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.