I do agree that Sunday night is a better, or more Event broadcast than Mondays now. And adding kornacki was nice too.
On the Canadian side, NFL is largely on TSN with some some games (Sunday afternoon mostly) OTA on CTV. (TSN owned by CTV/bell). CFL, I believe, is totally on TSN cable. Some other Canadian can correct me if the Grey Cup goes to CTV. And then there have been books written on the NHL Canadian rights being bought by Rogers/Sportsnet .. a bit of a flop, buti think they have evolved. I'm not much of an NHL fan. On Mon., Dec. 28, 2020, 11:45 a.m. PGage, <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a few nits to pick with AB here (e.g. Nance/Romo is not the best > duo, Michaels is not the best announcer in history, and did not strictly > speaking replace Cosell, both because there was I think two seasons between > them, and because Cosell of course was not a play by play guy), but overall > totally agree with him. ESPN has done its best to degrade MNF, both by > overcharging for itself and under investing in the show. ESPN’s culture > hates when any announcer becomes as important as its content, such that MNF > is indistinguishable from some low-tier mid-December college bowl game. > > Many years ago now there was a list member, I think a woman (the memory > fades) who I had a longish argument with about sports on broadcast TV. She > was angry that her shows were preempted by sports, especially during > postseasons, and wanted all sports to be moved to cable. I was very much > opposed, arguing that many households did not have access to cable (at the > time true, not sure how much so today) and that various government > subsidies and supports for big time sports justified making it available on > the public airways. Over the years though, the NBA moved almost all its > national and postseason games to cable, and MLB moved a big portion of > theirs, and MNF went to ESPN, and in my mind I conceded the point to my > interlocutor. If MNF moves back to ABC it may signal that my concession was > premature. MLB and NBA ratings are not nearly as high as the NFL of course, > but the continued erosion of broadcast market share may mean that the > networks would prefer a reliable if relatively small sports rating to the > gamble of developing new programming that could easily have cratered > ratings. > > On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 at 1:46 AM JW <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From the Chief: >> >> https://www.primetimer.com/barnhart/mnf >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOH-UT9OFzt8qMiWd2Db4NLRBiPB-HUE0%2B4p7Ji%3DpChK7Q%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOH-UT9OFzt8qMiWd2Db4NLRBiPB-HUE0%2B4p7Ji%3DpChK7Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJRUdw4gh9PCTx8BY%3DBzLSaStS7XwQQNw13Uut3TXAHMQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJRUdw4gh9PCTx8BY%3DBzLSaStS7XwQQNw13Uut3TXAHMQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Box7SBPfQ6-5-oTAcj_vPLrvZsjFcON1Zu5mBFUpwr4jg%40mail.gmail.com.
