The National Football League will expand “Thursday Night Football” in 2016 and 2017, continuing its partnership with CBS while also adding NBC as a partner. Both CBS and NBC will broadcast five games, increasing the package to 10 broadcast games in 2016 and 2017 from eight in 2014 and 2015. All “Thursday Night Football” broadcast […]
Glenn Geller, recently appointed president of CBS Entertainment, opened his presentation at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour this month with a bold proclamation. “When you factor in all forms of playback, more people are watching CBS shows than they did 15 years ago,” he said. Is he telling the truth? Who knows? But […]
The National Football League announced its postseason television schedule on Sunday, January 3. Let the games begin… #NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/DWB9yjQw21 — NFL (@NFL) January 4, 2016 [socialpoll id=”2157963″ type=”set”] Wild Card weekend marks the kickoff to the NFL postseason on Jan. 9-10. ESPN and ABC will simulcast the first game of these playoffs: Kansas City Chiefs […]
Of the most meaningful games in this, the final week of the regular season: if the New York Jets defeat the Buffalo Bills and their ex-coach Rex Ryan, they automatically clinch a playoff spot; the Pittsburgh Steelers will be rooting for the Bills to win and they hope to defeat the Browns in Cleveland to […]
Of the games with the most playoff implications: Washington and Philadelphia battle for first place in the NFC Least, er… East on NFL Network in a Saturday night matchup on Dec. 26; AFC East leader New England Patriots go to the Meadowlands to face playoff contender and division rival New York Jets on CBS in […]
ION Television and Canada’s CTV have re-upped Canadian supernatural medical drama “Saving Hope” for a fifth season, with an order for 18 new episodes. Debuting on both NBC and CTV on June 7, 2012, “Saving Hope” moved to ION in season three. Production on the fifth season will start in Toronto in spring, with Erica […]
NBC Sports Group will deliver coverage of 105 NHL regular-season games during the 2015-16 season, featuring 12 games on NBC and 93 games on NBCSN. The 105 regular-season games are the most ever scheduled across NBC Sports Group heading into a season. All games will be streamed live via NBC Sports Live Extra. The NHL […]
