Super Bowl Liii Marks Cbs’ 20Th Super Bowl Broadcast – the Most of Any Network

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Super Bowl Liii Marks Cbs’ 20Th Super Bowl Broadcast – the Most of Any Network January 10, 2019 SUPER BOWL LIII MARKS CBS’ 20TH SUPER BOWL BROADCAST – THE MOST OF ANY NETWORK JIM NANTZ AND TONY ROMO CALL FIRST SUPER BOWL AS ANNOUNCE TEAM CBS Sports Veteran Producer Jim Rikhoff Set to Produce First Super Bowl of his Career On Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, Super Bowl LIII will mark the 20th overall Super Bowl broadcast by CBS - the most of any network. When the game kicks off at 6:30 PM, ET from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., CBS Sports will have a new team in front of, and behind, the camera. In their second year together as THE NFL ON CBS’ lead announce team, Jim Nantz and Tony Romo will call their first Super Bowl together. And, veteran CBS Sports producer Jim Rikhoff will be in the truck as the lead Super Bowl producer for the first time in his career. “Building on the great chemistry among Jim, Tony and Tracy that has been nurtured and developed by Jim Rikhoff during their almost two full seasons together, they have continued to get better week-to-week as the season has progressed,” says Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports. “Both Jim and Tony have shown the ability to look forward, not just backward, in their analysis and commentary during a game. And, as the team gets set to call their first Super Bowl together, there is no doubt they will be up to the task of providing the entertaining, informative analysis and commentary viewers have quickly come to expect from them.” ● Super Bowl LIII will mark Nantz’ fifth calling play-by-play for the Super Bowl and seventh overall as he hosted two others for the Network ● Romo will provide analysis for his first Super Bowl. ● Reporters Tracy Wolfson and Evan Washburn will join Nantz and Romo, providing news, observations and insight from the sidelines. Both will work their second Super Bowls as sideline reporters. ● After serving as the head referee last year for Super Bowl LII, CBS Sports’ new NFL Rules Analyst Gene Steratore will be in the booth alongside Nantz and Romo for his first Super Bowl; and Jay Feely, from the field, will serve as a Game Contributor for his second time. Rikhoff, who joined CBS Sports in 1985, has since worked on every major event at the Network. Super Bowl LIII will represent his first as lead Super Bowl producer and seventh overall as part of the game and pregame production teams. The eight-time Emmy Award-winning producer was named lead game producer of THE NFL ON CBS in April 2017. Super Bowl LIII will mark 37-year CBS Sports veteran director Mike Arnold’s fifth as lead director of the Super Bowl, and 12th overall working the game. He has been a part of the Network’s broadcast production of the Super Bowl for every year since 1982. Sean McManus is Chairman, CBS Sports and serves as Executive Producer for the Network’s coverage of THE NFL ON CBS and Super Bowl LIII. David Berson is President, CBS Sports. Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Senior Vice President, Production, CBS Sports. * * * * * Follow CBS Sports on Twitter: @CBSSportsGang and @NFLonCBS CBS Sports Contacts: Jerry Caraccioli 212/975-7466 [email protected] Robin Brendle 212/975-1533 [email protected] January 10, 2019 CBS’ SUPER BOWL SUNDAY BEGINS WITH SEVEN HOURS OF PREGAME COVERAGE James Brown Hosts SUPER BOWL TODAY Pregame Show with Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher, Phil Simms and Nate Burleson For First-Time, CBS’ Super Bowl Coverage Begins with THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW, Featuring CBS SPORTS NETWORK’s Amy Trask, London Fletcher, Brandon Tierney and Adam Schein at 11:30 AM, ET “TONY GOES TO THE SUPER BOWL” Premieres at 1:00 PM, ET as Tony Romo Takes Viewers Behind the Scenes of his Season-Long Journey to Atlanta CBS Sports Network Wraps Up CBS’ Week-Long Super Bowl LIII Coverage with Extended SUPER BOWL TODAY POSTGAME SHOW CBS kicks off seven hours of Super Bowl Sunday pregame coverage highlighted by the Network’s pregame show, THE SUPER BOWL TODAY; Tony Romo’s season-long behind the scenes journey to Atlanta – TONY GOES TO THE SUPER BOWL; as well as the day beginning for the first-time ever with THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW; and the NFL Films special, ROAD TO THE SUPER BOWL. Originating live from a set in Game Day Fan Plaza and two inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium, James Brown, Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher, Phil Simms and Nate Burleson, along with Ian Eagle, will host the Network’s pregame show, SUPER BOWL TODAY, previewing all the football and excitement leading up to Super Bowl LIII. NFL Insider Jason La Canfora, reporters Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn and Jamie Erdahl, NFL Rules Analyst Gene Steratore, and Contributor Jim Rome also will cover the pregame activities. Amanda Balionis will serve as CBS Sports’ Social Media Correspondent. Other contributing guests including players and coaches will be announced later. The show will be highlighted by interviews and features including: ● A historical CBS SPORTS PRESENTS Series feature highlighting 50 years since Joe Namath guaranteed victory in Super Bowl III for his N.Y. Jets ● The return of CBS’ Super Bowl features series, “Difference Makers,” which looks back at key plays in recent Super Bowl history and interviews the players who made them ● A special look at the host city of Atlanta with some of its big name entertainers in the music world, as well as a look at the key role Atlanta played in the Civil Rights Movement and its leaders (More details on features will be announced in the coming weeks) Brown will host his ninth Super Bowl pregame show, while Burleson works his first Super Bowl as an analyst. CBS Sports’ coverage of Super Bowl LIII will begin at 11:30 AM, ET with seven hours of pregame* followed by Super Bowl LIII and postgame coverage. 11:30 AM, ET – THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW (TOPS) 12:00 NOON, ET - ROAD TO THE SUPER BOWL (NFL Films) 1:00 PM, ET – TONY GOES TO THE SUPER BOWL 2:00-6:00 PM, ET – THE SUPER BOWL TODAY 6:00-6:30 PM, ET – SUPER BOWL ON CBS KICK-OFF SHOW 6:30 PM, ET – SUPER BOWL LIII *detailed descriptions below In addition, CBS Sports Network, the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports, will have more than 75 hours of original Super Bowl LIII programming including extended postgame coverage with SUPER BOWL TODAY POSTGAME SHOW, hosted by Brown, Esiason, Cowher, Simms and Burleson. THE SUPER BOWL TODAY will be produced by Drew Kaliski, Producer, THE NFL TODAY, and directed by Bob Matina, Director, THE NFL TODAY. THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW (TOPS) will be produced by Deb Gelman and directed by Linda Malino. * * * * * Following is our scheduled pregame programming on CBS (all times Eastern): ► 11:30 AM, ET: THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW (TOPS) — Originating live from Game Day Fan Plaza, CBS kicks off Super Bowl Sunday with THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW (TOPS) with host Adam Schein, along with analysts Amy Trask, London Fletcher and Brandon Tierney as they preview the teams, players and storylines surrounding Super Bowl LIII. ► 12:00 NOON, ET: ROAD TO THE SUPER BOWL — ROAD TO THE SUPER BOWL is NFL Films’ annual look back at the greatest sights and sounds of the 2018 NFL season. Culled by NFL Films producers, the one-hour special will feature the best of nearly 100 players and coaches wired for sound, focusing on the most exciting moments and the best teams on the journey to Atlanta for Super Bowl LIII. Original orchestral music was once again used in producing the show. ROAD TO THE SUPER BOWL debuted following the 1969 season. ► 1:00 PM, ET: TONY GOES TO THE SUPER BOWL presented by GEICO — Travel along with NFL ON CBS lead analyst Tony Romo as he makes his way to Atlanta to cover his first Super Bowl for CBS. Along the way, Romo talks with past Super Bowl champions Len Dawson, John Elway, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees, Ray Lewis and Sean Payton, as well as cameo appearances from some of today’s other quarterback stars including Philip Rivers and Baker Mayfield. In addition, Romo gives a behind-the-scenes view of weekly production meetings with the teams he’s covered throughout the season on the way to Super Bowl LIII, and breaks down film to show what it takes to be a Super Bowl champion. Steve Karasik is the producer and Pete Radovich is the director. ► 2:00 PM, ET: THE SUPER BOWL TODAY — Celebrating Super Bowl LIII, the teams and players participating, THE SUPER BOWL TODAY encompasses all that surrounds the big day, as well as detailed game analysis, features and interviews profiling the key players and coaches who will participate in Super Bowl LIII. ► 6:00 PM, ET: SUPER BOWL ON CBS KICK-OFF SHOW –- The SUPER BOWL ON CBS KICK-OFF SHOW featuring the singing of America the Beautiful and the National Anthem, as well as team introductions. ► 6:30 PM, ET: SUPER BOWL LIII – Kick-off of Super Bowl LIII live from Atlanta on the CBS Television Network. ► SUPER BOWL TODAY POSTGAME SHOW and Trophy Presentation – Brown, Esiason, Cowher, Simms and Burleson will recap the highlights of Super Bowl LIII, and Nantz will present the Lombardi Trophy to the Super Bowl LIII champions. Immediately following the SUPER BOWL TODAY POSTGAME SHOW, extended postgame coverage will continue live with Brown, Esiason, Cowher, Simms and Burleson on the SUPER BOWL TODAY POSTGAME SHOW on CBS Sports Network. * * * * * Follow CBS Sports on Twitter: @CBSSportsGang and @NFLonCBS CBS Sports Contacts: Jerry Caraccioli 212/975-7466 [email protected] Robin Brendle 212/975-1533 [email protected] January 29, 2019 “THE SUPER BOWL TODAY” SETS THE SCENE FOR ITS 20TH SUPER BOWL BROADCAST WITH ALL ENCOMPASSING FOUR HOURS OF SUPER BOWL LIII PREGAME SHOW FROM ATLANTA Super Bowl III MVP and NFL Icon Joe Namath to Visit Set of THE SUPER BOWL TODAY for a Unique Look Back 50 Years to His N.Y.
Recommended publications
  • Cincinnati Bengals Team History
    Cincinnati Bengals Team History Planning for the Cincinnati Bengals franchise began three full years before the team began playing in the American Football League in 1968. Paul Brown, who had enjoyed exceptional success as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns for 17 seasons before departing in 1962, had the urge to get back into pro football. In 1965, he met with then-Governor Jim Rhodes and the two agreed the state could accommodate a second pro football team. A year later in 1966, Cincinnati’s city council approved the construction of 60,389-seat Riverfront Stadium, which was scheduled for completion by 1970. The next year, a group headed by Brown was awarded an American Football League franchise that would begin play in 1968. Brown named his team the Bengals in recognition of previous Cincinnati pro football franchises with the same name in the 1930s and 1940s. Brown himself returned to the coaching ranks on the Bengals sidelines for the first eight years. He retired after the 1975 season but continued to serve as general manager until his death in 1991. Mike Brown then succeeded his father as general manager. The 1968 Bengals won their first two home games in 28,000-seat Nippert Stadium against Denver and Buffalo and finished with a 3-11 record, the most an expansion team of the 1960s recorded. Cincinnati improved enough in 1969 that Brown was named the AFL Coach of the Year. In 1970, they captured the AFC Central division title and thus became the first expansion team to win a championship of any kind in just three years.
    [Show full text]
  • First-Place Los Angeles Rams Host New England Patriots on Thursday Night Football
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Andrew Howard – 310.845.4579 NFL Media – 12/9/20 [email protected] FIRST-PLACE LOS ANGELES RAMS HOST NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Patriots-Rams Thursday at 8:20 PM ET on FOX, NFL Network & Amazon Prime Video ‘NFL GameDay Kickoff’ Airs at 6:00 PM ET on NFL Network ‘FOX NFL Thursday’ Airs at 7:30 PM ET The 2020 Thursday Night Football Presented by Bud Light Platinum season continues Thursday, December 10 when defensive tackle Aaron Donald and the Los Angeles Rams host quarterback Cam Newton and the New England Patriots at 8:20 PM ET on FOX, NFL Network and Amazon Prime Video. FOX Sports’ lead play-by-play announcer Joe Buck, and Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and FOX Sports’ lead analyst Troy Aikman, along with sideline reporters Erin Andrews and Kristina Pink call the action from SoFi Stadium. Additionally, FOX’s NFL Rules expert Mike Pereira joins to give explanations on officiating and rules throughout the game. Alongside the FOX broadcast, Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer call the game on Amazon Prime Video. New this year, Prime members can also tune-in to the ‘Scout’s Feed’ which features Bucky Brooks, Daniel Jeremiah and Joy Taylor. NFL Network’s pregame coverage begins at 3:00 PM ET with TNF First Look hosted by Andrew Siciliano. At 6:00 PM ET on NFL Network, NFL GameDay Kickoff previews the Patriots-Rams matchup, with host Colleen Wolfe live from SoFi Stadium and analysts Joe Thomas, Steve Smith Sr. and Michael Irvin on remote.
    [Show full text]
  • Andrea Kremer Named Winner of Prestigious Pete Rozelle
    Honor the Heroes of the Game, Preserve its History, Promote its Values & Celebrate Excellence EVERYWHERE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 06/13/2018 ANDREA KREMER NAMED WINNER OF PRESTIGIOUS PETE ROZELLE RADIO-TELEVISION AWARD MULTI-EMMY AWARD WINNER TO BE HONORED DURING 2018 ENSHRINEMENT WEEK POWERED BY JOHNSON CONTROLS CANTON, OHIO – Andrea Kremer has been named the 2018 recipient of the prestigious Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. The award, presented annually by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, recognizes “longtime exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football.” Kremer will be honored during the 2018 Enshrinement Week Powered by Johnson Controls at the Enshrinees’ Gold Jacket Dinner in downtown Canton on Friday, Aug. 3 and presented with the award at the 2018 Enshrinement Ceremony on Saturday, August 4 in Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Kremer (@Andrea_Kremer) is regarded as one of the most accomplished journalists in the industry. Her illustrious journalism career has been recognized by numerous awards and honors including two Emmys and a Peabody. She was named one of the 10 greatest female sportscasters of all-time; and described by TV Guide as “among TV’s best sports correspondents of either sex.” Kremer is currently Chief Correspondent for the NFL Network and led the network’s coverage on health and safety. She contributes critically acclaimed stories for HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" and is also a co-host of “WE NEED TO TALK,” the first ever all-female nationally televised weekly sports show on CBS. Kremer earned the reputation for breaking news stories and investigative pieces on social issues as they relate to sports.
    [Show full text]
  • Why New Quarterback Joe Flacco Gets the Broncos Back in the NFL Playoff Conversation by Mark Kiszla Denver Post June 5, 2019
    Kiszla: Why new quarterback Joe Flacco gets the Broncos back in the NFL playoff conversation By Mark Kiszla Denver Post June 5, 2019 Flacco has never thrown for more than 27 touchdowns in any of his 11 previous seasons in the NFL and has topped 4,000 passing yards only once in his career. New Broncos quarterback Joe Flacco stinks … if you believe all the power rankings of quarterbacks on the internet. Those ratings suggest he is Trent Dilfer 2.0, at best. But like most of what you read on Twitter, the instant analysis of Flacco is for the birds. When Flacco drops back to pass, he earns respect without uttering a word, by displaying a gift that’s rare, even at the NFL level. “He can throw the ball 80 yards, easy,” Broncos linebacker Von Miller said Tuesday, marveling at a mighty heave Flacco unleashed during practice. “He threw it 80 yards across the field. He’s looking like a Super Bowl MVP to me.” Game knows game. And unlike a year ago, when Broncos teammates mightily tried to prop up Case Keenum as a quarterback to be trusted, Flacco’s arm talent has done the talking during spring workouts at Dove Valley Headquarters. “That man has a cannon, I can tell you that,” Denver defensive lineman Shelby Harris said last week. “That man can really throw the ball.” Game knows game. For example: When I asked Flacco how he can tell Miller is a special player, he replied: “I’ve been around a lot of good guys on defense, for most of my career, as you guys know.
    [Show full text]
  • Transmission Times
    Issue 7 TRANSMISSION TIMES pssiglobal.com | 1-800-SAT-LINK | [email protected] Did You Know? Since PSSI News Group was established in 2017, we’ve covered quite a few major storms for CNN. In 2017, we were on hand to bring viewers live coverage of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. In 2018, we helped the news about hurricanes Florence and Michael reach people nationwide. And this year, we were on-site in multiple locations in North Carolina and South Carolina to cover Hurricane Dorian. When disasters strike, seamless news coverage is more important than ever — and we are committed to helping ensure viewers get the information they need. It’s Our Favorite Season Forget about winter, spring, summer and fall. Here at PSSI Global Services, our favorite season is football. And it’s a good thing, too — once again, we have a full schedule of college games from coast to coast. This year, we’re excited to be covering … • Every SEC on CBS game • All Army and Navy home games on CBS Sports Network • Conference USA and Mountain West Conference games on CBS Sports Network • Big 10, Big 12, and Pac-12 football across the Fox networks, including a weekly 4K transmission for Fox Sports 1 • At-home transmissions via satellite and fiber for various games on the ESPN networks • Dozens of bowl games and conference championships, including the College Football Playoff In addition to a full lineup of college games, we’re also looking forward to helping out at numerous high school games on behalf of our friends at PA Sportsfever, Rush Media, ESPN and others.
    [Show full text]
  • CBS News Archives, Our Efforts in Preservation and End with Some Suggestions Addressing the Mission of This Panel
    DOUG MCKINNEY, DIRECTOR, CBS-NEWS ARCHIVES FOR ORAL PRESENTATION TO LIBRARY OF CONGRESS STUDY RE TV . PRESERVATION (3/19/96): It is with a combination of some relief and awe that we come before this panel, the nature of which has been imagined as a hoped-for eventuality, now gladly arrived. While many eloquent voices are here to cry, we no longer face such a wilderness. The preservation of entertainment programming as it applies to CBS will be addressed by other counterparts at the Los Angeles hearing. Today, in tandem with Mr. DeCesare, I will focus my remarks on the nature of CBS News Archives, our efforts in preservation and end with some suggestions addressing the mission of this panel. CBS has the largest collection of its kind among the major networks, having kept and maintained more material generally in addition to having started earlier. Dating principally from 1950 to the present, CBS News Archives has well over a million videotapes, including original field cassettes as well as program broadcasts, and several million feet of hard news film, as well as 80,000 containers of film and tape masters, . prints, program negatives and outtake material from long-form documentaries and news magazine programs. All materials are stored in Manhattan on approximabely 60,000 square feet of climate-controlled space. (All nitrate film was transferred to safety stock some years ago.) In addition,. copies of the CBS Evening News from the mid-'70s to present, and of many other CBS News broadcasts including special and documentary programs are on deposit at the National Archives via Library of Congress copyright registration.
    [Show full text]
  • Fourth Down Decision Making: Challenging the Conservative Nature of NFL Coaches
    University of Denver Undergraduate Research Journal Fourth Down Decision Making: Challenging the Conservative Nature of NFL Coaches Will Palmquist1, Ryan Elmore2, Benjamin Williams2 1Student Contributor, University of Denver 2Advisor, Department of Business Information and Analytics, University of Denver Abstract This thesis analyzes the hypothesis that coaches in the National Football League are often too conservative in their decision making on fourth downs. I used R Studio and NFL play-by-play data to simulate actual football plays and drives according to different fourth down strategies. By measuring expected points per drive over thousands of simulated drives, we are able to evaluate the effectiveness of different fourth down strategies. This research points to a number of conclusions regarding the nature of NFL coaches on fourth downs as well as the complexity of modeling and simulating decision making in a complex sport such as professional football. While we are able to demonstrate areas where a more aggressive fourth down strategy could be utilized to a team’s advantage, this research demonstrates that fourth down decision is not a simple binary choice and that making this critical decision must be taken in context. In other words, further research should be done that takes into account additional variables and their impact on a team’s decision to “go for it” or not on fourth down. Keywords: sports analytics, data analytics, statistics, simulations, football, fourth downs 1 INTRODUCTION the “Belichick fourth-and-2”, ultimately marked one of the first times modern analytics gained widespread The 2009 season marked a major turning point in the coverage in the NFL.
    [Show full text]
  • 2018 Nfl Season Begins on Kickoff Weekend
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9/4/18 http://twitter.com/nfl345 2018 NFL SEASON BEGINS ON KICKOFF WEEKEND The NFL returns this week and it’s time to get back to football. Kickoff Weekend signals the start of a 256-game journey, one that promises hope for each of the league’s 32 teams as they set their eyes on Super Bowl LIII, which will be played on Sunday, February 3, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. One thing is certain: the 2018 season will be filled with memorable moments, as young players emerge onto the scene, familiar faces continue their climb up the record books and teams vie to make their mark in the postseason. The 99th season of NFL play kicks off on Thursday night (NBC, 8:20 PM ET) as the Super Bowl champion PHILADELPHIA EAGLES host the ATLANTA FALCONS at Lincoln Financial Field in a battle of the NFC’s past two Super Bowl representatives. The Eagles, who finished last in the NFC East with a 7-9 record in 2016, became the second team since 2003 to go from “worst- to-first” en route to a Super Bowl victory, joining the 2009 New Orleans Saints. Every team enters the 2018 season with hope and a trip to Atlanta for Super Bowl LIII in mind. Below are a few reasons why. THE FIELD IS OPEN: Five of the eight divisions in 2017 were won by a team that finished in third or fourth place in the division the previous season – Jacksonville (AFC South), the Los Angeles Rams (NFC West), Minnesota (NFC North), New Orleans (NFC South) and Philadelphia (NFC East).
    [Show full text]
  • A Decade of Deceit How TV Content Ratings Have Failed Families EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Major Findings
    A Decade of Deceit How TV Content Ratings Have Failed Families EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Major Findings: In its recent report to Congress on the accuracy of • Programs rated TV-PG contained on average the TV ratings and effectiveness of oversight, the 28% more violence and 43.5% more Federal Communications Commission noted that the profanity in 2017-18 than in 2007-08. system has not changed in over 20 years. • Profanity on PG-rated shows included suck/ Indeed, it has not, but content has, and the TV blow, screw, hell/damn, ass/asshole, bitch, ratings fail to reflect “content creep,” (that is, an bastard, piss, bleeped s—t, bleeped f—k. increase in offensive content in programs with The 2017-18 season added “dick” and “prick” a given rating as compared to similarly-rated to the PG-rated lexicon. programs a decade or more ago). Networks are packing substantially more profanity and violence into youth-rated shows than they did a decade ago; • Violence on PG-rated shows included use but that increase in adult-themed content has not of guns and bladed weapons, depictions affected the age-based ratings the networks apply. of fighting, blood and death and scenes We found that on shows rated TV-PG, there was a of decapitation or dismemberment; The 28% increase in violence; and a 44% increase in only form of violence unique to TV-14 rated profanity over a ten-year period. There was also a programming was depictions of torture. more than twice as much violence on shows rated TV-14 in the 2017-18 television season than in the • Programs rated TV-14 contained on average 2007-08 season, both in per-episode averages and 84% more violence per episode in 2017-18 in absolute terms.
    [Show full text]
  • Versatile Fox Sports Broadcaster Kenny Albert Continues to Pair with Biggest Names in Sports
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erik Arneson, FOX Sports Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 [email protected] VERSATILE FOX SPORTS BROADCASTER KENNY ALBERT CONTINUES TO PAIR WITH BIGGEST NAMES IN SPORTS Boothmates like Namath, Ewing, Palmer, Leonard ‘Enhance Broadcasts … Make My Job a Lot More Fun’ Teams with Former Cowboy and Longtime Broadcast Partner Daryl ‘Moose’ Johnston and Sideline Reporter Laura Okmin for FOX NFL in 2016 With an ever-growing roster of nearly 250 teammates (complete list below) that includes iconic names like Joe Namath, Patrick Ewing, Jim Palmer, Jeremy Roenick and “Sugar Ray” Leonard, versatile FOX Sports play-by-play announcer Kenny Albert -- the only announcer currently doing play-by-play for all four major U.S. sports (NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL) -- certainly knows the importance of preparation and chemistry. “The most important aspects of my job are definitely research and preparation,” said Albert, a second-generation broadcaster whose long-running career behind the sports microphone started in high school, and as an undergraduate at New York University in the late 1980s, he called NYU basketball games. “When the NFL season begins, it's similar to what coaches go through. If I'm not sleeping, eating or spending time with my family, I'm preparing for that Sunday's game. “And when I first work with a particular analyst, researching their career is definitely a big part of it,” Albert added. “With (Daryl Johnston) ‘Moose,’ for example, there are various anecdotes from his years with the Dallas Cowboys that pertain to our games. When I work local Knicks telecasts with Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier on MSG, a percentage of our viewers were avid fans of Clyde during the Knicks’ championship runs in 1970 and 1973, so we weave some of those stories into the broadcasts.” As the 2016 NFL season gets underway, Albert once again teams with longtime broadcast partner Johnston, with whom he has paired for 10 seasons, sideline reporter Laura Okmin and producer Barry Landis.
    [Show full text]
  • SPECTRUM TV PACKAGES Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco & Hernando Counties |
    SPECTRUM TV PACKAGES Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco & Hernando Counties | Investigation Discovery WFTS - ABC HD GEM Shopping Network Tennis Channel 87 1011 1331 804 TV PACKAGES SEC Extra HD WMOR - IND HD GEM Shopping Network HD FOX Sports 2 88 1012 1331 806 SundanceTV WTVT - FOX HD EWTN CBS Sports Network 89 1013 1340 807 Travel Channel WRMD - Telemundo HD AMC MLB Network SPECTRUM SELECT 90 1014 1355 815 WTAM - Azteca America WVEA - Univisión HD SundanceTV Olympic Channel 93 1015 1356 816 (Includes Spectrum TV Basic Community Programming WEDU - PBS Encore HD IFC NFL Network 95 1016 1363 825 and the following services) ACC Network HD WXPX - ION HD Hallmark Mov. & Myst. ESPN Deportes 99 1017 1374 914 WCLF - CTN HSN WGN America IFC FOX Deportes 2 101 1018 1384 915 WEDU - PBS HSN HD Nickelodeon Hallmark Mov. & Myst. NBC Universo 3 101 1102 1385 929 WTOG - The CW Disney Channel Disney Channel FX Movie Channel El Rey Network 4 105 1105 1389 940 WFTT - UniMás Travel Channel SonLife WVEA - Univisión HD TUDN 5 106 1116 1901 942 WTTA - MyTV EWTN Daystar WFTT - UniMás HD Disney Junior 6 111 1117 1903 1106 WFLA - NBC FOX Sports 1 INSP Galavisión Disney XD 8 112 1119 1917 1107 Bay News 9 IFC Freeform WRMD - Telemundo HD Universal Kids 9 113 1121 1918 1109 WTSP - CBS SundanceTV Hallmark Channel Nick Jr. 10 117 1122 1110 WFTS - ABC FX Upliftv HD BYUtv 11 119 1123 SPECTRUM TV BRONZE 1118 WMOR - IND FXX ESPN ESPNEWS 12 120 1127 1129 WTVT - FOX Bloomberg Television ESPN2 (Includes Spectrum TV Select ESPNU 13 127 1128 and the following channels) 1131 C-SPAN TBN FS Sun ESPN Deportes 14 131 1148 1132 WVEA - Univisión Investigation Discovery FS Florida FOX Sports 2 15 135 1149 1136 WXPX - ION FOX Business Network SEC Network Digi Tier 1 CBS Sports Network 17 149 1150 1137 WGN America Galavisión NBC Sports Network LMN NBA TV 18 155 1152 50 1140 WRMD - Telemundo SHOPHQ FOX Sports 1 TCM MLB Network 19 160 1153 53 1141 TBS HSN2 HD SEC Extra HD Golf Channel NFL Network 23 161 1191 67 1145 OWN QVC2 - HD Spectrum Sports Networ.
    [Show full text]
  • Channel Lineup January 2018
    MyTV CHANNEL LINEUP JANUARY 2018 ON ON ON SD HD• DEMAND SD HD• DEMAND SD HD• DEMAND My64 (WSTR) Cincinnati 11 511 Foundation Pack Kids & Family Music Choice 300-349• 4 • 4 A&E 36 536 4 Music Choice Play 577 Boomerang 284 4 ABC (WCPO) Cincinnati 9 509 4 National Geographic 43 543 4 Cartoon Network 46 546 • 4 Big Ten Network 206 606 NBC (WLWT) Cincinnati 5 505 4 Discovery Family 48 548 4 Beauty iQ 637 Newsy 508 Disney 49 549 • 4 Big Ten Overflow Network 207 NKU 818+ Disney Jr. 50 550 + • 4 Boone County 831 PBS Dayton/Community Access 16 Disney XD 282 682 • 4 Bounce TV 258 QVC 15 515 Nickelodeon 45 545 • 4 Campbell County 805-807, 810-812+ QVC2 244• Nick Jr. 286 686 4 • CBS (WKRC) Cincinnati 12 512 SonLife 265• Nicktoons 285 • 4 Cincinnati 800-804, 860 Sundance TV 227• 627 Teen Nick 287 • 4 COZI TV 290 TBNK 815-817, 819-821+ TV Land 35 535 • 4 C-Span 21 The CW 17 517 Universal Kids 283 C-Span 2 22 The Lebanon Channel/WKET2 6 Movies & Series DayStar 262• The Word Network 263• 4 Discovery Channel 32 532 THIS TV 259• MGM HD 628 ESPN 28 528 4 TLC 57 557 4 STARZEncore 482 4 ESPN2 29 529 Travel Channel 59 559 4 STARZEncore Action 497 4 EVINE Live 245• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) 18 STARZEncore Action West 499 4 EVINE Too 246• Velocity HD 656 4 STARZEncore Black 494 4 EWTN 264•/97 Waycross 850-855+ STARZEncore Black West 496 4 FidoTV 688 WCET (PBS) Cincinnati 13 513 STARZEncore Classic 488 4 Florence 822+ WKET/Community Access 96 596 4 4 STARZEncore Classic West 490 Food Network 62 562 WKET1 294• 4 4 STARZEncore Suspense 491 FOX (WXIX) Cincinnati 3 503 WKET2 295• STARZEncore Suspense West 493 4 FOX Business Network 269• 669 WPTO (PBS) Oxford 14 STARZEncore Family 479 4 FOX News 66 566 Z Living 636 STARZEncore West 483 4 FOX Sports 1 25 525 STARZEncore Westerns 485 4 FOX Sports 2 219• 619 Variety STARZEncore Westerns West 487 4 FOX Sports Ohio (FSN) 27 527 4 AMC 33 533 FLiX 432 4 FOX Sports Ohio Alt Feed 601 4 Animal Planet 44 544 Showtime 434 435 4 Ft.
    [Show full text]