Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 practice 11am on Fox Sports 1
Sprint Cup:  Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 qualifying 2:30pm on Fox Sports 1
Camping World Series:  Kroger 200 qualifying 4pm on Fox Sports 2

NBA Preseason Basketball: 

Brooklyn @ Miami 6:30pm on NBATV
Denver @ Chicago 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago

Sacramento @ Los Angeles Clippers 9:30pm on NBATV

NHL Hockey:

Anaheim @ Ottawa 6:30pm on NHL Network
Vancouver @ St. Louis 7pm on FS Midwest


Rugby:  Bath vs Gloucester 1:30pm on Fox Sports 2

Soccer:  Monarcas vs Chivas de Guadalajara 7:25pm on ESPN2

Softball:

Triple Crown Fastpitch:  Rising Stars Championship 12pm on CBS Sports Network
Triple Crown Fastpitch:  Rising Stars All-American 2:30pm on CBS Sports Network

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.

Controversy Regarding Des Moines Radio Coverage Of The World Series

The Des Moines minor league teams (Cubs, Barnstormers, Wild, Energy, and Bucs) buy the air time to air their games on Central Iowa radio and pay for the time buy selling advertising.  It's a win for local radio stations just like the home shopping & religious pay for carriage on cable & satellite systems.

The Iowa Wild of the AHL have purchased air time on KXNO for the radio broadcast of their games.  KXNO is an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardnails radio network and thought it would be no big deal to shift the World Series broadcast of Game 2 to sister station, WHO.  Evidently not.  Just check out Marty Tirrell's Twitter timeline for proof.

To be honest, if I was the Iowa Wild, I would be giddy to have a Wild game on the night time blowtorch signal that is WHO Radio.  Problem solved.

More Ratings Information On Game 1 Of The World Series

Not only did Fox Sports coverage of Game 1 of The World Series last night win the night in ratings, it also scored big ratings for the key male demographics.

In the men 18-34 demographic, Game 1 generated a 4.6 rating, up 24% from last year.  Men 18-49 earned a rating of 5.4, up 17% from last year.

In addition, fans were tweeting about last night's game as well.  There were nearly 800,000 tweets on Twitter last night, up 6% from Game 1 last year from 360,000 unique Twitter authors.  For more information, visit the Web Site linked above.

NFL TV Tidbits

Here's a link to an article in the SportsBusinessDaily that features several NFL TV tidbits.  Among the items discussed include a potential of a new 8 game TV package, money figures from what NBC & ESPN are paying for their respective prime time package of games, and an update on negotiations between the NFL & DirecTV.  DirecTV's contract for the Sunday Ticket expires at the end of next season.

NBC & NBCSN Team Up For Breeders' Cup

The Breeders' Cup, a fall tradition is rapidly approaching and NBC & NBCSN are teaming up to provide 91/2 hours of coverage between November 1-2.

Coverage begins on Friday, November 1 with 4 hours coverage beginning at 3pm CT.  A new angle this year is bonus coverage during NBCSN's 2pm Notre Dame pregame show.  The Breeders' Cup will end in prime time on NBC beginning at 7pm.

For a complete schedule, visit the Web Site linked above.

Game 1 Of The World Series Puts Up Big Ratings

From a ratings standpoint, the 2013 World Series is picking up were the league championship series' left off.  Game 1 last night generated an overnight rating of 9.4/16.  This rating is good enough to be up 12% from game 1 last year.

Ratings for this years Fall Classic should be big for every game.

TV Schedule, Thursday, October 24

Bull Riding:  PBR World Finals 8pm on CBS Sports Network

CFL Football:  Winnipeg @ Toronto 6:30pm on NBCSN

College Football:

Kentucky @ Mississippi St. 6:30pm on ESPN
Marshall @ Middle Tennessee St. 6:30pm on Fox Sports 1

College Volleyball:

BYU @ Pacific 10pm on ESPNU

Golf:

Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, first round 1:30am on ESPN2
European PGA Tour:  BMW Masters, first round 5am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
LPGA Tour:  Sunrise Taiwan Championships, first round 11am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
PGA Tour:  CIMB Classic, second round 10pm on Golf Channel

High School Football:  Tuscaloosa County (AL) vs Hoover (AL) 7pm on ESPNU

NBA Preseason Basketball:  Houston @ San Antonio 7pm on TNT

NFL Football:  Carolina @ Tampa Bay 7:25pm on NFL Network

NHL Hockey:

San Jose @ Boston 6pm on NHL Network
Chicago @ Tampa Bay 6:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Carolina @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North

Soccer:

UEFA Europa League:  Olympique @ HNK Rijeka 12pm on Fox Sports 2
UEFA Europa League:  Wigan Athletic vs Rubin Kazan 2pm on Fox Sports 2
CONCACAF Champions:  AD Isidro Metapan vs Los Angeles 9pm on Fox Sports 2

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

Tennis:

WTA:  Champtionships, round 3 9am on Tennis Channel
ATP:  Swiss Indoors Basel, early rounds 3:30pm on Tennis Channel (same day tape)

World Series, game 2:  St. Louis @ Boston 7:07pm on KDSM

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

Monday Night Football Carries ESPN To A Ratings Win

Despite a lackluster match up, Monday Night Football helped ESPN with the night in key adult demographics.  The game generated an overnight rating of 8.4 with an average of 9.7 million viewers.

Through the first 7 weeks of the season, ratings for Monday Night Football is unchanged from the same time last year.

NFL Viewing Guide - Week 8

Here's a look at televised NFL games across Central Iowa for week 8 of the NFL season.  All times are Central.

Thursday:  Carolina @ Tampa Bay 7:25pm on NFL Network

Sunday:

Cleveland @ Kansas City 12pm on KCC
Dallas @ Detroit 12pm on KDSM
Washington @ Denver 3:25pm on Fox
Green Bay @ Minnesota 7:30pm on WHO

Monday:  Seattle @ St. Louis 7:40pm on ESPN

College Football Viewing Guide - Week 9

Here is your sneak peak viewing guide for week 9 of the college football season.  As usual, all times are Central.

Thursday:

Kentucky @ Mississippi St. 6:30pm on ESPN
Marshall @ Middle Tennessee 6:30pm on Fox Sports 1

Friday:  Boise St. @ BYU 7pm on ESPN

Saturday:

Big 10:

Nebraska @ Minnesota 11am on ESPN
Northwestern @ Iowa 11am on BTN
Michigan St. @ Illinois 2:30pm on WOI
Penn St. @ Ohio St. 7pm on WOI

Big 12:

Oklahoma St. @ Iowa St. 11am on FS Midwest, FS North, & FS Wisconsin
Texas Tech @ Oklahoma 2:30pm on KDSM
West Virgina @ Kansas St. 2:45pm on Fox Sports 1
Baylor @ Kansas 6pm on ESPNU
Texas @ TCU 6:30pm on Fox Sports 1

National Games:

Louisville @ South Florida 11am on ESPN2
Houston @ Rutgers 11am on ESPNews
Vanderbilt @ Texas A&M 11am on WOI-DT (5.2)
Wake Forest @ Miami, FL 11am on ESPNU
Georgia Tech @ Virginia 11:30am on WHO-DT (13.3)
Pitt @ Navy 12pm on CBS Sports Network
Princeton @ Harvard 12pm on Fox College Sports Atlantic
North Carolina St. @ Florida St. 2:30pm on ESPN2
Clemson @ Maryland 2:30pm on ESPN
Duke @ Virginia Tech 2:30pm on ESPNU
Boston College @ North Carolina 2:30pm on  FS Midwest & FS North+
Eastern Michigan @ Northern Illinois 2:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Tennessee @ Alabama 2:30pm on KCCI
Notre Dame @ Air Force 4pm on CBS Sports Network
North Texas @ Southern Miss 6pm on Fox College Sports Central
South Carolina @ Missouri 6pm on ESPN2
UCLA @ Oregon 6pm on ESPN
Florida Atlantic @ Auburn 6:30pm on FS Midwest+
Stanford @ Oregon St. 9:30pm on ESPN
Fresno St. @ San Diego St. 9:30pm
Cal @ Washington 10pm on Fox Sports 1

TV Schedule, Wednesday, October 23

Bull Riding:  PBR World Finals 8pm on CBS Sports Network

College Volleyball:

Kentucky @ Georgia 5pm on ESPNU
Iowa @ Nebraska 6:30pm on BTN
Texas @ West Virginia 7pm on ESPNU

Golf:  CIMB Classic, first round 10pm on Golf Channel

NBA Preseason Basketball:

Brooklyn @ Boston 6pm on ESPN
Chicago @ Oklahoma City 8:30pm on & Comcast SportsNet Chicago & ESPN (subject to blackout across Iowa on ESPN)

NHL Hockey:  Boston @ Buffalo 7pm on NBCSN

Soccer:

UEFA Champions League:  CSKA Moscow vs Manchester City 11am on Fox Sports 1
UEFA Champions League:  Manchester United vs Real Sociedad 1:30pm on Fox Sports 1
UEFA Champions League: RSC Anderlecht vs Paris Saint-Germain 1:30pm on FS Midwest & FS North
UEFA Champions League:  Real Madrid vs Juventus 1:30pm on Fox Sports 2
CONCACAF Champions League:  San Jose vs CS Herediano 9pm on Fox Sports 2

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

WTA Tennis:  WTA Championships, round 2 9am on Tennis Channel

World Series, game 1:  St. Louis @ Boston 7:07pm on KDSM

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

Sunday Night Football Is Off To It's Best Start In 17 Years

Through the first 7 weeks of the NFL Season, NBC's Sunday Night Football is off to the best start ever for an NFL prime time package of telecasts in 17 years.

As expected, the 2013 version of Sunday Night Football is prime time's #1 rated TV show averaging 22.7 million viewers per week.  The last night prime time NFL telecasts saw more viewership was back in 1996 when ABC was televising Monday Night Football and back then, telecasts were averaging 24.8 million viewers.

This past Sunday night match up of Denver visiting Indianapolis registered a rating of 15.9 with 26.9 million viewers, the most watched October NFL prime time telecast.

For more information, visit the Web Site linked above.

A Look At Week 9 Of College Football On ESPN

Here are some of the highlights for Week 9 of the college football season across the ESPN family of networks:

*Top 25 match up #21 South Carolina visiting #5 Missouri on ESPN2 at 7pm

#3 Oregon hosting #12 UCLA at  #3 Oregon on ESPN at 6pm

All total 19 teams that are ranked in the initial BCS standings will be showcased  across multiple ESPN platforms. For a complete schedule, including games to be streamed on ESPN3, visit the Web Site linked above.

Saturday Was The Most Watched Day On Fox Sports 1

Thanks to college football and the NASCAR Camping World Series, this past Saturday was the most watched day ever for Fox Sports 1, even greater than the launch.

Live sporting events brings eyeballs and that is why Fox Sports 1 was launched and with the TV rights for Big East basketball, even more eyeballs will be tuning into Fox Sports 1 this fall & winter.

TV Schedule, Tuesday, October 21

College Football:  Louisiana-Lafayette @ Arkansas St. 7pm on ESPN2

College Volleyball:  Indiana @ Purdue 7pm on BTN

NBA Preseason Basketball:

Washington @ Detroit 6:30pm on NBATV
Utah @ Los Angeles Lakers 9:30pm on NBATV

NHL Hockey:

Chicago @ Florida 6:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Nashville @ Minnesota 7pm on NBCSN

Soccer:

UEFA Champions League:  Barcelona @ AC Milan 1:30pm on Fox Sports 1
UEFA Champions League:  Chelsea @ Schalke 1:30pm on Fox Sports 2
UEFA Champions League:  Ajax @ Celtic 11:30pm on FS Midwest (same day tape)

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 

WTA Tennis:  9am on Tennis Channel

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

ESPN College GameDay Returns To the West Coast

ESPN's College GameDay Saturday pregame show returns to the West Coast for the 2nd time in 3 weeks with a visit to Eugene, OR for Saturday's top 15 prime time clash between #12 UCLA & #3 Oregon.

This will be College GameDay's 8th visit to Oregon and the second in less than two years when the Ducks played host to Stanford last November.

Sunday Night Football Puts Up Monster Ratings

No big surprise to read this, but Peyton Manning's return to Indianapolis was the most watched October telecast of Sunday Night Football in 15 years.

Last night's game generated an overnight rating of 17.3/29 and was a whopping 48% increase from week 7 last year.  It was the fourth highest rated Sunday night game in NBC history and was good enough to win the key 18-49 adult demographic by 64%

For more information, visit the Web Site linked above.

TV Schedule, Monday, October 21

English Premiere League Soccer:  Fulham @ Crystal Palace 1:55pm on NBCSN

NBA Preseason Basketball:  Dallas @ Houston 7pm on NBATV

NFL Football:  Minnesota @ New York Giants 7:25pm on ESPN

NHL Hockey:  Colorado @ Pittsburgh 6:30pm 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
SVP & Russillo 12pm on ESPNews
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN

Disclaimer:  All times are Central.

Game 6 Of The ALCS Puts Up Big Ratings

The Sunday afternoon slate of NFL games are in the book and I noticed some tweets this afternoon from the PR group at Fox Sports regarding the decisive game 6 of the ALCS last night on Fox Sports.

Game 6 last night recorded an overnight rating of 5.5/10, good enough for 9 million viewers, up 20% from last year's game 6 of the NLCS which was on Fox.

In addition, last night's AL Pennant clinching win for Boston was the best rating for Fox in a League Championship Series since game 6 of the 2010 NLCS.

2013 World Series Broadcast Schedule

The ALCS wrapped up last night with Boston winning the AL pennant and I'm sure the executives at Fox are excited for a Fall Classic featuring two teams from rabid baseball cities and with fans all over the country.  This should be a very high rated Fall Classic.  Game 1 is this Wednesday night in Boston.  Below is the schedule and all times are Central.

Game 1:  Wednesday, October 23:  St. Louis @ Boston 7:07pm on KDSM
Game 2:  Thursday, October 24:  St. Louis @ Boston 7:07pm on KDSM
Game 3:  Saturday, October 26:  Boston @ St. Louis 7:07pm on KDSM
Game 4:  Sunday, October 27:  Boston @ St. Louis 7:15pm on KDSM
Game 5:  Monday, October 28:  Boston @ St. Louis 7:07pm on KDSM (if necessary)
Game 6:  Wednesday, October 30:  St. Louis @ Boston 7:07pm on KDSM (if necessary)
Game 7:  Thursday, October 31:  St. Louis @ Boston 7:07pm on KDSM (if necessary)

All games can be heard on ESPN Radio.

2013 NLCS Averages 5 Million Viewers

TBS Sports concluded their coverage of the 2013 MLB Playoffs with the deciding Game 6 of the NLCS Friday night on a strong ratings note.

The 2013 NLCS had an average TV rating of 3.2, up 10% from the 2011 NLCS and averaged 5 million total viewers, an increase of 9% from the 2011 NLCS.  If not for a pair of afternoon games, the ratings and viewership for the NLCS

The decisive game 6 Friday night had 3.7 rating and 6.1 million total viewers.  For more information, visit the Web Site linked above.