My brother was lamenting the fact he could not watch an NFL game over the weekend because it was on a streaming service. Alas, at the house where I was, I was lamenting that they DID have that streaming service, as I was forced to watch the feetsballs.
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 8:52 AM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Box7SBPfQ6-5-oTAcj_vPLrvZsjFcON1Zu5mBFUpwr4jg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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/CAKgmY4ByAoFxaWWXLOW53mbWo4TFZKezQPvwwrMn3C9%3D-YW8pg%40mail.gmail.com.
